First residence permits — work

In 2016, Bulgaria's first residence permits decreased by 87.8% compared to 2015, reaching 276.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.

Bulgaria ranks 27th 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 1.8% (from 281 in 2011).

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