Immigration

In 2022, Bulgaria's immigration increased by 2.9% compared to 2021, reaching 40,619.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 6,997,284.

Bulgaria ranks 21st 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 58.7% (from 25,597 in 2017).

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