Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality Before and After the Attorney General's Directive

Nationality	Decisions		Denial Rate
Nationality	FY2004 to FY2006	FY2008 to FY2010	FY2004 to FY2006	FY2008 to FY2010
Afghanistan	190	64	38.9	39.1
Albania	3,338	1,025	45.3	37.1
Algeria	143	44	65.7	72.7
Andorra	4	-	25.0	-
Angola	90	30	65.6	43.3
Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	100.0	100.0
Argentina	620	75	94.0	78.7
Armenia	1,736	771	50.4	34.0
Australia	5	1	100.0	100.0
Austria	12	11	66.7	100.0
Azerbaijan	150	48	40.7	39.6
Bahamas	24	13	79.2	84.6
Bahrain	18	-	88.9	-
Bangladesh	749	288	48.9	39.9
Barbados	4	2	75.0	100.0
Belarus	165	168	32.7	22.6
Belgium	12	20	41.7	55.0
Belize	16	22	75.0	86.4
Benin	22	15	68.2	46.7
Bermuda	2	-	0.0	-
Bhutan	7	11	42.9	0.0
Bolivia	51	32	74.5	56.3
Bosnia-Herzegovina	68	77	69.1	64.9
Botswana	2	-	50.0	-
Brazil	338	227	73.4	71.8
British Indian Ocean Territory	4	-	100.0	-
Bulgaria	319	152	40.4	34.9
Burkina Faso	56	124	62.5	24.2
Burma (Myanmar)	611	371	26.0	19.1
Burundi	80	58	55.0	48.3
Byelorussia (Belarus)	193	123	25.9	17.9
Cambodia	160	79	85.0	64.6
Cameroon	1,600	733	44.3	30.6
Canada	27	27	37.0	55.6
Cape Verde	2	1	100.0	100.0
Cayman Islands	-	1	-	0.0
Central African Republic	85	51	64.7	33.3
Chad	48	106	35.4	19.8
Chile	45	18	75.6	72.2
China	18,213	14,200	42.5	31.9
Colombia	10,407	2,663	67.3	60.5
Comoros	3	2	33.3	100.0
Costa Rica	26	18	69.2	88.9
Croatia	22	9	68.2	77.8
Cuba	363	300	78.0	85.7
Cyprus	3	2	66.7	50.0
Czech Republic	19	10	73.7	70.0
Czechoslovakia	28	6	71.4	50.0
Democratic Republic of Congo	170	119	56.5	45.4
Denmark	4	1	100.0	100.0
Djibouti	8	11	12.5	36.4
Dominica	3	2	100.0	100.0
Dominican Republic	85	86	94.1	87.2
East Germany	1	1	100.0	100.0
Ecuador	124	137	79.0	81.8
Egypt	1,031	653	32.0	20.7
El Salvador	2,514	3,930	92.0	90.4
Equatorial Guinea	2	10	0.0	10.0
Eritrea	328	514	30.2	13.2
Estonia	35	45	51.4	73.3
Ethiopia	1,454	1,320	40.3	24.3
Federated States of Micronesa	3	2	100.0	100.0
Fiji	458	121	61.8	45.5
Finland	2	-	50.0	-
France	27	14	66.7	78.6
Gabon	20	6	50.0	83.3
Gambia	209	272	56.0	50.0
Gaza Strip	1	1	100.0	0.0
Georgia	384	134	50.8	45.5
Germany	46	48	60.9	70.8
Ghana	94	106	84.0	74.5
Gibraltar	3	-	66.7	-
Greece	26	5	46.2	80.0
Grenada	4	3	100.0	66.7
Guadeloupe	1	-	0.0	-
Guatemala	3,050	3,644	84.3	88.0
Guinea	1,510	901	42.3	35.5
Guinea Bissau	24	14	58.3	50.0
Guyana	411	79	81.0	93.7
Haiti	9,426	5,163	81.3	79.0
Honduras	1,166	1,222	84.6	86.7
Hong Kong	8	9	87.5	88.9
Hungary	17	7	70.6	71.4
Iceland	3	-	33.3	-
India	2,787	1,342	56.5	48.2
Indonesia	4,713	1,452	76.3	69.6
Iran	842	341	45.1	36.4
Iraq	853	1,017	53.1	13.0
Ireland	1	1	100.0	0.0
Israel	151	103	66.2	61.2
Italy	28	25	85.7	88.0
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	605	422	42.6	44.5
Jamaica	150	219	94.7	95.9
Japan	28	8	78.6	62.5
Jordan	232	141	67.2	68.1
Kampuchea	108	12	48.1	50.0
Kazakhstan	118	89	44.1	37.1
Kenya	468	463	62.2	52.3
