Germany takes first spot for best citizenship in the world in Best citizenships rankings.
The Best Citizenships Index (BCI) released today for 2019 takes into consideration 18 metrics for evaluating a citizenship. BCI index tells which country has the best citizenship in the world. One key difference with this index, it ranks citizenship not passports.
Germany scored 112 points out of 145 points taking the first place, followed by Ireland in second place and Iceland in third place.
European countries dominate top 3 spots in citizenship rankings. US with 20 trillion economy takes six spot.
The BCI index uses the following metrics for citizenship rankings.
- Dual Citizenship – 10 points
- GDP (PPP) – 10 points
- Human Development Index (HDI) – 10 points
- Global Peace Index (GPI) – 10 points
- Per Capita Income – 10 points
- Strong currency – 10 points
- Population – 10 points
- Education – 10 points
- Freedom – 10 points
- Healthcare – 10 points
- Naturalization time in years – 10 points
- Citizenship by Marriage – 10 points
- Birthright Citizenship – 10 points
- Military Service (compulsory) – 5 points
- Citizenship Renunciation – 5 points
- Citizenship for economic interest – 5 points
- Visa free countries – 10 points
- Total 145 points
| Citizenship | PBS score | Rank |
 Germany |
112.40 | 1 |
 Ireland |
112.03 | 2 |
 Iceland |
110.09 | 3 |
 United Kingdom |
109.83 | 4 |
 Spain |
108.96 | 5 |
 United States |
108.07 | 6 |
 Portugal |
107.69 | 7 |
 Italy |
107.08 | 8 |
 France |
106.24 | 9 |
 Luxembourg |
104.95 | 10 |
 Canada |
103.92 | 11 |
 Australia |
103.41 | 12 |
 Malta |
102.09 | 13 |
 New Zealand |
101.81 | 15 |
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