IE · 2016 · migr_acq

Acquisitions of EU citizenship

Ireland, 2016

Acquisitions of EU citizenship
10,038
Ireland, 2016
▼ 26.0% vs 2015 (13,565)
Analysis

In 2016, Ireland's acquisitions of EU citizenship decreased by 26.0% compared to 2015, reaching 10,038.

Ireland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 843,894.

Ireland ranks 11th 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 6.6% (from 10,749 in 2011).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2016
#11 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2016
1.2%
EU-27: 843,894
Ireland timeline (last 15 years)
2010 2024