First residence permits — family

In 2022, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 28.1% compared to 2021, reaching 5,345.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 926,921.

Bulgaria ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 47.9% (from 3,615 in 2017).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_resfirst, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.