Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality, FY 2001

Nationality	Number Decided	Percent Denied (%)	Ranking
Jamaica	296	93.6	1
Argentina	836	92.3	2
Dominican Republic	190	92.1	3
El Salvador	3,950	90.9	4
Mexico	3,147	90.6	5
Nicaragua	596	90.1	6
Vietnam	498	88.4	7
Honduras	1,701	85.2	8
Guatemala	5,702	84.4	9
Cambodia	242	84.3	10
Guyana	590	83.7	11
Haiti	18,266	82.6	12
Ghana	286	82.2	13
Ecuador	256	82.0	14
Poland	206	80.6	15
Laos	326	79.1	16
Philippines	701	77.6	17
Cuba	960	77.4	18
Nigeria	1,170	76.2	19
Brazil	518	75.5	20
Morocco	121	75.2	21
Yemen	317	73.8	22
Niger	138	72.5	23
Indonesia	7,067	72.4	24
Venezuela	2,005	72.3	25
Angola	165	71.5	26
Jordan	482	70.7	27
Senegal	287	70.4	28
Macedonia	368	70.1	29
Syria	301	69.1	30
Lithuania	156	68.6	31
Israel	234	68.4	32
Tanzania	129	67.4	33
Colombia	18,823	66.0	34
South Africa	174	65.5	35
Algeria	289	63.7	36
Peru	1,599	62.9	37
Pakistan	2,767	62.3	38
Central African Republic	116	62.1	39
Turkey	395	62.0	40
Lebanon	622	61.6	41
Democratic Republic Of Congo	295	60.7	42
Kenya	755	60.7	42
United Kingdom	131	60.3	44
Sierra Leone	1,474	59.2	45
Kampuchea	244	59.0	46
Bosnia-Herzegovina	134	57.5	47
Burundi	175	57.1	48
Mauritania	2,368	56.9	49
Latvia	132	56.8	50
Ukraine	1,133	56.8	50
Moldavia (Moldova)	122	56.6	52
India	6,400	56.1	53
Gambia	357	55.5	54
Mongolia	188	54.8	55
Armenia	3,931	54.2	56
Yugoslavia	2,233	54.1	57
Fiji	1,033	53.5	58
Zimbabwe	573	53.4	59
Bangladesh	1,499	52.3	60
Romania	646	52.3	60
Georgia	752	51.2	62
Albania	7,235	50.4	63
China	39,891	50.1	64
Somalia	2,015	48.9	65
Serbia Montenegro	259	48.6	66
Sudan	831	48.5	67
Guinea	2,299	48.4	68
Uganda	548	48.4	68
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	787	48.2	70
Cameroon	2,567	48.1	71
Congo	1,294	47.7	72
Bulgaria	668	47.6	73
Ethiopia	2,963	47.5	74
Mali	202	47.5	74
Togo	847	46.9	76
Sri Lanka	1,165	45.6	77
Zaire	158	45.6	77
Iran	2,056	45.6	77
Iraq	1,933	44.9	80
Liberia	1,153	44.5	81
Kazakhstan	274	43.8	82
Eritrea	699	43.3	83
Azerbaijan	358	42.5	84
Russia	3,014	39.7	85
Rwanda	216	38.0	86
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	116	37.9	87
Uzebekistan	677	36.2	88
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country	443	36.1	89
Nepal	726	35.5	90
Afghanistan	601	34.6	91
Belarus	198	34.3	92
Egypt	2,108	33.5	93
Soviet Union	702	33.0	94
Byelorussia (Belarus)	307	31.6	95
Burma (Myanmar)	1,129	26.1	96