First residence permits — family

In 2024, Bulgaria's first residence permits decreased by 13.1% compared to 2023, reaching 5,356.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 950,422.

Bulgaria ranks 19th 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 30.7% (from 4,097 in 2019).

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