First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Bulgaria
Bulgaria: First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants was 97.6% in 2025. ▲ Rising
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Bulgaria, 2011–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
Bulgaria recorded 97.6% for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in 2025.
That represents a change of down 1.4% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Bulgaria peaked at 99.5% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 79.2%, in 2011.
That places Bulgaria 8th out of 40 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 15 years of available data.
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Bulgaria, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 79.2% | — |
| 2012 | 88.6% | +11.9% |
| 2013 | 97.7% | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 97.5% | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 98.9% | +1.4% |
| 2016 | 97.8% | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 93.9% | -4.0% |
| 2018 | 97.2% | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 96.3% | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 98.1% | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 99.4% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 99.5% | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | -0.5% |
| 2025 | 97.6% | -1.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 94.1% | 79.2% | 98.9% | 9 |
| 2020s | 98.8% | 97.6% | 99.5% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Bulgaria?
- First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Bulgaria was 97.6% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Bulgaria?
- The highest recorded value was 99.5% in 2023.
- What is the lowest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Bulgaria?
- The lowest recorded value was 79.2% in 2011.
- How does Bulgaria rank for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants?
- Bulgaria ranks 8th out of 40 countries with data for 2025.
- Is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants rising or falling in Bulgaria?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bulgaria data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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