First residence permits — family

In 2023, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 15.2% compared to 2022, reaching 6,160.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 1,016,363.

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 62.4% (from 3,792 in 2018).

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