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Asylum BeaconU.S. immigration court data

Applicant nationalities

163 countries

Asylum grant rate by the applicant's nationality. Different countries bring different mixes of cases, and that is half the explanation for why judges' percentages diverge.

Showing countries with at least 50 decisions on the merits. Names are as they appear in EOIR's lookup table, archaic ones included: "KIRGHIZIA (KYRGYZSTAN)", "BYELORUSSIA (BELARUS)".

Names are in English, as in the source. Both the archaic form and the modern one in parentheses will match.

Found: 163

Asylum grant rate by applicant nationality
CountryDecisionsGranted95% interval
CHINA165,24760%59%60%
EL SALVADOR136,36718%18%18%
GUATEMALA121,85917%17%17%
HONDURAS98,20716%16%17%
MEXICO95,40410%9%10%
COLOMBIA56,48923%23%24%
INDIA54,23647%46%47%
HAITI52,62615%14%15%
NICARAGUA46,68126%26%27%
VENEZUELA44,69536%35%36%
ECUADOR30,98914%14%14%
CUBA27,56030%29%31%
RUSSIA26,27768%67%68%
PERU22,32819%19%20%
BRAZIL18,60817%17%18%
ETHIOPIA14,36964%64%65%
ALBANIA14,11756%55%56%
BANGLADESH13,94446%45%47%
CAMEROON13,58162%61%63%
PAKISTAN12,89939%38%40%
INDONESIA11,61032%31%33%
NEPAL10,92168%68%69%
SOMALIA10,48549%48%50%
NIGERIA10,02840%39%41%
IRAN9,71857%56%58%
ARMENIA9,68551%50%52%
EGYPT9,16768%67%69%
MAURITANIA8,89236%35%37%
GUINEA8,77049%48%50%
AFGHANISTAN8,27567%66%68%
YUGOSLAVIA7,16550%48%51%
ERITREA6,84671%70%72%
IRAQ6,77765%64%66%
UKRAINE5,96556%54%57%
TURKIYE5,48053%52%54%
ROMANIA5,44531%30%32%
SRI LANKA5,32757%55%58%
GHANA5,29730%29%32%
UZBEKISTAN4,82552%50%53%
SENEGAL4,76718%16%19%
PHILIPPINES4,37711%11%12%
SOVIET UNION4,20381%79%82%
LIBERIA4,16846%45%48%
GEORGIA3,92450%48%51%
JAMAICA3,58212%11%13%
VIETNAM3,56424%23%25%
SIERRA LEONE3,38938%36%40%
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC3,2069%8%10%
CONGO3,15555%53%56%
BURMA (MYANMAR)3,05170%69%72%
IVORY COAST (COTE D'IVOIRE)2,98550%48%51%
KENYA2,97342%41%44%
SUDAN2,88252%50%54%
SYRIA2,86960%58%62%
LEBANON2,70735%33%37%
BOLIVIA2,65614%13%16%
GAMBIA2,60944%42%45%
BULGARIA2,35642%40%44%
JORDAN2,34227%25%29%
BELARUS2,26681%80%83%
TOGO2,22651%49%54%
FIJI2,21742%40%44%
KIRGHIZIA (KYRGYZSTAN)2,10158%56%60%
MALI2,07149%47%51%
UGANDA2,05762%60%65%
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO2,02550%48%52%
ANGOLA1,99447%45%49%
BURKINA FASO1,98764%62%66%
POLAND1,98814%13%16%
KAZAKHSTAN1,83662%60%64%
STATELESS - ALIEN UNABLE TO NAME A COUNTRY1,77367%65%70%
MOLDAVIA (MOLDOVA)1,73964%62%66%
ZIMBABWE1,58551%49%54%
LAOS1,39421%19%23%
CHILE1,37316%14%18%
ARGENTINA1,36413%11%15%
AZERBAIJAN1,34061%59%64%
MONGOLIA1,33851%48%53%
YEMEN1,33038%36%41%
GUYANA1,26815%13%17%
RWANDA1,26262%59%64%
ALGERIA1,01938%35%41%
BURUNDI1,00751%48%54%
KOSOVO94670%67%73%
TAJIKISTAN (TADZHIK)90854%50%57%
MACEDONIA89932%29%35%
ISRAEL89730%27%33%
SERBIA MONTENEGRO88955%52%58%
BYELORUSSIA (BELARUS)88373%70%76%
SOUTH AFRICA77731%27%34%
ZAIRE71759%55%63%
CAMBODIA70322%19%25%
PANAMA66822%19%25%
BELIZE63514%12%17%
MOROCCO61523%19%26%
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA58240%36%44%
CHAD54560%56%64%
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO54410%8%13%
HUNGARY53521%18%24%
NIGER51534%30%39%
KAMPUCHEA49942%38%46%
UNITED KINGDOM48634%30%39%
GERMANY43225%22%30%
LIBYA43261%56%65%
SAUDI ARABIA42357%52%61%
TANZANIA41335%30%39%
UNKNOWN COUNTRY40631%27%36%
LITHUANIA40229%25%33%
COSTA RICA39616%13%20%
SOUTH KOREA38115%11%19%
LATVIA37941%36%46%
TURKMENISTAN37367%62%71%
PORTUGAL34118%14%22%
THAILAND33214%10%18%
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC32752%47%57%
KUWAIT32438%33%44%
MALAYSIA32230%25%35%
BENIN30538%32%43%
ITALY29419%15%24%
SPAIN27910%7%14%
CROATIA27837%32%43%
CANADA26834%29%40%
ESTONIA26339%33%45%
NO NATIONALITY26139%33%45%
ZAMBIA26044%38%50%
TUNISIA25229%24%35%
FRANCE24425%20%30%
SURINAME24221%17%27%
BAHAMAS24210%6%14%
CZECHOSLOVAKIA22326%20%32%
PALESTINE21440%33%46%
SLOVAK REPUBLIC20126%20%32%
DJIBOUTI19766%60%73%
URUGUAY17514%10%20%
GREECE17140%33%47%
BHUTAN16849%42%57%
TAIWAN15514%10%21%
GUINEA BISSAU14932%25%39%
GABON14938%30%46%
JAPAN13527%21%35%
EQUATORIAL GUINEA12636%28%44%
PARAGUAY12417%11%25%
CZECH REPUBLIC11921%15%29%
BELGIUM11930%23%39%
SINGAPORE11543%34%52%
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES11366%57%74%
MALAWI11243%34%52%
NETHERLANDS9924%17%34%
SOUTH SUDAN9610%6%18%
BAHRAIN9420%13%29%
SEYCHELLES9346%36%56%
MONTENEGRO9255%45%65%
FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA913%1%9%
HONG KONG9130%21%40%
SWEDEN7723%15%34%
SLOVENIA7535%25%46%
IRELAND7520%13%30%
NORTH KOREA6642%31%54%
CAPE VERDE625%2%13%
AUSTRALIA579%4%19%
QATAR5450%37%63%
DOMINICA506%2%16%
AUSTRIA5034%22%48%
How this percentage is calculated
Grant rate = granted / (granted + denied). Administrative closures, withdrawals, abandonment and "not adjudicated" are excluded from the denominator. The unit of count is a decision per proceeding, not per application: applicants almost always file asylum, withholding and CAT protection together. Withholding and CAT grants are counted separately from asylum. U.S. fiscal year: October 1 – September 30.