First residence permits — work

In 2018, Bulgaria's first residence permits decreased by 11.0% compared to 2017, reaching 1,621.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 984,031.

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 grown by 385.3% (from 334 in 2013).

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