BE · 2009 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Belgium, 2009
In 2009, Belgium's acquisitions of EU citizenship decreased by 13.1% compared to 2008, reaching 32,767.
Belgium accounts for 5.8% of the EU-27 total of 566,079.
Belgium ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.7% (from 34,754 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.