Visa
Schengen visas 2025: where refusals happen, and how many
12,201,026 applications, 1,768,605 refusals, across 161 countries.
The national rate is not enough: from one consulate to another, in the same country and year, it varies threefold. Each country has its own page, consulate by consulate.
Highest refusal rates
Biggest increases since 2024
- Angola+16.5 pts → 45.4%
- Sweden+16.4 pts → 29.3%
- Guinea+11.0 pts → 52.1%
- DR Congo+10.2 pts → 40.1%
- Cape Verde+8.0 pts → 21.4%
- Mozambique+6.5 pts → 14.0%
- Republic of the Congo+5.8 pts → 48.7%
- Senegal+5.1 pts → 51.9%
- Benin+4.9 pts → 30.0%
- Mauritania+4.5 pts → 37.0%
- Canada+4.0 pts → 9.0%
- Kenya+3.9 pts → 33.1%
Countries with at least 10,000 applications.
All 161 countries
| Country | Applications | 2025 | 2024 | Change | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China | 1,915,149 | 4.0% | 4.6% | −0.5 pts | 68 |
| Turkey | 1,268,376 | 14.6% | 14.5% | +0.1 pts | 47 |
| India | 1,153,748 | 15.8% | 15.0% | +0.8 pts | 46 |
| Russia | 679,425 | 6.4% | 7.5% | −1.1 pts | 39 |
| Morocco | 619,827 | 19.2% | 20.1% | −0.9 pts | 26 |
| Saudi Arabia | 553,967 | 5.2% | 5.9% | −0.7 pts | 23 |
| United Kingdom | 512,426 | 10.5% | 6.9% | +3.6 pts | 34 |
| Algeria | 444,577 | 31.3% | 35.0% | −3.8 pts | 22 |
| United Arab Emirates | 298,064 | 24.2% | 23.8% | +0.4 pts | 30 |
| Thailand | 264,190 | 5.9% | 6.2% | −0.3 pts | 20 |
| Philippines | 235,674 | 6.9% | 6.1% | +0.8 pts | 16 |
| Egypt | 226,865 | 24.2% | 25.7% | −1.5 pts | 27 |
| Indonesia | 223,862 | 5.2% | 4.3% | +0.9 pts | 19 |
| South Africa | 195,946 | 5.3% | 5.7% | −0.4 pts | 30 |
| Tunisia | 188,579 | 19.6% | 21.7% | −2.0 pts | 17 |
| United States | 187,033 | 4.9% | 4.0% | +0.9 pts | 104 |
| Kazakhstan | 182,002 | 9.1% | 9.0% | +0.1 pts | 22 |
| Belarus | 157,028 | 2.3% | 3.5% | −1.1 pts | 14 |
| Kuwait | 146,194 | 5.7% | 6.7% | −1.0 pts | 15 |
| Lebanon | 120,364 | 17.3% | 16.9% | +0.4 pts | 19 |
| Vietnam | 116,289 | 9.4% | 10.8% | −1.4 pts | 21 |
| Nigeria | 113,359 | 47.9% | 45.9% | +2.0 pts | 21 |
| Armenia | 111,550 | 10.9% | 12.3% | −1.4 pts | 10 |
| Iran | 107,512 | 29.1% | 26.0% | +3.1 pts | 22 |
| Ecuador | 106,167 | 30.9% | 29.6% | +1.2 pts | 7 |
| Azerbaijan | 104,143 | 9.8% | 9.7% | +0.1 pts | 15 |
| Qatar | 102,930 | 15.1% | 15.9% | −0.8 pts | 18 |
| Pakistan | 89,270 | 45.9% | 47.5% | −1.6 pts | 19 |
| Ivory Coast | 81,886 | 31.5% | 33.8% | −2.4 pts | 7 |
