Summary
The Citizenship Law Dataset of the Global Citzenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT) integrates, systematizes and updates information previously included in two online GLOBALCIT databases: the Global Databases on Modes of Acquisition and Loss of Citizenship. Both were compiled by a team of experts at the Global Citizenship Observatory of the European University Institute (EUI). The current dataset (version 2) includes information on the different ways in which citizenship can be acquired and lost around the world. The GLOBALCIT Citizenship Law Dataset is organized around a comprehensive typology of modes of acquisition and loss of citizenship, which outlines, in a systematic way, the various ways in which citizenship can be acquired and lost. For each ‘mode of acquisition’ and ‘mode of loss’ of citizenship the typology outlines a standardized ‘target person’ which allows comparing rules applicable to similar groups across countries. The Dataset covers information on citizenship laws in force in 191 states on 1 January 2020, 2021 and 2022. For selected provisions regarding dual citizenship acceptance (modes A06b, L01, L054) the Dataset also includes longitudinal data back to 1960. The dataset is primarily based on information from datasheets provided by GLOBALCIT country experts that provide a concise representation of relevant legislative provisions for each mode of acquisition and loss and indicate whether changes took place within a particular timeframe. If no GLOBALCIT country expert has been assigned for a particular country, data are primarily retrieved from available country reports and (translations of) national legislation available in the GLOBALCIT repository. In addition, external sources can be deployed if this is deemed necessary, such as national legislation or official translations thereof available from governmental sources or other reliable sources.
Policy areas
citizenship acquisition, citizenship loss
Countries
Afghanistan, Angola, Albania, Andorra, United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Armenia, Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Burundi, Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Bahrain, Bahamas, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Barbados, Brunei, Bhutan, Botswana, Central African Republic, Canada, Switzerland, Chile, China, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Comoros, Cape Verde, Costa Rica, Czechoslovakia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, East Germany, Germany, Djibouti, Dominica, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Algeria, Ecuador, Egypt, Eritrea, Spain, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, Fiji, France, Micronesia, Gabon, United Kingdom, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Croatia, Haiti, Hungary, Indonesia, India, Ireland, Iran, Iraq, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kyrgyzstan, Cambodia, Kiribati, Saint Kitts and Nevis, South Korea, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Saint Lucia, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Lesotho, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Latvia, Morocco, Monaco, Moldova, Madagascar, Maldives, Mexico, Marshall Islands, North Macedonia, Mali, Malta, Myanmar, Montenegro, Mongolia, Mozambique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Malaysia, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Netherlands, Norway, Nepal, Nauru, New Zealand, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Poland, North Korea, Portugal, Paraguay, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Yugoslavia, Sudan, Senegal, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sierra Leone, El Salvador, San Marino, Somalia, Serbia, South Sudan, Sao Tome and Principe, Soviet Union, Suriname, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Swaziland, Seychelles, Syria, Chad, Togo, Thailand, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Tuvalu, Taiwan, Tanzania, Uganda, Ukraine, Uruguay, United States, Uzbekistan, Vatican City, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Venezuela, Vietnam, Vanuatu, Samoa, Kosovo, Yemen, Yugoslavia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Years
1960-2022, main focus 2020-2022