IE · 2022 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Ireland, 2022
In 2022, Ireland's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 39.1% compared to 2021, reaching 13,597.
Ireland accounts for 1.4% of the EU-27 total of 990,857.
Ireland ranks 9th 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 65.9% (from 8,195 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.