{
  "id": "us-visa-refusal-rates",
  "title": "U.S. Nonimmigrant Visa Refusal Rates by Nationality",
  "description": "Adjusted refusal rates for B-category (visitor) nonimmigrant visas by nationality, as published by the U.S. Department of State (FY2025). Per DOS methodology, each applicant counts once per fiscal year by final status, and the adjusted rate equals (refusals − overcomes) ÷ (issuances + refusals − overcomes). Official government statistics, not predictions of individual outcomes.",
  "version": "fy2025-v1",
  "updatedAt": "2026-07-24",
  "spatialCoverage": "United States",
  "temporalCoverage": "FY2025",
  "measurementTechnique": [
    "Official fiscal-year table ingestion",
    "Nationality normalization"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "name": "U.S. Department of State — Adjusted Refusal Rate, B-Visas by Nationality",
      "url": "https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-statistics/nonimmigrant-visa-statistics.html",
      "license": "public-domain",
      "retrievedAt": "2026-07-24"
    }
  ],
  "columns": [
    {
      "key": "country",
      "label": "Nationality",
      "type": "string"
    },
    {
      "key": "refusalRatePct",
      "label": "Adjusted refusal rate (%)",
      "type": "percent"
    }
  ],
  "rows": [
    {
      "country": "*NON-NATIONALITY BASED ISSUANCES",
      "refusalRatePct": 37.4
    },
    {
      "country": "AFGHANISTAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 63.25
    },
    {
      "country": "ALBANIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 37.32
    },
    {
      "country": "ALGERIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 51.23
    },
    {
      "country": "ANDORRA",
      "refusalRatePct": 9.09
    },
    {
      "country": "ANGOLA",
      "refusalRatePct": 54.33
    },
    {
      "country": "ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA",
      "refusalRatePct": 38.89
    },
    {
      "country": "ARGENTINA",
      "refusalRatePct": 7.47
    },
    {
      "country": "ARMENIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 56.37
    },
    {
      "country": "AUSTRALIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 22.93
    },
    {
      "country": "AUSTRIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 8.92
    },
    {
      "country": "AZERBAIJAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 20.91
    },
    {
      "country": "BAHAMAS, THE",
      "refusalRatePct": 14.46
    },
    {
      "country": "BAHRAIN",
      "refusalRatePct": 24.01
    },
    {
      "country": "BANGLADESH",
      "refusalRatePct": 61.45
    },
    {
      "country": "BARBADOS",
      "refusalRatePct": 18.46
    },
    {
      "country": "BELARUS",
      "refusalRatePct": 26.58
    },
    {
      "country": "BELGIUM",
      "refusalRatePct": 12.8
    },
    {
      "country": "BELIZE",
      "refusalRatePct": 32.32
    },
    {
      "country": "BENIN",
      "refusalRatePct": 64.58
    },
    {
      "country": "BHUTAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 56.03
    },
    {
      "country": "BOLIVIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 29.83
    },
    {
      "country": "BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA",
      "refusalRatePct": 14.89
    },
    {
      "country": "BOTSWANA",
      "refusalRatePct": 38.44
    },
    {
      "country": "BRAZIL",
      "refusalRatePct": 14.87
    },
    {
      "country": "BRUNEI",
      "refusalRatePct": 8.33
    },
    {
      "country": "BULGARIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 5.11
    },
    {
      "country": "BURKINA FASO",
      "refusalRatePct": 71.25
    },
    {
      "country": "BURMA",
      "refusalRatePct": 64.19
    },
    {
      "country": "BURUNDI",
      "refusalRatePct": 69.23
    },
    {
      "country": "CABO VERDE",
      "refusalRatePct": 53.87
    },
    {
      "country": "CAMBODIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 30.71
    },
    {
      "country": "CAMEROON",
      "refusalRatePct": 60.55
    },
    {
      "country": "CANADA",
      "refusalRatePct": 53.1
    },
    {
      "country": "CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC",
      "refusalRatePct": 42.6
    },
    {
      "country": "CHAD",
      "refusalRatePct": 61.63
    },
    {
      "country": "CHILE",
      "refusalRatePct": 16.38
    },
    {
      "country": "CHINA",
      "refusalRatePct": 20.21
