Naturalization Requirements

This ranking compares barriers to ordinary naturalization. The raw value is barrier points from residence time, language and integration duties, evidence, discretion and multiple-citizenship rules; lower raw values receive a higher rating.
1 Canada0 barrier points 0 barrier points 100
2 New Zealand5 barrier points 5 barrier points 95
3 Australia7 barrier points 7 barrier points 93
4 Portugal10 barrier points 10 barrier points 90
4 Uruguay10 barrier points 10 barrier points 90
6 Ireland12 barrier points 12 barrier points 88
7 Argentina14 barrier points 14 barrier points 86
7 Denmark14 barrier points 14 barrier points 86
7 United Kingdom14 barrier points 14 barrier points 86
10 Finland15 barrier points 15 barrier points 85
10 Gibraltar15 barrier points 15 barrier points 85
10 Sweden15 barrier points 15 barrier points 85
13 Cayman Islands16 barrier points 16 barrier points 84
13 Iceland16 barrier points 16 barrier points 84
13 Luxembourg16 barrier points 16 barrier points 84
13 Norway16 barrier points 16 barrier points 84
13 United States16 barrier points 16 barrier points 84
18 Barbados17 barrier points 17 barrier points 83
18 Bermuda17 barrier points 17 barrier points 83
18 Germany17 barrier points 17 barrier points 83
18 Malta17 barrier points 17 barrier points 83
18 Peru17 barrier points 17 barrier points 83
23 Faroe Islands18 barrier points 18 barrier points 82
23 Turks and Caicos Islands18 barrier points 18 barrier points 82
25 Belgium19 barrier points 19 barrier points 81
25 Dominican Republic19 barrier points 19 barrier points 81
25 Netherlands19 barrier points 19 barrier points 81
28 Estonia20 barrier points 20 barrier points 80
28 France20 barrier points 20 barrier points 80
30 Brazil21 barrier points 21 barrier points 79
30 Colombia21 barrier points 21 barrier points 79
30 Cyprus21 barrier points 21 barrier points 79
30 Czech Republic21 barrier points 21 barrier points 79
30 Greenland21 barrier points 21 barrier points 79
35 British Virgin Islands22 barrier points 22 barrier points 78
35 Liechtenstein22 barrier points 22 barrier points 78
35 Saint-Martin22 barrier points 22 barrier points 78
38 Anguilla23 barrier points 23 barrier points 77
38 Chile23 barrier points 23 barrier points 77
38 Cook Islands23 barrier points 23 barrier points 77
38 Costa Rica23 barrier points 23 barrier points 77
38 Italy23 barrier points 23 barrier points 77
38 Montserrat23 barrier points 23 barrier points 77
38 Poland23 barrier points 23 barrier points 77
38 Seychelles23 barrier points 23 barrier points 77
38 Spain23 barrier points 23 barrier points 77
47 Mauritius24 barrier points 24 barrier points 76
48 Antigua and Barbuda25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Bahamas25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Belize25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Georgia25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Greece25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Guadeloupe25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Guam25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Latvia25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Lithuania25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Martinique25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Réunion25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 Saint Kitts and Nevis25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
48 U.S. Virgin Islands25 barrier points 25 barrier points 75
61 Aruba26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Croatia26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Dominica26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Grenada26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Hungary26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Israel26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Northern Mariana Islands26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Romania26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Saint Lucia26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Sint Maarten26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
61 Slovenia26 barrier points 26 barrier points 74
73 Bulgaria27 barrier points 27 barrier points 73
73 Curacao27 barrier points 27 barrier points 73
73 Montenegro27 barrier points 27 barrier points 73
73 Niue27 barrier points 27 barrier points 73
73 San Marino27 barrier points 27 barrier points 73
