Approximately 1 million individuals acquired citizenship in their European Union country of residence in 2022, according to a new report published on Thursday by Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office, with Moroccans receiving the highest number of grants.
112,000 Moroccans received EU citizenship in 2022, accounting for the largest group of new EU citizens. The figures showcase the figures. Syrians came in second with 90,400 grants, followed by Albanians with 50,300.
The same source highlighted that Italy granted the most new citizenship statuses in the same year, issuing 213,700, representing 22% of the EU total.
Following Italy, Spain granted 181,800 new citizenships, accounting for 18 of the EU total. Germany came in third, releasing 166,600, which made up 17% of the total.
The EU’s statistical office reported a 20% increase in EU citizenship grants in 2022 compared to 2021, with 163,100 more individuals becoming EU citizens.
The largest increases were observed in Italy, with 92,200 new citizenship grants. Spain and Germany followed with 37,600 and 36,600 new grants, respectively.
On the other hand, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal recorded the largest decreases in issuing new citizenships, with drops of 15,900, 9,300, and 3,700, respectively.
87% of individuals who were granted EU citizenship in their country of residence were originally citizens of non-EU nations, noted the same source.
The remaining 13% was split between those who had previously held citizenship in another EU nation (12%), people whose prior citizenship was unknown (1%), and people who were stateless (0.7%).
The same report highlighted that Romania observed the highest naturalization rate among EU countries, “with 26.8 citizenships granted per 100 non-national residents.” Sweden followed at 10.6, then the Netherlands at 4.4, and Italy at 4.2.
On the contrary, Latvia and Estonia shared the lowest rate of naturalization rate, with 0.4 citizenships granted per 100 non-residents, followed by Austria and Bulgaria, both of them at a rate of 0.7, and finally Malta and Czechia both at 0.8.
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