Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2019, Sweden's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 4.7% compared to 2018, reaching 21,260.

Sweden accounts for 4.3% of the EU-27 total of 491,195.

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 48.9% (from 14,280 in 2014).

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