Emigration

In 2019, Bulgaria's emigration increased by 20.2% compared to 2018, reaching 39,941.

Bulgaria accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 2,562,378.

Bulgaria ranks 17th 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 39.0% (from 28,727 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00177, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.