Nationalities
Asylum Grant Rates by Nationality
How U.S. immigration courts have decided asylum cases by applicant nationality, 2020–2026.
- 101
- nationalities
- 2,241,113
- decided cases
- 10.7%
- grant rate, all nationalities
Most decided casesMexico8.1%395,580 decidedHighest grant rateCameroon59.8%7,113 decidedLowest grant rateHonduras4.1%348,500 decided
among nationalities with at least 5,000 decided cases
1Mexico8.1%395,5802Honduras4.1%348,5003Guatemala5.3%337,5044Venezuela8.6%170,5375El Salvador14.7%142,9096Nicaragua6.6%133,1007Colombia4.4%117,2598Ecuador6.2%109,4029Brazil7.2%54,78010Peru5.5%53,31411Cuba16.8%41,68012China50.5%38,42813India39.3%37,46614Haiti4.9%28,31215Dominican Republic5.2%25,94116Russia52.9%23,76817Turkey18.1%14,84018Romania4.9%10,79619Nigeria34.6%7,97020Jamaica17.8%7,57321Senegal8.4%7,25722Cameroon59.8%7,11323Bangladesh55.8%6,99724Bolivia6.2%6,19225Afghanistan38.7%5,90726Mauritania11.0%5,49727Uzbekistan22.5%5,44928Nepal58.9%4,90129Guinea29.9%4,71130Georgia30.6%3,90731Pakistan42.5%3,78632Ghana35.3%3,60733Vietnam25.0%3,53434Chile5.6%3,52835Egypt48.6%3,18836Armenia46.4%3,18437Ethiopia63.6%2,95938Ukraine58.7%2,37439Somalia29.5%2,36740Angola33.3%2,35041Iran58.0%2,10942Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)31.5%2,06843Philippines33.2%1,99844Jordan20.5%1,94345Sri Lanka18.3%1,92246Belize5.6%1,81547Democratic Republic Of Congo25.6%1,73748Eritrea73.0%1,67149Iraq68.6%1,62650Belarus72.6%1,60851Costa Rica6.9%1,60552Kazakhstan34.5%1,56953Albania72.4%1,38354Burkina Faso42.5%1,28855Unknown Nationality8.2%1,27456Dominica0.5%1,16257Panama7.4%1,14758Kenya39.9%1,11259Syria55.3%1,11160Congo31.4%97561Indonesia55.2%96762Chad3.4%96763Soviet Union80.2%86964Sudan36.5%86265Canada19.0%82266Tajikistan (Tadzhik)31.2%81067Argentina11.3%78068Guyana26.9%70369United Kingdom10.2%67670South Korea39.5%67371Morocco10.2%66672Liberia34.8%66673Israel30.9%61874Moldavia (Moldova)61.6%61575Poland48.4%60976Trinidad And Tobago35.4%60877Azerbaijan44.3%58778Gambia32.3%57279Mali35.0%57180Uganda73.2%54881Turkmenistan16.3%54182Sierra Leone34.7%49083Togo28.3%48184Kosovo69.9%43885Bahamas12.2%43486Mongolia47.7%41587Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)47.1%40888Burma (Myanmar)66.1%40789Paraguay3.7%40690Lebanon44.5%38991Spain2.6%38292Germany15.1%35893Yemen54.4%34094Thailand17.8%26495Rwanda59.5%26296South Africa16.4%24497Niger25.5%23598Laos26.8%22499Ireland2.9%208100Portugal12.6%207101Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country53.2%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 2026-09-01. Not legal advice.