Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2018, Sweden's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 8.7% compared to 2017, reaching 22,310.

Sweden accounts for 4.9% of the EU-27 total of 456,660.

Sweden ranks 8th 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 51.8% (from 14,695 in 2013).

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