73 Slovakia27 barrier points 27 barrier points 73
73 Switzerland27 barrier points 27 barrier points 73
80 Albania28 barrier points 28 barrier points 72
80 American Samoa28 barrier points 28 barrier points 72
80 Andorra28 barrier points 28 barrier points 72
80 Ecuador28 barrier points 28 barrier points 72
80 Hong Kong28 barrier points 28 barrier points 72
80 Mexico28 barrier points 28 barrier points 72
80 Puerto Rico28 barrier points 28 barrier points 72
80 South Africa28 barrier points 28 barrier points 72
88 Armenia29 barrier points 29 barrier points 71
88 Chinese Taipei29 barrier points 29 barrier points 71
88 North Macedonia29 barrier points 29 barrier points 71
88 Paraguay29 barrier points 29 barrier points 71
88 Serbia29 barrier points 29 barrier points 71
93 French Guiana30 barrier points 30 barrier points 70
93 Jamaica30 barrier points 30 barrier points 70
93 Moldova30 barrier points 30 barrier points 70
93 New Caledonia30 barrier points 30 barrier points 70
93 Panama30 barrier points 30 barrier points 70
93 Saint Pierre and Miquelon30 barrier points 30 barrier points 70
93 Tahiti30 barrier points 30 barrier points 70
93 Trinidad and Tobago30 barrier points 30 barrier points 70
101 Palau31 barrier points 31 barrier points 69
102 Fiji32 barrier points 32 barrier points 68
102 Macau32 barrier points 32 barrier points 68
102 Mayotte32 barrier points 32 barrier points 68
102 Samoa32 barrier points 32 barrier points 68
102 Vanuatu32 barrier points 32 barrier points 68
107 Austria33 barrier points 33 barrier points 67
107 Cape Verde33 barrier points 33 barrier points 67
107 Turkey33 barrier points 33 barrier points 67
110 Wallis and Futuna34 barrier points 34 barrier points 66
111 Korea Republic35 barrier points 35 barrier points 65
111 Rwanda35 barrier points 35 barrier points 65
113 Bosnia and Herzegovina36 barrier points 36 barrier points 64
113 Botswana36 barrier points 36 barrier points 64
113 Kosovo36 barrier points 36 barrier points 64
113 Maldives36 barrier points 36 barrier points 64
117 Namibia37 barrier points 37 barrier points 63
118 Malaysia38 barrier points 38 barrier points 62
118 Monaco38 barrier points 38 barrier points 62
120 Micronesia40 barrier points 40 barrier points 60
120 Nauru40 barrier points 40 barrier points 60
122 Ghana41 barrier points 41 barrier points 59
122 Philippines41 barrier points 41 barrier points 59
122 Tonga41 barrier points 41 barrier points 59
122 Tuvalu41 barrier points 41 barrier points 59
126 Brunei42 barrier points 42 barrier points 58
126 Marshall Islands42 barrier points 42 barrier points 58
126 Singapore42 barrier points 42 barrier points 58
126 Thailand42 barrier points 42 barrier points 58
130 Guyana43 barrier points 43 barrier points 57
130 Sri Lanka43 barrier points 43 barrier points 57
132 Jordan44 barrier points 44 barrier points 56
132 Kenya44 barrier points 44 barrier points 56
132 Kiribati44 barrier points 44 barrier points 56
132 Mongolia44 barrier points 44 barrier points 56
136 Gambia45 barrier points 45 barrier points 55
136 Lesotho45 barrier points 45 barrier points 55
136 Solomon Islands45 barrier points 45 barrier points 55
136 Zambia45 barrier points 45 barrier points 55
140 Bolivia46 barrier points 46 barrier points 54
140 El Salvador46 barrier points 46 barrier points 54
140 Guatemala46 barrier points 46 barrier points 54
140 Malawi46 barrier points 46 barrier points 54
140 São Tomé and Príncipe46 barrier points 46 barrier points 54
140 Senegal46 barrier points 46 barrier points 54
140 Tunisia46 barrier points 46 barrier points 54
140 Uganda46 barrier points 46 barrier points 54
140 Ukraine46 barrier points 46 barrier points 54
149 Cambodia47 barrier points 47 barrier points 53
149 Morocco47 barrier points 47 barrier points 53
149 Vietnam47 barrier points 47 barrier points 53
152 Benin48 barrier points 48 barrier points 52
152 Honduras48 barrier points 48 barrier points 52
152 Japan48 barrier points 48 barrier points 52
152 Suriname48 barrier points 48 barrier points 52
152 Timor-Leste48 barrier points 48 barrier points 52
157 Zanzibar49 barrier points 49 barrier points 51
158 Laos50 barrier points 50 barrier points 50
159 India51 barrier points 51 barrier points 49
159 Madagascar51 barrier points 51 barrier points 49
159 Nicaragua51 barrier points 51 barrier points 49
159 Swaziland51 barrier points 51 barrier points 49
163 Indonesia52 barrier points 52 barrier points 48
164 Tanzania53 barrier points 53 barrier points 47