    },
    {
      "country": "COLOMBIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 32.84
    },
    {
      "country": "COMOROS",
      "refusalRatePct": 30.19
    },
    {
      "country": "CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE",
      "refusalRatePct": 63.37
    },
    {
      "country": "CONGO, REPUBLIC OF THE",
      "refusalRatePct": 64.75
    },
    {
      "country": "COSTA RICA",
      "refusalRatePct": 16.14
    },
    {
      "country": "COTE D`IVOIRE",
      "refusalRatePct": 36.79
    },
    {
      "country": "CROATIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 14.75
    },
    {
      "country": "CUBA",
      "refusalRatePct": 70.86
    },
    {
      "country": "CYPRUS",
      "refusalRatePct": 2.55
    },
    {
      "country": "CZECH REPUBLIC",
      "refusalRatePct": 8.66
    },
    {
      "country": "DENMARK",
      "refusalRatePct": 12.59
    },
    {
      "country": "DJIBOUTI",
      "refusalRatePct": 61.47
    },
    {
      "country": "DOMINICA",
      "refusalRatePct": 42.89
    },
    {
      "country": "DOMINICAN REPUBLIC",
      "refusalRatePct": 36.4
    },
    {
      "country": "ECUADOR",
      "refusalRatePct": 42.24
    },
    {
      "country": "EGYPT",
      "refusalRatePct": 47.61
    },
    {
      "country": "EL SALVADOR",
      "refusalRatePct": 58.22
    },
    {
      "country": "EQUATORIAL GUINEA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "ERITREA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "ESTONIA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "ESWATINI",
      "refusalRatePct": 50.87
    },
    {
      "country": "ETHIOPIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 53.64
    },
    {
      "country": "FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 100
    },
    {
      "country": "FIJI",
      "refusalRatePct": 32.83
    },
    {
      "country": "FINLAND",
      "refusalRatePct": 18.09
    },
    {
      "country": "FRANCE",
      "refusalRatePct": 9.67
    },
    {
      "country": "GABON",
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    },
    {
      "country": "GAMBIA, THE",
      "refusalRatePct": 75.29
    },
    {
      "country": "GEORGIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 45.57
    },
    {
      "country": "GERMANY",
      "refusalRatePct": 12.22
    },
    {
      "country": "GHANA",
      "refusalRatePct": 64.34
    },
    {
      "country": "GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND",
      "refusalRatePct": 20.44
    },
    {
      "country": "GREECE",
      "refusalRatePct": 9.3
    },
    {
      "country": "GRENADA",
      "refusalRatePct": 43.73
    },
    {
      "country": "GUATEMALA",
      "refusalRatePct": 39.21
    },
    {
      "country": "GUINEA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "GUINEA - BISSAU",
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    },
    {
      "country": "GUYANA",
      "refusalRatePct": 26.61
    },
    {
      "country": "HAITI",
      "refusalRatePct": 50.26
    },
    {
      "country": "HONDURAS",
      "refusalRatePct": 46.52
    },
    {
      "country": "HONG KONG S. A. R.",
      "refusalRatePct": 7.72
    },
    {
      "country": "HUNGARY",
      "refusalRatePct": 7.91
    },
    {
      "country": "ICELAND",
      "refusalRatePct": 5.43
    },
    {
      "country": "INDIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 22.04
    },
    {
      "country": "INDONESIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 26.69
    },
    {
      "country": "IRAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 62.44
    },
    {
      "country": "IRAQ",
      "refusalRatePct": 39.86
    },
    {
      "country": "IRELAND",
      "refusalRatePct": 25.12
    },
    {
      "country": "ISRAEL",
      "refusalRatePct": 11.32
    },
    {
      "country": "ITALY",
      "refusalRatePct": 12.65
    },
    {
      "country": "JAMAICA",
      "refusalRatePct": 44.26
    },
    {
      "country": "JAPAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 5.68
    },
    {
      "country": "JORDAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 56.63
    },
    {
      "country": "KAZAKHSTAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 51.75
    },
    {
      "country": "KENYA",
      "refusalRatePct": 68.23
    },
    {
      "country": "KIRIBATI",
      "refusalRatePct": 4.5
    },
    {
      "country": "KOREA, NORTH",
