Database on statistics on acquisition of citizenship in Europe

Abstract

The Database on Statistics on Acquisition of Citizenship in Europe is a comprehensive database on statistics on the acquisition of nationality of the Member States of the European Union. The Statistical Database is presented explicitly in addition, rather than as alternative to, the Eurostat Database in order to facilitate cross-national comparison of statistics about the acquisition of citizenship. The Database contains the following information: (i) Data on the total number of acquisition of citizenship of each Member State per year, based on the data available from national sources since 1985; (ii) Data on the number of acquisition of citizenship by legal basis of each Member State per year, based on the data available from national sources since 1985. The downloadable files include information on the precise legal basis with reference to the national law, as well as the EUDO CITIZENSHIP comparative typology on modes of acquisition of nationality;(iii) Source documents with details for each Member State about available data, through Eurostat and/or additional national sources (including hyperlinks to these sources). Additional comments on the interpretation of these data are included, where available, as well as contact details of national authorities responsible for the collection of statistics about acquisition of citizenship.