Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated data

In 2025, Bulgaria's asylum applicants by type decreased by 68.2% compared to 2024, reaching 3,895.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 797,760.

Bulgaria ranks 14th 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 10.5% (from 3,525 in 2020).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00191, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.