IE · 2021 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Ireland, 2021
In 2021, Ireland's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 78.6% compared to 2020, reaching 9,778.
Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 827,708.
Ireland ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.6% (from 10,038 in 2016).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.