BE · 2020 · migr_acq

Acquisitions of EU citizenship

Belgium, 2020

Acquisitions of EU citizenship
33,915
Belgium, 2020
▼ 16.5% vs 2019 (40,594)
Analysis

In 2020, Belgium's acquisitions of EU citizenship decreased by 16.5% compared to 2019, reaching 33,915.

Belgium accounts for 4.6% of the EU-27 total of 730,668.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 25.3% (from 27,071 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_acq, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

Rank in EU-27 · 2020
#7 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2020
4.6%
EU-27: 730,668
Belgium timeline (last 15 years)
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