Acquisitions of EU citizenship

In 2024, Malta's acquisitions of EU citizenship increased by 38.8% compared to 2023, reaching 1,145.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,177,232.

Malta ranks 21st 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 48.7% (from 770 in 2019).

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