Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2021, Spain's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 84.4% compared to 2020, reaching 7,865.

Spain accounts for 2.2% of the EU-27 total of 356,995.

Spain ranks 12th 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 71.8% (from 27,845 in 2016).

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