165 Kazakhstan54 barrier points 54 barrier points 46
165 Kyrgyzstan54 barrier points 54 barrier points 46
165 Russia54 barrier points 54 barrier points 46
168 Liberia55 barrier points 55 barrier points 45
169 Azerbaijan56 barrier points 56 barrier points 44
169 Ivory Coast56 barrier points 56 barrier points 44
169 Sierra Leone56 barrier points 56 barrier points 44
172 Nepal57 barrier points 57 barrier points 43
173 Togo58 barrier points 58 barrier points 42
173 Zimbabwe58 barrier points 58 barrier points 42
175 Gabon59 barrier points 59 barrier points 41
175 Mozambique59 barrier points 59 barrier points 41
175 Nigeria59 barrier points 59 barrier points 41
175 Uzbekistan59 barrier points 59 barrier points 41
179 Bhutan60 barrier points 60 barrier points 40
179 Djibouti60 barrier points 60 barrier points 40
179 Ethiopia60 barrier points 60 barrier points 40
179 Papua New Guinea60 barrier points 60 barrier points 40
183 Comoros61 barrier points 61 barrier points 39
183 Lebanon61 barrier points 61 barrier points 39
185 Mauritania62 barrier points 62 barrier points 38
185 Tajikistan62 barrier points 62 barrier points 38
187 Burkina Faso63 barrier points 63 barrier points 37
187 Guinea-Bissau63 barrier points 63 barrier points 37
189 Bangladesh64 barrier points 64 barrier points 36
189 Egypt64 barrier points 64 barrier points 36
191 Angola65 barrier points 65 barrier points 35
192 Algeria66 barrier points 66 barrier points 34
192 Congo66 barrier points 66 barrier points 34
192 Guinea66 barrier points 66 barrier points 34
195 Belarus67 barrier points 67 barrier points 33
195 Mali67 barrier points 67 barrier points 33
195 Niger67 barrier points 67 barrier points 33
195 Pakistan67 barrier points 67 barrier points 33
195 Palestine67 barrier points 67 barrier points 33
200 Burundi68 barrier points 68 barrier points 32
200 Saudi Arabia68 barrier points 68 barrier points 32
202 Haiti69 barrier points 69 barrier points 31
203 Western Sahara70 barrier points 70 barrier points 30
204 Cameroon71 barrier points 71 barrier points 29
204 Iraq71 barrier points 71 barrier points 29
206 Chad73 barrier points 73 barrier points 27
206 Congo DR73 barrier points 73 barrier points 27
206 Equatorial Guinea73 barrier points 73 barrier points 27
209 China76 barrier points 76 barrier points 24
209 Cuba76 barrier points 76 barrier points 24
209 Myanmar76 barrier points 76 barrier points 24
212 Iran78 barrier points 78 barrier points 22
213 Oman87 barrier points 87 barrier points 13
214 United Arab Emirates92 barrier points 92 barrier points 8
215 Venezuela96 barrier points 96 barrier points 4
216 Bahrain99 barrier points 99 barrier points 1
216 Qatar99 barrier points 99 barrier points 1
218 Afghanistan100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Central African Republic100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Eritrea100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Korea DPR100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Kuwait100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Libya100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Somalia100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 South Sudan100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Sudan100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Syria100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Turkmenistan100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0
218 Yemen100 barrier points 100 barrier points 0

Last rating: June 22nd, 2026

How the Raw Value Is Calculated

The raw value is barrier points from 0 to 100 for ordinary naturalization. Low values mean short and clear routes; high values mean long residence periods, many evidence requirements, strict language or integration tests, high discretion or effectively blocked naturalization.

Nomadino weights six components: time to durable status, multiple citizenship, rule of law and administration, language and integration barriers, personal freedom and general residence access.

Additional adjustments account for countries with especially accessible naturalization routes and countries where naturalization is very strict, rare or politically controlled. Effectively unpredictable routes receive substantially higher barrier points.

Barrier points are mapped to the current international range. The rating intentionally runs in reverse: 0 barrier points give a 100-point rating, while 100 barrier points give a 0-point rating.