Global databases on modes of acquisition and loss of citizenship (2013-2016 data)

Abstract

Global Databases on Modes of Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship include information on the different ways in which citizenship can be acquired and lost across the world. The datasets are organised around a comprehensive typology of modes of acquisition and loss of citizenship, which outline, in a systematic way, how citizenship can be acquired and lost. For each 'mode' of acquisition and loss, the typology outlines a standardised 'target person' which allows comparing rules applicable to similar groups across countries. Global Databases on Modes of Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship cover information on laws in force in 175 states on 1 January 2016 and, for countries in Europe and the Americas, also for the period 2013-2015. The Databases were available online at the Global Citizenship Observatory until they were replaced by a new GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset, of which v1.00 was published in November 2021.