| Kenya | 77,760 | 33.1% | 29.1% | +3.9 pts | 18 |
| Jordan | 73,264 | 21.4% | 21.4% | −0.1 pts | 16 |
| Angola | 72,766 | 45.4% | 28.9% | +16.5 pts | 10 |
| Senegal | 71,923 | 51.9% | 46.8% | +5.1 pts | 14 |
| Iraq | 70,312 | 34.3% | 34.0% | +0.3 pts | 18 |
| Ghana | 63,725 | 46.5% | 45.5% | +1.0 pts | 11 |
| Uzbekistan | 61,328 | 16.3% | 15.2% | +1.1 pts | 10 |
| Cameroon | 57,469 | 40.3% | 38.1% | +2.3 pts | 7 |
| Oman | 53,700 | 10.5% | 9.7% | +0.9 pts | 8 |
| Dominican Republic | 52,063 | 26.6% | 27.8% | −1.2 pts | 6 |
| DR Congo | 52,048 | 40.1% | 29.9% | +10.2 pts | 9 |
| Canada | 43,982 | 9.0% | 5.0% | +4.0 pts | 46 |
| Libya | 43,701 | 15.6% | 19.2% | −3.7 pts | 6 |
| Singapore | 39,226 | 5.1% | 4.2% | +0.9 pts | 15 |
| Bangladesh | 38,642 | 54.5% | 54.9% | −0.4 pts | 8 |
| Cuba | 38,585 | 21.8% | 19.6% | +2.2 pts | 17 |
| Israel | 31,500 | 18.5% | 16.8% | +1.7 pts | 31 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 30,843 | 11.0% | 14.3% | −3.3 pts | 3 |
| Ireland | 30,696 | 3.1% | 1.8% | +1.2 pts | 21 |
| Cape Verde | 27,598 | 21.4% | 13.4% | +8.0 pts | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 26,166 | 34.0% | 36.1% | −2.1 pts | 15 |
| Republic of the Congo | 25,693 | 48.7% | 43.0% | +5.8 pts | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 25,663 | 29.1% | 35.4% | −6.3 pts | 5 |
| Mauritania | 25,265 | 37.0% | 32.5% | +4.5 pts | 3 |
| Bahrain | 25,110 | 10.7% | 10.8% | −0.1 pts | 3 |
| Guinea | 22,335 | 52.1% | 41.1% | +11.0 pts | 3 |
| Mongolia | 21,997 | 14.9% | 17.0% | −2.1 pts | 6 |
| Mozambique | 21,695 | 14.0% | 7.5% | +6.5 pts | 8 |
| Suriname | 21,281 | 12.1% | 16.9% | −4.8 pts | 2 |
| Uganda | 20,691 | 36.8% | 35.7% | +1.1 pts | 5 |
| Serbia | 19,656 | 5.7% | 6.3% | −0.6 pts | 22 |
| Australia | 19,163 | 3.0% | 3.1% | −0.1 pts | 41 |
| Gabon | 17,270 | 29.2% | 26.5% | +2.6 pts | 3 |
| Madagascar | 16,489 | 29.9% | 31.2% | −1.3 pts | 3 |
| Japan | 16,369 | 5.8% | 5.3% | +0.4 pts | 25 |
| Bolivia | 16,230 | 43.4% | 42.1% | +1.3 pts | 5 |
| Tanzania | 16,227 | 19.3% | 20.1% | −0.9 pts | 9 |
| Hong Kong | 15,954 | 2.8% | 2.6% | +0.2 pts | 12 |
| Benin | 15,364 | 30.0% | 25.1% | +4.9 pts | 3 |
| Cambodia | 14,228 | 17.6% | 15.7% | +1.9 pts | 2 |
| Cyprus | 12,980 | 5.1% | 7.5% | −2.5 pts | 13 |
| Mali | 11,336 | 42.5% | 42.9% | −0.4 pts | 4 |
| Georgia | 10,642 | 13.8% | 14.2% | −0.4 pts | 15 |
