Portugal with high rate of naturalization

  • 29 March, 22

The highest naturalisation rates in 2020 were recorded in Sweden, which granted 8.6 citizenship per 100 non-citizen residents, Portugal 5.5 and the Netherlands 4.8 followed by Finland with 2.9, Italy with 2.6, and Spain and Belgium the same with 2.4

Eurostat data also show that Portugal recorded one of the largest increases in the number of citizenships granted. In 2020, 729,000 people acquired the nationality of an EU Member State where they resided, an increase of 3% compared to 2019, which “is mainly due to the increases observed in Spain (+27,300 Spanish citizenships granted than in 2019), followed by the Netherlands (+21,800), Sweden (+16,000) and Portugal (+11,000)”.

On the other hand, the biggest reductions in absolute terms occurred in France (-23,300 French citizenships granted compared to 2019), Germany (-20,800) and Belgium (-6,700).

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