First residence permits — other

In 2014, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 70.6% compared to 2013, reaching 4,989.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 424,072.

Bulgaria ranks 17th 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 998.9% (from 454 in 2009).

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