| Togo | 10,427 | 40.2% | 36.5% | +3.7 pts | 2 |
| Sweden | 10,215 | 29.3% | 12.9% | +16.4 pts | 10 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 10,139 | 32.5% | 28.6% | +3.9 pts | 3 |
| Zimbabwe | 9,657 | 15.4% | 16.2% | −0.9 pts | 7 |
| Burkina Faso | 9,631 | 19.0% | 22.5% | −3.4 pts | 4 |
| Turkmenistan | 8,909 | 13.8% | 8.3% | +5.5 pts | 3 |
| São Tomé & Príncipe | 8,822 | 3.8% | 0.9% | +2.9 pts | 1 |
| Rwanda | 8,323 | 37.3% | 32.5% | +4.7 pts | 4 |
| Chad | 8,292 | 31.2% | 36.2% | −5.0 pts | 1 |
| Myanmar | 7,393 | 17.1% | 17.3% | −0.2 pts | 4 |
| Malaysia | 7,345 | 30.8% | 23.8% | +7.0 pts | 11 |
| Nepal | 7,085 | 24.5% | 35.1% | −10.6 pts | 3 |
| Ukraine | 7,057 | 10.7% | 13.9% | −3.3 pts | 19 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 6,308 | 54.3% | 47.0% | +7.3 pts | 2 |
| Eritrea | 5,772 | 38.8% | 28.7% | +10.1 pts | 1 |
| Jamaica | 5,418 | 6.8% | 5.6% | +1.2 pts | 3 |
| Palestine | 5,302 | 16.7% | 11.8% | +4.9 pts | 5 |
| Burundi | 5,288 | 53.4% | 40.0% | +13.4 pts | 2 |
| South Korea | 5,161 | 11.5% | 11.0% | +0.5 pts | 20 |
| Montenegro | 4,674 | 9.1% | 9.4% | −0.2 pts | 9 |
| Namibia | 4,615 | 3.0% | 5.2% | −2.2 pts | 3 |
| Laos | 4,526 | 8.0% | 11.7% | −3.7 pts | 2 |
| Tajikistan | 4,350 | 33.4% | 36.3% | −2.9 pts | 1 |
| Djibouti | 4,308 | 32.4% | 37.8% | −5.4 pts | 1 |
| Central African Republic | 3,346 | 33.8% | 32.5% | +1.3 pts | 1 |
| Haiti | 3,322 | 34.8% | 46.3% | −11.5 pts | 2 |
| Syria | 3,216 | 27.1% | 27.0% | +0.1 pts | 6 |
| Niger | 3,134 | 18.0% | 16.7% | +1.3 pts | 1 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2,842 | 5.5% | 3.7% | +1.8 pts | 21 |
| North Macedonia | 2,725 | 5.2% | 4.9% | +0.3 pts | 18 |
| New Zealand | 2,714 | 4.6% | 3.6% | +0.9 pts | 7 |
| Mexico | 2,647 | 5.5% | 5.3% | +0.2 pts | 19 |
| Zambia | 2,621 | 11.2% | 10.8% | +0.4 pts | 3 |
| Comoros | 2,538 | 55.0% | 62.8% | −7.8 pts | 1 |
| Brazil | 2,498 | 23.6% | 10.9% | +12.7 pts | 41 |
| Denmark | 2,223 | 1.3% | 0.7% | +0.6 pts | 7 |
| Moldova | 2,199 | 6.9% | 5.5% | +1.4 pts | 10 |
| Taiwan | 1,728 | 6.5% | 5.6% | +1.0 pts | 11 |
| Chile | 1,679 | 27.2% | 23.2% | +4.0 pts | 13 |
| Kosovo | 1,530 | 9.6% | 10.0% | −0.4 pts | 9 |
| Botswana | 1,504 | 10.8% | 16.3% | −5.5 pts | 1 |
| Panama | 1,400 | 6.4% | 4.3% | +2.2 pts | 8 |
| Albania | 1,343 | 5.4% | 9.0% | −3.6 pts | 15 |
| Peru | 1,103 | 16.9% | 24.4% | −7.4 pts | 15 |
