Dual Citizenship in the European Union: trends and analysis (2010-2020)
Table 3 – Naturalisation rate for citizens of EU MS in UK and citizens of UK in EU MS (2018)95
Cells that are marked grey are wholly permissive constellations. Cells that are unmarked are (partially) nonpermissive constellations.
Citizens of other EU MS
British citizens acquiring citizenship
acquiring British citizenship
of other EU MS
Nationality of origin
Naturalisation rate
Receiving country
Naturalisation rate
Austria
0.82%
Austria
0.37%
Belgium
1.75%
Belgium
4.92%
Bulgaria
3.02%
Bulgaria
0.00%
Croatia
1.17%
Croatia
0.28%
Cyprus
1.62%
Cyprus
n/a
Czechia
1.43%
Czechia
0.40%
Denmark
1.39%
Denmark
0.78%
Estonia96
1.76%
Estonia
0.14%
Finland
1.65%
Finland
2.97%
France
2.24%
France
2.27%
Germany
3.05%
Germany
6.73%
Greece
2.50%
Greece
0.32%
Hungary
2.14%
Hungary
0.69%
Ireland97
0.17%
Ireland
0.63%
Italy
1.75%
Italy
0.82%
Latvia
1.08%
Latvia
34.28%
Lithuania
0.35%
Lithuania
0.00%
Luxembourg
3.11%
Luxembourg
6.72%
Malta
1.77%
Malta
n/a
Netherlands
0.92%
Netherlands
2.73%
Poland
0.93%
Poland
1.12%
Portugal
0.80%
Portugal
0.45%
Romania
1.33%
Romania
n/a
Slovakia
0.59%
Slovakia
2.99%
Slovenia
1.77%
Slovenia
0.19%
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Spain
1.30%
Spain
0.02%
Sweden
1.50%
Sweden
6.71%
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Overall
1.23%
Overall
1.80%
Overall - perm con
Overall - non-perm
con
1.31%
Overall - perm con
Overall - non-perm
con
2.77%
0.56%
0.16%
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Population data for Cyprus, Malta and Romania not available. See Table 1 for country notes. Data source:
European Commission, “Acquisition of citizenship (2018)” [data ���le], Eurostat, 2020, via
<eurostat.ec.europa.eu>; European Commission, “EU/EFTA population who usually resides in another
EU/EFTA country (2018)” [data file], Eurostat, 2020, via <eurostat.ec.europa.eu>.
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Estonian citizens by birth can retain citizenship upon acquisition of a foreign citizenship (see Section 3).
97
Only citizens by naturalisation can be deprived of citizenship upon acquisition of a foreign citizenship (see
section 3).
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Loss of Spanish citizenship upon acquisition of a foreign citizenship can be prevented by making a
declaration.
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