First residence permits — work

In 2019, Bulgaria's first residence permits increased by 48.9% compared to 2018, reaching 2,414.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,202,233.

Bulgaria ranks 26th 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 694.1% (from 304 in 2014).

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