ES · 2017 · migr_acq

Acquisitions of EU citizenship

Spain, 2017

Acquisitions of EU citizenship
66,498
Spain, 2017
▼ 55.9% vs 2016 (150,944)
Analysis

In 2017, Spain's acquisitions of EU citizenship decreased by 55.9% compared to 2016, reaching 66,498.

Spain accounts for 9.4% of the EU-27 total of 703,724.

Spain ranks 5th 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 29.4% (from 94,142 in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
9.4%
EU-27: 703,724
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