Official DOS data · FY2025

U.S. visa refusal rates by country

Adjusted B-visa (visitor) refusal rates for all 199 nationalities, as published by the U.S. Department of State — the median nationality is refused 31.78% of the time. Each nationality has its own citable data page.

Rank	Nationality	Adjusted refusal rate
1	Federated States of Micronesia	100.00%
2	Laos	84.35%
3	Somalia	83.52%
4	Palau	80.00%
5	South Sudan	76.09%
6	Gambia, the	75.29%
7	Guinea - Bissau	75.17%
8	Senegal	73.96%
9	Liberia	73.01%
10	Togo	72.02%
11	Burkina Faso	71.25%
12	Cuba	70.86%
13	Sierra Leone	70.55%
14	Nepal	69.47%
15	Burundi	69.23%
16	Equatorial Guinea	68.63%
17	Kenya	68.23%
18	Yemen	67.98%
19	Mauritania	67.61%
20	Guinea	66.90%
21	Congo, Republic of the	64.75%
22	Turkmenistan	64.74%
23	Rwanda	64.71%
24	Benin	64.58%
25	Ghana	64.34%
26	Burma	64.19%
27	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	63.37%
28	Sudan	63.26%
29	Afghanistan	63.25%
30	Iran	62.44%
31	Chad	61.63%
32	Djibouti	61.47%
33	Bangladesh	61.45%
34	Cameroon	60.55%
35	Palestinian Authority Travel Document	60.26%
36	Eritrea	60.02%
37	Kyrgyzstan	59.02%
38	El Salvador	58.22%
39	Uganda	57.58%
40	Nigeria	57.00%
41	Jordan	56.63%
42	Armenia	56.37%
43	Bhutan	56.03%
44	Mali	55.57%
45	Angola	54.33%
46	Cabo Verde	53.87%
47	Ethiopia	53.64%
48	Malawi	53.42%
49	Nicaragua	53.15%
50	Canada	53.10%
51	Uzbekistan	52.46%
52	Zambia	52.45%
53	Pakistan	52.32%
54	Kazakhstan	51.75%
55	Algeria	51.23%
56	Eswatini	50.87%
57	Syria	50.69%
58	Haiti	50.26%
59	Venezuela	48.22%
60	Tajikistan	47.83%
61	Egypt	47.61%
62	Tonga	47.21%
63	Vanuatu	46.88%
64	Honduras	46.52%
65	Georgia	45.57%
66	Moldova	44.76%
67	Gabon	44.63%
68	Samoa	44.33%
69	Jamaica	44.26%
70	Grenada	43.73%
71	Dominica	42.89%
72	Central African Republic	42.60%
73	Ecuador	42.24%
74	Russia	40.38%
75	Iraq	39.86%
76	Lebanon	39.42%
77	Tanzania	39.41%
78	Guatemala	39.21%
79	Antigua and Barbuda	38.89%
80	Botswana	38.44%
81	Lesotho	38.24%
82	Niger	38.23%
83	Zimbabwe	37.60%
84	*non-Nationality Based Issuances	37.40%
85	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	37.34%
86	Albania	37.32%
87	St. Lucia	37.03%
88	Cote D`ivoire	36.79%
89	Dominican Republic	36.40%
90	Marshall Islands, Republic of the	35.71%
91	St. Kitts and Nevis	35.09%
92	Kosovo	35.00%
93	Ukraine	33.92%
94	Montenegro	33.41%
95	Sri Lanka	33.35%
96	Korea, North	33.33%
97	Colombia	32.84%
98	Fiji	32.83%
99	Belize	32.32%
100	Libya	31.78%
101	Mongolia	31.28%
102	Philippines	30.76%
103	Cambodia	30.71%
104	Comoros	30.19%
105	Bolivia	29.83%
106	Morocco	26.91%
107	Indonesia	26.69%
108	Guyana	26.61%
109	Belarus	26.58%
110	Tunisia	25.89%
111	Thailand	25.67%
112	North Macedonia	25.55%
113	Ireland	25.12%
114	Sao Tome and Principe	25.00%
115	Mozambique	24.75%
116	Korea, South	24.73%
117	Nauru	24.14%
118	Bahrain	24.01%
119	Spain	23.67%
120	Australia	22.93%
121	Turkey	22.25%
122	Vietnam	22.08%
123	India	22.04%
124	New Zealand	21.94%
125	Sweden	21.77%
126	Mexico	21.36%
127	Lithuania	21.32%
128	Azerbaijan	20.91%
129	Peru	20.90%
130	Timor-Leste	20.45%
131	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	20.44%
132	China	20.21%
133	San Marino	20.00%
134	Latvia	19.00%
135	Paraguay	18.71%
136	Singapore	18.64%
137	Barbados	18.46%
138	Finland	18.09%
139	Netherlands	17.42%
140	Madagascar	17.23%
141	Namibia	16.54%
142	Chile	16.38%
143	Norway	16.18%
144	Costa Rica	16.14%
145	Serbia	15.20%
146	Trinidad and Tobago	14.92%
147	Bosnia-Herzegovina	14.89%
148	Brazil	14.87%
149	Croatia	14.75%
150	Slovenia	14.57%
151	Bahamas, the	14.46%
152	Slovakia	14.33%
153	Suriname	14.28%
154	Luxembourg	13.77%
155	Seychelles	13.22%
156	Macau S.a.r.	13.13%
157	Belgium	12.80%
158	Italy	12.65%
159	Denmark	12.59%
160	Germany	12.22%
161	South Africa	11.66%
162	Poland	11.63%
163	Estonia	11.33%
164	Israel	11.32%
165	Maldives	10.60%
166	Papua New Guinea	10.57%
167	Malta	10.30%
168	Qatar	9.69%
169	France	9.67%
170	Taiwan	9.45%
171	Greece	9.30%
172	Andorra	9.09%
173	Austria	8.92%
174	Czech Republic	8.66%
175	Romania	8.41%
176	Brunei	8.33%
177	Portugal	8.19%
178	Malaysia	7.92%
179	Hungary	7.91%
180	Solomon Islands	7.84%
181	Hong Kong S. A. R.	7.72%
182	Argentina	7.47%
183	Mauritius	7.35%
184	Panama	6.51%
185	Kuwait	6.06%
186	Saudi Arabia	5.98%
187	Switzerland	5.82%
188	Japan	5.68%
189	Iceland	5.43%
190	Bulgaria	5.11%
191	Tuvalu	4.55%
192	Kiribati	4.50%
193	Oman	3.14%
194	Uruguay	2.59%
195	Cyprus	2.55%
196	United Arab Emirates	2.17%
197	Liechtenstein	0.00%
198	Monaco	0.00%
199	Vatican City	0.00%

About this data

Source: U.S. Department of State — Adjusted Refusal Rate, B-Visas by Nationality (public domain). Per DOS methodology, each applicant counts once per fiscal year by final status, and the adjusted rate equals (refusals − overcomes) ÷ (issuances + refusals − overcomes). Rates apply to B-category visitor visas worldwide by nationality — they are not predictions for any individual application. Download or embed the full dataset from its dataset page, or see what visitor-visa applicants report being asked in interviews.