Applicant nationalities
164 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.
EOIR data through August 31, 2026 · built September 11, 2026 · What these dates mean
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: 164
| Country | Decisions | Granted | 95% interval |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 165,702 | 59% | 59% — 60% |
| El Salvador | 137,340 | 18% | 18% — 18% |
| Guatemala | 123,440 | 17% | 16% — 17% |
| Honduras | 99,997 | 16% | 16% — 16% |
| Mexico | 97,700 | 9% | 9% — 10% |
| Colombia | 57,779 | 23% | 23% — 23% |
| India | 54,865 | 46% | 46% — 47% |
| Haiti | 53,124 | 14% | 14% — 15% |
| Nicaragua | 47,419 | 26% | 26% — 26% |
| Venezuela | 47,168 | 34% | 34% — 35% |
| Ecuador | 32,131 | 14% | 13% — 14% |
| Cuba | 28,292 | 29% | 29% — 30% |
| Russia | 26,649 | 67% | 67% — 68% |
| Peru | 22,894 | 19% | 18% — 19% |
| Brazil | 18,928 | 17% | 16% — 17% |
| Ethiopia | 14,445 | 64% | 64% — 65% |
| Albania | 14,125 | 56% | 55% — 56% |
| Bangladesh | 14,026 | 46% | 45% — 47% |
| Cameroon | 13,709 | 62% | 61% — 62% |
| Pakistan | 12,942 | 39% | 38% — 40% |
| Indonesia | 11,625 | 32% | 31% — 33% |
| Nepal | 10,966 | 68% | 67% — 69% |
| Somalia | 10,675 | 48% | 47% — 49% |
| Nigeria | 10,125 | 40% | 39% — 41% |
| Iran | 9,806 | 57% | 56% — 58% |
| Armenia | 9,710 | 51% | 50% — 52% |
| Egypt | 9,251 | 68% | 67% — 69% |
| Mauritania | 9,042 | 36% | 35% — 37% |
| Guinea | 8,936 | 48% | 47% — 49% |
| Afghanistan | 8,347 | 67% | 66% — 68% |
| Yugoslavia | 7,165 | 50% | 48% — 51% |
| Eritrea | 6,868 | 71% | 70% — 72% |
| Iraq | 6,787 | 65% | 64% — 66% |
| Ukraine | 5,983 | 56% | 54% — 57% |
| Turkiye | 5,613 | 52% | 51% — 54% |
| Romania | 5,552 | 30% | 29% — 32% |
| Ghana | 5,355 | 30% | 29% — 31% |
| Sri Lanka | 5,337 | 56% | 55% — 58% |
| Senegal | 4,986 | 17% | 16% — 18% |
| Uzbekistan | 4,946 | 50% | 49% — 52% |
| Philippines | 4,381 | 11% | 11% — 12% |
| Soviet Union | 4,206 | 81% | 79% — 82% |
| Liberia | 4,172 | 46% | 45% — 48% |
| Georgia | 4,028 | 49% | 47% — 50% |
| Jamaica | 3,649 | 12% | 11% — 13% |
| Vietnam | 3,627 | 24% | 22% — 25% |
| Sierra Leone | 3,394 | 38% | 37% — 40% |
| Dominican Republic | 3,304 | 8% | 8% — 9% |
| Congo | 3,168 | 54% | 53% — 56% |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 3,057 | 70% | 69% — 72% |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 2,995 | 49% | 48% — 51% |
| Kenya | 2,978 | 42% | 40% — 44% |
| Syria | 2,904 | 60% | 58% — 61% |
| Sudan | 2,903 | 52% | 50% — 54% |
| Bolivia | 2,783 | 14% | 12% — 15% |
| Lebanon | 2,717 | 35% | 33% — 37% |
| Gambia | 2,618 | 43% | 42% — 45% |
| Jordan | 2,381 | 27% | 25% — 28% |
| Bulgaria | 2,362 | 42% | 40% — 44% |
| Belarus | 2,294 | 81% | 79% — 82% |
| Togo | 2,246 | 51% | 49% — 53% |
| Fiji | 2,217 | 42% | 40% — 44% |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 2,135 | 57% | 55% — 59% |
| Mali | 2,082 | 49% | 47% — 51% |
| Uganda | 2,063 | 62% | 60% — 64% |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 2,042 | 50% | 47% — 52% |
| Angola | 2,039 | 46% | 44% — 48% |
| Burkina Faso | 2,000 | 64% | 61% — 66% |
| Poland | 1,991 | 14% | 13% — 16% |
| Kazakhstan | 1,847 | 62% | 60% — 64% |
| Stateless - Alien Unable to Name A Country | 1,775 | 67% | 65% — 70% |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 1,748 | 64% | 62% — 66% |
| Zimbabwe | 1,589 | 51% | 49% — 54% |
| Chile | 1,474 | 15% | 13% — 17% |
| Laos | 1,396 | 21% | 19% — 23% |
| Argentina | 1,379 | 13% | 11% — 15% |
| Azerbaijan | 1,349 | 62% | 59% — 64% |
| Mongolia | 1,340 | 51% | 48% — 53% |
| Yemen | 1,338 | 38% | 35% — 41% |
| Guyana | 1,270 | 15% | 13% — 17% |
| Rwanda | 1,264 | 61% | 59% — 64% |
