Acquisitions of EU citizenship

In 2018, Germany's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 1.2% compared to 2017, reaching 116,750.

Germany accounts for 17.3% of the EU-27 total of 676,593.

Germany 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 4.5% (from 111,775 in 2013).

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