First residence permits — other

In 2021, Bulgaria's first residence permits decreased by 1.4% compared to 2020, reaching 3,769.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 697,349.

Bulgaria ranks 16th 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 12.2% (from 3,359 in 2016).

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