First residence permits — other

In 2016, Bulgaria's first residence permits decreased by 5.5% compared to 2015, reaching 3,359.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 738,886.

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 89.1% (from 1,776 in 2011).

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