First residence permits — other

In 2019, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 3.1% compared to 2018, reaching 5,347.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 569,250.

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 7.2% (from 4,989 in 2014).

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