| Algeria | 1,019 | 38% | 35% — 41% |
| Burundi | 1,013 | 51% | 48% — 54% |
| Kosovo | 946 | 70% | 67% — 73% |
| Tajikistan (Tadzhik) | 913 | 53% | 50% — 57% |
| Israel | 900 | 30% | 27% — 33% |
| Macedonia | 899 | 32% | 29% — 35% |
| Serbia Montenegro | 889 | 55% | 52% — 58% |
| Byelorussia (Belarus) | 883 | 73% | 70% — 76% |
| South Africa | 778 | 30% | 27% — 34% |
| Zaire | 717 | 59% | 55% — 63% |
| Cambodia | 703 | 22% | 19% — 25% |
| Panama | 687 | 21% | 18% — 24% |
| Belize | 657 | 14% | 11% — 16% |
| Morocco | 621 | 22% | 19% — 26% |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 583 | 40% | 36% — 44% |
| Chad | 554 | 59% | 55% — 63% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 546 | 10% | 8% — 13% |
| Hungary | 541 | 21% | 17% — 24% |
| Niger | 515 | 35% | 31% — 39% |
| Kampuchea | 499 | 42% | 38% — 46% |
| United Kingdom | 488 | 34% | 30% — 39% |
| Germany | 438 | 25% | 21% — 29% |
| Libya | 435 | 60% | 56% — 65% |
| Saudi Arabia | 423 | 57% | 52% — 61% |
| Tanzania | 413 | 35% | 30% — 39% |
| Unknown Country | 406 | 31% | 27% — 36% |
| Lithuania | 402 | 29% | 25% — 33% |
| Costa Rica | 402 | 16% | 13% — 20% |
| Latvia | 387 | 40% | 35% — 45% |
| South Korea | 383 | 15% | 11% — 19% |
| Turkmenistan | 377 | 66% | 61% — 71% |
| Portugal | 358 | 17% | 13% — 21% |
| Thailand | 332 | 14% | 10% — 18% |
| Central African Republic | 328 | 52% | 46% — 57% |
| Kuwait | 324 | 38% | 33% — 44% |
| Malaysia | 322 | 30% | 25% — 35% |
| Spain | 314 | 9% | 6% — 13% |
| Benin | 308 | 38% | 32% — 43% |
| Italy | 308 | 18% | 14% — 23% |
| Croatia | 278 | 37% | 32% — 43% |
| Canada | 273 | 34% | 28% — 39% |
| Estonia | 263 | 39% | 33% — 45% |
| Zambia | 262 | 44% | 38% — 50% |
| No Nationality | 261 | 39% | 33% — 45% |
| Tunisia | 252 | 29% | 24% — 35% |
| France | 250 | 24% | 19% — 30% |
| Bahamas | 247 | 9% | 6% — 14% |
| Suriname | 242 | 21% | 17% — 27% |
| Czechoslovakia | 225 | 25% | 20% — 31% |
| Palestine | 217 | 39% | 33% — 46% |
| Slovak Republic | 202 | 26% | 20% — 32% |
| Djibouti | 199 | 66% | 59% — 72% |
| Uruguay | 177 | 14% | 10% — 20% |
| Greece | 172 | 40% | 33% — 47% |
| Bhutan | 171 | 49% | 41% — 56% |
| Taiwan | 157 | 14% | 9% — 20% |
| Guinea Bissau | 151 | 31% | 24% — 39% |
| Gabon | 150 | 37% | 30% — 45% |
| Japan | 136 | 27% | 20% — 35% |
| Paraguay | 128 | 16% | 11% — 24% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 128 | 35% | 27% — 44% |
| Belgium | 120 | 30% | 23% — 39% |
| Czech Republic | 119 | 21% | 15% — 29% |
| Singapore | 115 | 43% | 34% — 52% |
| United Arab Emirates | 113 | 66% | 57% — 74% |
| Malawi | 113 | 42% | 34% — 52% |
| Netherlands | 100 | 24% | 17% — 33% |
| South Sudan | 96 | 10% | 6% — 18% |
| Bahrain | 94 | 20% | 13% — 29% |
| Montenegro | 93 | 55% | 45% — 65% |
| Seychelles | 93 | 46% | 36% — 56% |
| Hong Kong | 91 | 30% | 21% — 40% |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 91 | 3% | 1% — 9% |
| Sweden | 77 | 23% | 15% — 34% |
| Ireland | 75 | 20% | 13% — 30% |
| Slovenia | 75 | 35% | 25% — 46% |
| North Korea | 67 | 42% | 31% — 54% |
| Cape Verde | 62 | 5% | 2% — 13% |
| Australia | 58 | 9% | 4% — 19% |
| Qatar | 54 | 50% | 37% — 63% |
| Dominica | 50 | 6% | 2% — 16% |
| Austria | 50 | 34% | 22% — 48% |
| Serbia | 50 | 56% | 42% — 69% |
How this percentage is calculated
Grant rate = granted / (granted + denied). Administrative closures, withdrawals, abandonment and "not adjudicated" are excluded from the denominator. What is counted is a decision per proceeding, not per application: asylum, withholding and CAT protection are almost always asked for together, so withholding and CAT grants are counted separately from asylum. The U.S. fiscal year runs October 1 – September 30.