First residence permits issued (total)

In 2016, Bulgaria's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 17.2% compared to 2015, reaching 7,942.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 2,493,983.

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 57.9% (from 5,030 in 2011).

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