BE · 2021 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Belgium, 2021
In 2021, Belgium's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 15.7% compared to 2020, reaching 39,233.
Belgium accounts for 4.7% of the EU-27 total of 827,708.
Belgium ranks 7th 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 22.9% (from 31,935 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.