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
Jamaica	150	219	94.7	95.9
Guyana	411	79	81.0	93.7
El Salvador	2,514	3,930	92.0	90.4
Guatemala	3,050	3,644	84.3	88.0
Nicaragua	330	419	88.2	87.4
Dominican Republic	85	86	94.1	87.2
Honduras	1,166	1,222	84.6	86.7
Mexico	1,392	1,145	89.3	85.8
Cuba	363	300	78.0	85.7
Ecuador	124	137	79.0	81.8
Vietnam	219	115	89.5	81.7
Philippines	320	158	77.5	79.1
Haiti	9,426	5,163	81.3	79.0
Argentina	620	75	94.0	78.7
Tanzania	74	51	63.5	76.5
Poland	90	59	83.3	76.3
Laos	159	88	78.0	75.0
Ghana	94	106	84.0	74.5
Brazil	338	227	73.4	71.8
Yemen	142	59	79.6	71.2
Lebanon	289	166	68.9	71.1
Morocco	72	50	80.6	70.0
Peru	791	359	67.3	69.9
Nigeria	471	294	76.0	69.7
Indonesia	4,713	1,452	76.3	69.6
Jordan	232	141	67.2	68.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina	68	77	69.1	64.9
Cambodia	160	79	85.0	64.6
Senegal	177	146	67.2	63.0
Liberia	455	206	51.9	62.1
Israel	151	103	66.2	61.2
Sierra Leone	705	244	59.9	60.7
Colombia	10,407	2,663	67.3	60.5
Turkey	183	86	60.1	58.1
Venezuela	1,825	1,468	73.1	56.9
Syria	166	86	75.3	55.8
Niger	74	56	75.7	55.4
Macedonia	169	75	68.6	54.7
Ukraine	507	321	60.0	54.5
Kenya	468	463	62.2	52.3
Pakistan	1,426	694	66.3	51.7
Mali	163	315	44.8	51.4
Gambia	209	272	56.0	50.0
Burundi	80	58	55.0	48.3
India	2,787	1,342	56.5	48.2
Mauritania	1,343	450	52.9	47.6
Moldavia (Moldova)	54	133	61.1	47.4
Fiji	458	121	61.8	45.5
Georgia	384	134	50.8	45.5
Democratic Republic of Congo	170	119	56.5	45.4
Mongolia	177	220	56.5	44.5
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)	605	422	42.6	44.5
Romania	269	173	54.6	43.4
Zimbabwe	388	317	52.3	42.6
Uzebekistan	426	309	37.6	41.7
Sudan	290	165	42.1	41.2
Russia	1,312	740	41.1	40.0
Bangladesh	749	288	48.9	39.9
Sri Lanka	400	447	44.3	39.4
Afghanistan	190	64	38.9	39.1
Albania	3,338	1,025	45.3	37.1
Kazakhstan	118	89	44.1	37.1
Uganda	247	126	43.7	36.5
Iran	842	341	45.1	36.4
People's Republic of the Congo	532	216	44.7	35.6
Guinea	1,510	901	42.3	35.5
Bulgaria	319	152	40.4	34.9
Togo	593	200	47.4	34.5
Serbia Montenegro	116	129	45.7	34.1
Armenia	1,736	771	50.4	34.0
Central African Republic	85	51	64.7	33.3
China	18,213	14,200	42.5	31.9
Nepal	521	718	34.2	31.2
Cameroon	1,600	733	44.3	30.6
Stateless - Alien Unable to Name a Country	307	255	29.6	28.2
Somalia	487	535	40.0	27.3
Ethiopia	1,454	1,320	40.3	24.3
Burkina Faso	56	124	62.5	24.2
Yugoslavia	959	362	44.4	22.7
Belarus	165	168	32.7	22.6
Rwanda	107	85	34.6	22.4
Soviet Union	653	519	32.3	21.6
Egypt	1,031	653	32.0	20.7
Burma (Myanmar)	611	371	26.0	19.1
Byelorussia (Belarus)	193	123	25.9	17.9
Eritrea	328	514	30.2	13.2
Iraq	853	1,017	53.1	13.0