Graphical Highlights
 
Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality
FY 2000 - FY 2005


Nationality Number Decided Percent Denied Ranking
Jamaica 138 92.0 1
Nicaragua 320 90.6 2
El Salvador 2,813 87.8 3
Dominican Republic 100 87.0 4
Mexico 1,829 85.8 5
Vietnam 342 85.4 6
Guyana 408 85.3 7
Ecuador 175 83.4 8
Haiti 12,675 83.2 9
Argentina 339 82.6 10
Cambodia 113 82.3 11
Honduras 780 82.2 12
Guatemala 4,118 81.5 13
Laos 200 80.5 14
Poland 155 80.0 15
Ghana 282 78.0 16
Philippines 631 75.8 17
Macedonia 309 75.1 18
Israel 156 74.4 19
Venezuela 561 74.0 20
Yemen 284 72.2 21
South Africa 110 71.8 22
Jordan 368 71.5 23
Brazil 325 71.4 24
Nigeria 997 71.1 25
Senegal 193 68.4 26
Angola 110 67.3 27
Indonesia 4,283 66.7 28
Syria 227 65.2 29
Colombia 13,524 64.2 30
Cuba 524 62.0 31
Turkey 305 61.3 32
Democratic Republic of Congo 157 61.1 33
Mauritania 1,919 60.7 34
Peru 1,747 60.6 35
Algeria 254 59.1 36
Lebanon 583 59.0 38
Pakistan 2,236 59.0 38
Latvia 113 58.4 39
Gambia 248 58.1 40
Armenia 3,005 57.3 41
Bangladesh 1,577 56.9 42
India 5,896 55.6 44
Sierra Leone 1,141 55.6 44
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) 399 55.1 45
Kampuchea 236 54.2 46
Yugoslavia 2,080 53.5 47
China 34,093 53.3 48
Guinea 1,394 52.7 49
Togo 500 52.4 50
Kenya 470 52.1 51
Cameroon 1,740 52.0 52
Bulgaria 526 51.7 53
Burundi 125 51.2 54
Ukraine 999 51.1 55
Albania 6,154 50.9 57
Romania 576 50.9 57
Eritrea 545 50.8 58
Georgia 602 49.5 59
Ethiopia 2,420 49.3 60
United Kingdom 109 48.6 61
Uganda 451 48.1 62
Zimbabwe 290 47.9 63
Fiji 896 47.7 64
Sudan 745 46.6 65
Congo 1,139 46.5 67
Somalia 2,248 46.5 67
Serbia Montenegro 227 44.9 68
Iran 1,828 44.2 69
Sri Lanka 1,137 42.9 71
Stateless 266 42.9 71
Iraq 1,526 42.0 72
Liberia 1,000 39.9 74
Zaire 168 39.9 74
Azerbaijan 304 39.8 75
Nepal 451 38.8 76
Soviet Union 227 37.9 77
Rwanda 175 37.7 78
Kazakhstan 253 37.2 79
Russia 2,803 36.1 80
Byelorussia (Belarus) 218 34.4 81
Egypt 1,821 32.8 82
Uzebekistan 438 29.9 83
Afghanistan 682 29.0 84
Burma (Myanmar) 840 24.9 85

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


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