Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2019, Spain's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 36.1% compared to 2018, reaching 37,890.

Spain accounts for 7.7% of the EU-27 total of 491,195.

Spain ranks 4th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.1% (from 42,150 in 2014).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_eiord, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.