Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — all countries

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Bulgaria

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people in Bulgaria in 2024 — 88.5 per 100k. Ranked 50 in the world out of 178. Since 2000, the indicator has risen by 443%.

2024 88.5 per 100k −49.63% vs 2023
World rank 50of 178
Period maximum 224.9 per 100k2016
Period minimum 9.4 per 100k2003

Trend over time

2000–2024 · per 100,000 people

Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Bulgaria, 2000–202401002003002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 16.3 per 100k2001: 19.3 per 100k2002: 14.2 per 100k2003: 9.4 per 100k2004: 11.6 per 100k2005: 10.2 per 100k2006: 11 per 100k2007: 13.2 per 100k2008: 14.1 per 100k2009: 15.7 per 100k2010: 18.7 per 100k2011: 18.7 per 100k2012: 17.4 per 100k2013: 62.5 per 100k2014: 93.2 per 100k2015: 132.2 per 100k2016: 224.9 per 100k2017: 38.3 per 100k2018: 22.2 per 100k2019: 15.1 per 100k2020: 28 per 100k2021: 109.7 per 100k2022: 163.6 per 100k2023: 175.7 per 100k2024: 88.5 per 100k
Change over the period: +72.2 (+443.02%) Average annual rate: 7.3 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bulgaria

Bulgaria 88.5 per 100k
World computed 125.2 per 100k
Europe & Central Asia computed 161 per 100k
Eastern Europe computed 7.7 per 100k
Upper-middle-income countries computed 123.6 per 100k
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 100k Change Change, %
2024 88.5 −87.2 −49.63%
2023 175.7 +12.1 +7.42%
2022 163.6 +53.8 +49.05%
2021 109.7 +81.8 +292.62%
2020 28 +12.8 +84.98%
2019 15.1 −7.1 −31.96%
2018 22.2 −16.1 −42.06%
2017 38.3 −186.6 −82.96%
2016 224.9 +92.7 +70.14%
2015 132.2 +39 +41.78%
2014 93.2 +30.8 +49.23%
2013 62.5 +45.1 +259.98%
2012 17.4 −1.4 −7.25%
2011 18.7 −0 −0.02%
2010 18.7 +3 +19.27%
2009 15.7 +1.6 +11.55%
2008 14.1 +0.9 +6.51%
2007 13.2 +2.2 +20.27%
2006 11 +0.8 +7.37%
2005 10.2 −1.4 −11.84%
2004 11.6 +2.2 +23.01%
2003 9.4 −4.8 −33.68%
2002 14.2 −5.1 −26.5%
2001 19.3 +3 +18.71%
2000 16.3

Eastern Europe, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The number of asylum seekers — people who have filed an application for protection and are awaiting a decision — per 100,000 people of the population of a country. They differ from refugees legally: the status has not yet been recognized. The indicator is sensitive to current events and reacts faster than the number of refugees: applications are filed at once, while decisions on them take months and years.

Important: The indicator depends not only on the number of arrivals but also on the speed at which migration services work: the longer applications are reviewed, the more people hold this status at the same time.

Source: UNHCR Refugee Statistics, license CC BY 4.0.