Some 42,000 Moroccan residents acquired Spanish nationality in 2021. Again this year, Moroccans occupy the top of the ranking of foreigners to obtain the nationality of the Iberian kingdom. Details
42,000 Spanish-Moroccans. The number of Moroccans obtaining Spanish nationality increased by 14% in 2021, reports the site The Spanish.
A total of 144,012 foreigners residing in Spain were able to acquire the nationality of the country last year. Among this year’s naturalized citizens, the most frequent nationality of origin among these people was none other than that of Morocco.
The vast majority of Moroccans automatically obtained citizenship by living in Spain for at least 10 years, as provided by the law of that European country. It was followed by those of Colombia (8,328) and Ecuador (8,325).
Moreover, on January 1 of the current year, Moroccans legally established in Spain numbered just over 879,900. They are the first foreign community legally settled in the Iberian kingdom reaching 16% of all foreigners established in the country.
By gender, 52.2% of those who acquired Spanish nationality were women and 47.8% men.
‘By age, the largest category is those between 40 and 49, followed closely by the group between 30 and 39.
In Europe, France is undoubtedly the country that hosts the most Moroccan Diaspora, with more than 1.25 million of our compatriots living there.