First residence permits — other

In 2018, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 21.9% compared to 2017, reaching 5,184.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 595,547.

Bulgaria ranks 15th 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 77.2% (from 2,925 in 2013).

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