Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2020, Sweden's return orders issued to non-eu citizens decreased by 23.1% compared to 2019, reaching 16,350.

Sweden accounts for 4.1% of the EU-27 total of 396,435.

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 fallen by 9.9% (from 18,150 in 2015).

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