Estonia is the hardest country for men, based on the percentage of non-EU citizens acquiring citizenship, and Latvia ranks hardest for women
New research has revealed the hardest and easiest European countries to gain citizenship, with Sweden being the easiest and Estonia and Latvia the hardest for men and women.
The research by Canadian immigration agency CanadaCIS studied the latest Eurostat immigration data from 2009 to 2021 to see which countries have the highest and lowest percentages of non-EU residents becoming citizens.