IT · 2017 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Italy, 2017
In 2017, Italy's acquisitions of EU citizenship decreased by 27.3% compared to 2016, reaching 146,605.
Italy accounts for 20.8% of the EU-27 total of 703,724.
Italy ranks 1st 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 124.2% (from 65,383 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.