Return orders issued to non-EU citizens

In 2025, Denmark's return orders issued to non-eu citizens increased by 5.1% compared to 2024, reaching 2,280.

Denmark accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 491,950.

Denmark ranks 22nd out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.0% (from 2,235 in 2020).

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