PT · 2018 · migr_acq
Acquisitions of EU citizenship
Portugal, 2018
In 2018, Portugal's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 18.4% compared to 2017, reaching 21,333.
Portugal accounts for 3.2% of the EU-27 total of 676,593.
Portugal 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 fallen by 12.8% (from 24,476 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.