Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality

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.