      "refusalRatePct": 33.33
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    {
      "country": "KOREA, SOUTH",
      "refusalRatePct": 24.73
    },
    {
      "country": "KOSOVO",
      "refusalRatePct": 35
    },
    {
      "country": "KUWAIT",
      "refusalRatePct": 6.06
    },
    {
      "country": "KYRGYZSTAN",
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    },
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      "country": "LAOS",
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    {
      "country": "LATVIA",
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    {
      "country": "LEBANON",
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      "country": "LESOTHO",
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      "country": "LIBERIA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "LIBYA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "LIECHTENSTEIN",
      "refusalRatePct": 0
    },
    {
      "country": "LITHUANIA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "LUXEMBOURG",
      "refusalRatePct": 13.77
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    {
      "country": "MACAU S.A.R.",
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    {
      "country": "MADAGASCAR",
      "refusalRatePct": 17.23
    },
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      "country": "MALAWI",
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      "country": "MALAYSIA",
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      "country": "MALDIVES",
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      "country": "MALI",
      "refusalRatePct": 55.57
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    {
      "country": "MALTA",
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    {
      "country": "MARSHALL ISLANDS, REPUBLIC OF THE",
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    },
    {
      "country": "MAURITANIA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "MAURITIUS",
      "refusalRatePct": 7.35
    },
    {
      "country": "MEXICO",
      "refusalRatePct": 21.36
    },
    {
      "country": "MOLDOVA",
      "refusalRatePct": 44.76
    },
    {
      "country": "MONACO",
      "refusalRatePct": 0
    },
    {
      "country": "MONGOLIA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "MONTENEGRO",
      "refusalRatePct": 33.41
    },
    {
      "country": "MOROCCO",
      "refusalRatePct": 26.91
    },
    {
      "country": "MOZAMBIQUE",
      "refusalRatePct": 24.75
    },
    {
      "country": "NAMIBIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 16.54
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    {
      "country": "NAURU",
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    {
      "country": "NEPAL",
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    {
      "country": "NETHERLANDS",
      "refusalRatePct": 17.42
    },
    {
      "country": "NEW ZEALAND",
      "refusalRatePct": 21.94
    },
    {
      "country": "NICARAGUA",
      "refusalRatePct": 53.15
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    {
      "country": "NIGER",
      "refusalRatePct": 38.23
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      "country": "NIGERIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 57
    },
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      "country": "NORTH MACEDONIA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "NORWAY",
      "refusalRatePct": 16.18
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    {
      "country": "OMAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 3.14
    },
    {
      "country": "PAKISTAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 52.32
    },
    {
      "country": "PALAU",
      "refusalRatePct": 80
    },
    {
      "country": "PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY TRAVEL DOCUMENT",
      "refusalRatePct": 60.26
    },
    {
      "country": "PANAMA",
      "refusalRatePct": 6.51
    },
    {
      "country": "PAPUA NEW GUINEA",
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    {
      "country": "PARAGUAY",
      "refusalRatePct": 18.71
    },
    {
      "country": "PERU",
      "refusalRatePct": 20.9
    },
    {
      "country": "PHILIPPINES",
      "refusalRatePct": 30.76
    },
    {
      "country": "POLAND",
      "refusalRatePct": 11.63
    },
    {
      "country": "PORTUGAL",
