BE · 2018 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Belgium, 2018
In 2018, Belgium's acquisitions of EU citizenship decreased by 3.2% compared to 2017, reaching 36,200.
Belgium accounts for 5.4% of the EU-27 total of 676,593.
Belgium ranks 6th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.0% (from 34,801 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.