IE · 2009 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Ireland, 2009
In 2009, Ireland's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 39.7% compared to 2008, reaching 4,533.
Ireland accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 566,079.
Ireland ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 19.8% (from 3,784 in 2004).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.