Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2017, Sweden's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 16.7% compared to 2016, reaching 20,525.

Sweden accounts for 4.6% of the EU-27 total of 450,390.

Sweden ranks 9th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.1% (from 19,905 in 2012).

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