Acquisitions of EU citizenship

In 2021, Bulgaria's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 154.1% compared to 2020, reaching 2,183.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 827,708.

Bulgaria ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 34.3% (from 1,626 in 2016).

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