First residence permits — work

In 2017, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 560.1% compared to 2016, reaching 1,822.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 904,080.

Bulgaria ranks 25th 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 437.5% (from 339 in 2012).

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