First residence permits — other

In 2024, Bulgaria's first residence permits decreased by 26.3% compared to 2023, reaching 3,274.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 888,784.

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 fallen by 38.8% (from 5,347 in 2019).

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