      "refusalRatePct": 8.19
    },
    {
      "country": "QATAR",
      "refusalRatePct": 9.69
    },
    {
      "country": "ROMANIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 8.41
    },
    {
      "country": "RUSSIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 40.38
    },
    {
      "country": "RWANDA",
      "refusalRatePct": 64.71
    },
    {
      "country": "SAMOA",
      "refusalRatePct": 44.33
    },
    {
      "country": "SAN MARINO",
      "refusalRatePct": 20
    },
    {
      "country": "SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE",
      "refusalRatePct": 25
    },
    {
      "country": "SAUDI ARABIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 5.98
    },
    {
      "country": "SENEGAL",
      "refusalRatePct": 73.96
    },
    {
      "country": "SERBIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 15.2
    },
    {
      "country": "SEYCHELLES",
      "refusalRatePct": 13.22
    },
    {
      "country": "SIERRA LEONE",
      "refusalRatePct": 70.55
    },
    {
      "country": "SINGAPORE",
      "refusalRatePct": 18.64
    },
    {
      "country": "SLOVAKIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 14.33
    },
    {
      "country": "SLOVENIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 14.57
    },
    {
      "country": "SOLOMON ISLANDS",
      "refusalRatePct": 7.84
    },
    {
      "country": "SOMALIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 83.52
    },
    {
      "country": "SOUTH AFRICA",
      "refusalRatePct": 11.66
    },
    {
      "country": "SOUTH SUDAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 76.09
    },
    {
      "country": "SPAIN",
      "refusalRatePct": 23.67
    },
    {
      "country": "SRI LANKA",
      "refusalRatePct": 33.35
    },
    {
      "country": "ST. KITTS AND NEVIS",
      "refusalRatePct": 35.09
    },
    {
      "country": "ST. LUCIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 37.03
    },
    {
      "country": "ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES",
      "refusalRatePct": 37.34
    },
    {
      "country": "SUDAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 63.26
    },
    {
      "country": "SURINAME",
      "refusalRatePct": 14.28
    },
    {
      "country": "SWEDEN",
      "refusalRatePct": 21.77
    },
    {
      "country": "SWITZERLAND",
      "refusalRatePct": 5.82
    },
    {
      "country": "SYRIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 50.69
    },
    {
      "country": "TAIWAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 9.45
    },
    {
      "country": "TAJIKISTAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 47.83
    },
    {
      "country": "TANZANIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 39.41
    },
    {
      "country": "THAILAND",
      "refusalRatePct": 25.67
    },
    {
      "country": "TIMOR-LESTE",
      "refusalRatePct": 20.45
    },
    {
      "country": "TOGO",
      "refusalRatePct": 72.02
    },
    {
      "country": "TONGA",
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    },
    {
      "country": "TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO",
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    },
    {
      "country": "TUNISIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 25.89
    },
    {
      "country": "TURKEY",
      "refusalRatePct": 22.25
    },
    {
      "country": "TURKMENISTAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 64.74
    },
    {
      "country": "TUVALU",
      "refusalRatePct": 4.55
    },
    {
      "country": "UGANDA",
      "refusalRatePct": 57.58
    },
    {
      "country": "UKRAINE",
      "refusalRatePct": 33.92
    },
    {
      "country": "UNITED ARAB EMIRATES",
      "refusalRatePct": 2.17
    },
    {
      "country": "URUGUAY",
      "refusalRatePct": 2.59
    },
    {
      "country": "UZBEKISTAN",
      "refusalRatePct": 52.46
    },
    {
      "country": "VANUATU",
      "refusalRatePct": 46.88
    },
    {
      "country": "VATICAN CITY",
      "refusalRatePct": 0
    },
    {
      "country": "VENEZUELA",
      "refusalRatePct": 48.22
    },
    {
      "country": "VIETNAM",
      "refusalRatePct": 22.08
    },
    {
      "country": "YEMEN",
      "refusalRatePct": 67.98
    },
    {
      "country": "ZAMBIA",
      "refusalRatePct": 52.45
    },
    {
      "country": "ZIMBABWE",
      "refusalRatePct": 37.6
    }
  ]
}