Graphical Highlights
 
Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality
 FY 1994 - FY 1999


Nationality Number Decided Percent Denied Ranking
El Salvador 7,245 92.9 1
Poland 140 92.1 2
Guyana 124 91.9 3
Mexico 1,728 91.5 4
Philippines 1,678 91.1 5
Honduras 1,865 88.4 6
Ecuador 205 87.8 7
Guatemala 7,782 87.7 8
Venezuela 117 86.3 9
Haiti 7,223 85.7 10
Ghana 1,228 84.3 11
Senegal 238 84.0 12
Mali 162 82.7 13
Vietnam 297 82.5 14
Nicaragua 3,093 81.5 15
Israel 160 81.3 16
Macedonia 206 81.1 17
Brazil 196 80.1 18
South Africa 103 78.6 19
Bangladesh 2,348 78.1 20
Jordan 458 77.3 21
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) 315 77.1 22
Guinea 362 75.4 23
Sierra Leone 557 74.9 24
Gambia 447 73.6 25
Pakistan 2,985 73.4 26
China 18,829 72.8 27
Romania 1,222 72.6 28
India 5,985 72.4 30
Laos 391 72.4 30
Colombia 926 71.8 31
Yemen 170 69.4 32
Lebanon 453 68.7 33
Bolivia 145 68.3 34
Syria 242 67.8 35
Armenia 701 67.0 36
Bulgaria 782 66.4 37
Peru 2,824 65.8 38
Fiji 520 63.8 39
Nigeria 1,524 63.1 40
Kenya 126 62.7 41
Mauritania 1,916 58.2 43
Nepal 134 58.2 43
Latvia 109 57.8 44
Algeria 337 56.1 45
Kampuchea 131 55.7 46
Indonesia 114 50.9 47
Uganda 213 50.7 48
Congo 171 50.3 49
Egypt 809 50.2 50
United Kingdom 113 49.6 51
Serbia Montenegro 199 49.2 52
Stateless 143 49.0 53
Uzebekistan 116 48.3 54
Ethiopia 2,196 48.1 55
Ukraine 1,201 48.0 56
Togo 234 47.9 57
Albania 1,515 47.6 58
Cameroon 412 47.1 59
Rwanda 102 46.1 60
Georgia 231 45.0 61
Liberia 1,309 44.5 62
Cuba 1,679 44.4 63
Iraq 490 42.9 64
Iran 1,321 42.8 65
Yugoslavia 2,217 40.5 66
Kazakhstan 144 39.6 67
Somalia 1,755 39.5 68
Russia 2,019 39.4 69
Eritrea 143 38.5 70
Sri Lanka 975 37.7 71
Byelorussia (Belarus) 126 37.3 72
Zaire 370 34.6 73
Sudan 439 32.8 74
Afghanistan 991 30.6 75
Azerbaijan 135 30.4 76
Burma (Myanmar) 251 28.7 77
Bosnia-Herzegovina 101 21.8 78

Note: Only nationalities with at least 100 decisions during this period listed.


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