| Argentina | 1,068 | 11.1% | 18.1% | −7.0 pts | 22 |
| Netherlands | 1,054 | 4.4% | 6.9% | −2.5 pts | 11 |
| Colombia | 905 | 10.1% | 35.1% | −25.0 pts | 13 |
| Venezuela | 751 | 2.2% | 8.4% | −6.1 pts | 9 |
| Mauritius | 722 | 8.1% | 5.6% | +2.5 pts | 1 |
| Greece | 460 | 28.5% | 15.9% | +12.7 pts | 14 |
| Costa Rica | 441 | 0.2% | 2.3% | −2.1 pts | 6 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 434 | 5.1% | 2.1% | +3.0 pts | 3 |
| Austria | 378 | 1.3% | 0.8% | +0.5 pts | 8 |
| Macau | 343 | 8.2% | 3.3% | +4.8 pts | 1 |
| Germany | 335 | 2.3% | 3.0% | −0.8 pts | 18 |
| Uruguay | 293 | 7.8% | 4.5% | +3.4 pts | 6 |
| Andorra | 278 | 0.4% | 2.4% | −2.0 pts | 1 |
| Guatemala | 265 | 1.5% | 3.9% | −2.4 pts | 4 |
| Spain | 263 | 13.1% | 10.5% | +2.6 pts | 15 |
| St. Lucia | 203 | 0.0% | 0.5% | −0.5 pts | 1 |
| Vanuatu | 198 | 2.2% | 1.6% | +0.6 pts | 1 |
| Poland | 160 | 18.9% | 10.6% | +8.3 pts | 7 |
| Liberia | 160 | 0.0% | 0.8% | −0.8 pts | 1 |
| San Marino | 158 | 2.5% | 0.7% | +1.8 pts | 1 |
| Belgium | 139 | 17.3% | 12.2% | +5.1 pts | 9 |
| Lithuania | 118 | 23.3% | 30.7% | −7.4 pts | 3 |
| Italy | 118 | 27.2% | 19.0% | +8.1 pts | 16 |
| Paraguay | 118 | 18.5% | 21.1% | −2.6 pts | 3 |
| Switzerland | 112 | 12.5% | 6.3% | +6.2 pts | 12 |
| France | 87 | 3.9% | 0.3% | +3.6 pts | 15 |
| Portugal | 86 | 1.2% | 6.3% | −5.0 pts | 7 |
| Romania | 83 | 1.3% | 4.8% | −3.6 pts | 10 |
| Luxembourg | 77 | 0.0% | 2.3% | −2.3 pts | 3 |
| Slovakia | 76 | 0.0% | 6.6% | −6.6 pts | 2 |
| Timor-Leste | 74 | 9.5% | 1.7% | +7.8 pts | 1 |
| Honduras | 70 | 1.4% | 1.3% | +0.1 pts | 2 |
| Nicaragua | 60 | 0.0% | 15.8% | −15.8 pts | 3 |
| Slovenia | 57 | 10.2% | 10.6% | −0.4 pts | 3 |
| El Salvador | 56 | 6.5% | 0.0% | +6.5 pts | 3 |
| Croatia | 42 | 0.0% | 16.7% | −16.7 pts | 6 |
| Bulgaria | 33 | 0.0% | 2.5% | −2.5 pts | 11 |
| Hungary | 27 | 0.0% | 7.0% | −7.0 pts | 6 |
| Finland | 19 | 21.1% | 10.5% | +10.5 pts | 5 |
| Norway | 13 | 15.4% | 0.0% | +15.4 pts | 4 |
| Malta | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 8 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 3 |
| Estonia | 7 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 2 |
| Latvia | 2 | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0 pts | 2 |
| Monaco | 1 | 0.0% | — | — | 1 |
Source: Commission européenne — Visa statistics for consulates, 2025 and 2024 editions, published 2026-05-28.