IE · 2012 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Ireland, 2012
In 2012, Ireland's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 132.9% compared to 2011, reaching 25,039.
Ireland accounts for 4.0% of the EU-27 total of 626,942.
Ireland ranks 8th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 438.6% (from 4,649 in 2007).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.