Nationalities
Asylum Grant Rates by Nationality
How U.S. immigration courts have decided asylum cases by applicant nationality, 2020–2026.
- 102
- nationalities
- 2,330,220
- decided cases
- 10.4%
- grant rate, all nationalities
Most decided casesMexico7.9%413,389 decidedHighest grant rateCameroon59.5%7,247 decidedLowest grant rateHonduras4.0%358,456 decided
among nationalities with at least 5,000 decided cases
1Mexico7.9%413,3892Honduras4.0%358,4563Guatemala5.2%346,6504Venezuela8.0%183,8095El Salvador14.4%146,3406Nicaragua6.4%137,4587Colombia4.2%122,9278Ecuador6.0%114,3829Brazil7.0%56,81810Peru5.4%55,53411Cuba16.2%43,66212China49.4%39,46413India38.2%38,63014Haiti4.6%30,53415Dominican Republic5.0%27,30416Russia52.1%24,41317Turkey17.8%15,22118Romania4.8%11,17219Nigeria33.2%8,34320Jamaica17.1%7,94621Senegal8.3%7,64422Cameroon59.5%7,24723Bangladesh54.5%7,18724Bolivia6.0%6,49225Afghanistan38.7%6,04326Mauritania10.8%5,78527Uzbekistan21.6%5,70928Nepal57.5%5,03529Guinea29.5%4,93230Georgia30.0%4,06231Pakistan41.4%3,91832Ghana34.3%3,77833Chile5.4%3,74134Vietnam24.1%3,72035Egypt47.2%3,31936Armenia45.9%3,27137Ethiopia63.1%3,02738Somalia28.5%2,60039Ukraine57.2%2,44740Angola32.3%2,44541Iran57.8%2,21842Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)30.1%2,16343Philippines31.7%2,10644Jordan19.2%2,10145Sri Lanka18.0%1,97746Belize5.5%1,90847Democratic Republic Of Congo24.9%1,78848Costa Rica6.4%1,71149Eritrea72.2%1,70750Iraq68.1%1,64251Kazakhstan33.7%1,63652Belarus71.8%1,63653Albania71.8%1,40354Unknown Nationality8.3%1,39255Burkina Faso41.9%1,31656Panama7.0%1,24757Dominica0.5%1,20758Syria54.0%1,17559Kenya38.5%1,16460Indonesia53.0%1,01361Congo30.7%1,00662Chad3.3%1,00663Sudan36.3%90864Canada17.8%88265Soviet Union80.2%87266Tajikistan (Tadzhik)29.8%85667Argentina10.5%84868Guyana25.3%76269Morocco9.5%72770Liberia34.8%69971United Kingdom10.1%69372South Korea38.7%69073Israel29.3%66174Trinidad And Tobago33.9%64075Poland46.7%63476Moldavia (Moldova)60.1%63277Azerbaijan42.5%63178Mali33.9%59579Gambia31.7%58680Turkmenistan15.5%56781Uganda71.9%55982Sierra Leone33.5%51483Togo27.3%50184Bahamas11.9%47285Spain2.4%45186Kosovo69.4%44787Paraguay3.4%44188Mongolia45.8%43989Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)45.8%42690Burma (Myanmar)65.6%42191Lebanon42.8%40992Germany14.9%39793Yemen51.5%37194Thailand17.1%28695Rwanda57.6%27196South Africa15.3%26197Niger24.7%24398Laos26.7%22599Portugal12.5%216100Ireland2.9%208101Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country53.0%202102Libya49.8%201
EOIR decided outcomes, 2020–2026. Grant rate = granted ÷ (granted + denied). Rates vary widely by court and judge — open a nationality for the per-court breakdown, or browse the nationality and court comparisons. Data: official EOIR records, updated 2026-10-01. Not legal advice.