Immigration

In 2018, Bulgaria's immigration increased by 15.5% compared to 2017, reaching 29,559.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 3,936,055.

Bulgaria ranks 19th 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 59.2% (from 18,570 in 2013).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00176, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.