First residence permits issued (total)

In 2014, Bulgaria's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 36.7% compared to 2013, reaching 8,795.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 1,765,064.

Bulgaria ranks 22nd 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 100.7% (from 4,383 in 2009).

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