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)	71	37	32.4	43.2
Kiribati	-	1	-	100.0
Kosovo	30	52	60.0	38.5
Kuwait	38	24	60.5	58.3
Laos	159	88	78.0	75.0
Latvia	63	22	46.0	72.7
Lebanon	289	166	68.9	71.1
Liberia	455	206	51.9	62.1
Libya	7	10	71.4	30.0
Lithuania	90	32	64.4	87.5
MJ	3	4	66.7	25.0
Macau	3	3	100.0	66.7
Macedonia	169	75	68.6	54.7
Madagascar	4	6	50.0	33.3
Malawi	15	11	46.7	72.7
Malaysia	37	32	67.6	71.9
Maldives	2	4	0.0	0.0
Mali	163	315	44.8	51.4
Malta	2	1	50.0	0.0
Mauritania	1,343	450	52.9	47.6
Mauritius	1	1	100.0	100.0
Mexico	1,392	1,145	89.3	85.8
Moldavia (Moldova)	54	133	61.1	47.4
Monaco	1	-	100.0	-
Mongolia	177	220	56.5	44.5
Montserrat	1	1	100.0	100.0
Morocco	72	50	80.6	70.0
Namibia	3	7	100.0	85.7
Nepal	521	718	34.2	31.2
Netherlands	13	13	84.6	61.5
Netherlands Antilles	4	-	100.0	-
New Zealand	-	2	-	50.0
Nicaragua	330	419	88.2	87.4
Niger	74	56	75.7	55.4
Nigeria	471	294	76.0	69.7
Niue	4	11	75.0	18.2
No Nationality	1	2	0.0	50.0
North Korea	10	6	30.0	33.3
Norway	2	1	100.0	100.0
Oman	1	2	0.0	50.0
PN	22	21	95.5	61.9
Pakistan	1,426	694	66.3	51.7
Panama	36	16	50.0	87.5
Papua New Guinea	-	1	-	100.0
Paraguay	14	3	78.6	66.7
People's Republic of the Congo	532	216	44.7	35.6
Peru	791	359	67.3	69.9
Philippines	320	158	77.5	79.1
Poland	90	59	83.3	76.3
Portugal	9	5	33.3	60.0
Qatar	3	4	66.7	25.0
Romania	269	173	54.6	43.4
Russia	1,312	740	41.1	40.0
Rwanda	107	85	34.6	22.4
San Marino	3	-	100.0	-
Saudi Arabia	35	19	42.9	47.4
Senegal	177	146	67.2	63.0
Serbia Montenegro	116	129	45.7	34.1
Seychelles	18	4	44.4	75.0
Sierra Leone	705	244	59.9	60.7
Singapore	18	10	61.1	40.0
Slovak Republic	23	3	73.9	66.7
Slovenia	10	5	80.0	0.0
Somalia	487	535	40.0	27.3
South Africa	81	41	63.0	85.4
South Korea	28	25	82.1	84.0
Soviet Union	653	519	32.3	21.6
Spain	24	8	87.5	50.0
Sri Lanka	400	447	44.3	39.4
St. Kitts and Nevis	2	-	50.0	-
St. Kitts, West Indies	4	1	100.0	100.0
St. Lucia	3	2	100.0	50.0
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	1	5	100.0	100.0
Stateless - Alien Unable to Name a Country	307	255	29.6	28.2
Sudan	290	165	42.1	41.2
Suriname	11	4	72.7	100.0
Swaziland	2	-	50.0	-
Sweden	2	14	100.0	42.9
Switzerland	2	-	100.0	-
Syria	166	86	75.3	55.8
Taiwan	14	9	71.4	77.8
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)	24	25	20.8	48.0
Tanzania	74	51	63.5	76.5
Thailand	28	30	96.4	76.7
The Republic of Palau	1	-	100.0	-
Togo	593	200	47.4	34.5
Tonga	7	4	85.7	100.0
Trinidad and Tobago	32	52	78.1	86.5
Tunisia	40	17	87.5	94.1
Turkey	183	86	60.1	58.1
Turkmenistan	67	45	22.4	20.0
Turks and Caicos Islands	4	-	75.0	-
Uganda	247	126	43.7	36.5
Ukraine	507	321	60.0	54.5
United Arab Emirates	20	-	35.0	-
United Kingdom	55	33	70.9	81.8
Unknown Nationality	1	13	0.0	69.2
Uruguay	48	8	87.5	87.5
Uzebekistan	426	309	37.6	41.7
Venezuela	1,825	1,468	73.1	56.9
Vietnam	219	115	89.5	81.7
Western Samoa	-	2	-	100.0
Yemen	142	59	79.6	71.2
Yugoslavia	959	362	44.4	22.7
Zaire	37	19	56.8	36.8
Zambia	50	33	56.0	48.5
Zimbabwe	388	317	52.3	42.6