BE · 2022 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Belgium, 2022
In 2022, Belgium's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 23.6% compared to 2021, reaching 48,482.
Belgium accounts for 4.9% of the EU-27 total of 990,857.
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 29.6% (from 37,399 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.