Visa Statistics
Last verified: Aug 03, 2026
Official Calendar Year 2025 visa approval and refusal statistics for Germany, published by European Commission DG HOME.
1,497,619Applications
1,288,597Approved
195,222Refused
86.0%Approval Rate
▲ +0.6 ptsvs. Calendar Year 2024
Approval Rate by Nationality
All 126 nationalities with published data, sorted by application volume. Rates vary by nationality due to differing average trip purposes and documentation. Click a column heading to sort.
| Nationality | Applications | Approval Rate | Change vs Prior Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | 281,570 | 95.9% | ▼ -0.4 pts |
| Turkey | 217,627 | 78.7% | ▼ -0.3 pts |
| India | 153,179 | 89.2% | ▲ +0.5 pts |
| Saudi Arabia | 50,921 | 91.6% | ▲ +0.9 pts |
| Egypt | 50,714 | 79.0% | ▼ -0.1 pts |
| Belarus | 42,763 | 97.2% | ▼ -0.1 pts |
| United Arab Emirates | 40,555 | 76.8% | ▲ +5.8 pts |
| Kazakhstan | 37,590 | 87.6% | ▲ +3.5 pts |
| Thailand | 35,270 | 95.9% | ▲ +1.6 pts |
| United Kingdom | 32,725 | 95.5% | ▲ +1.2 pts |
| Philippines | 25,512 | 88.7% | ▼ -5.1 pts |
| South Africa | 24,717 | 96.4% | ▲ +1.8 pts |
| Russia | 24,690 | 81.2% | ▲ +2.3 pts |
| Vietnam | 24,646 | 87.2% | ▲ +1.4 pts |
| United States of America | 23,122 | 95.5% | ▼ -0.4 pts |
| Azerbaijan | 22,879 | 85.3% | ▼ -1.8 pts |
| Kuwait | 22,664 | 94.6% | ▲ +6.1 pts |
| Armenia | 20,748 | 89.6% | ▲ +0.1 pts |
| Qatar | 19,531 | 87.8% | ▲ +5.9 pts |
| Tunisia | 19,242 | 83.1% | ▼ -0.8 pts |
| Pakistan | 18,792 | 74.7% | ▲ +6.6 pts |
| Uzbekistan | 18,361 | 76.4% | ▼ -1.3 pts |
| Iran | 17,134 | 73.9% | ▼ -8.4 pts |
| Indonesia | 15,010 | 93.8% | ▲ +1.4 pts |
| Kyrgyzstan | 14,743 | 90.9% | ▼ -0.2 pts |
| Bahrain | 14,216 | 86.0% | ▲ +2.3 pts |
| Iraq | 13,779 | 61.5% | ▼ -4.8 pts |
| Morocco | 12,024 | 73.5% | ▲ +0.2 pts |
| Mongolia | 11,996 | 88.5% | ▲ +0.2 pts |
| Algeria | 11,517 | 65.8% | ▲ +5.4 pts |
| Lebanon | 11,333 | 59.4% | ▼ -6.4 pts |
| Kenya | 10,286 | 68.4% | ▼ -0.8 pts |
| Jordan | 10,265 | 60.2% | ▼ -2.1 pts |
| Oman | 9,536 | 93.5% | ▲ +1.9 pts |
| Ghana | 9,146 | 66.2% | ▼ -10.5 pts |
| Nigeria | 7,712 | 70.2% | ▲ +7.0 pts |
| Ecuador | 6,136 | 81.7% | ▲ +2.3 pts |
| Bangladesh | 5,889 | 68.9% | ▲ +13.2 pts |
| Uganda | 5,632 | 57.8% | ▲ +1.4 pts |
| Singapore | 5,471 | 91.1% | ▼ -5.4 pts |
| Turkmenistan | 5,281 | 76.3% | ▼ -8.8 pts |
| Ireland | 5,184 | 95.1% | ▲ +3.4 pts |
| Sri Lanka | 4,454 | 86.0% | ▲ +19.9 pts |
| Tajikistan | 4,350 | 51.4% | ▼ -9.2 pts |
| Ethiopia | 3,911 | 61.3% | ▼ -4.2 pts |
| Tanzania | 3,910 | 73.5% | ▲ +1.0 pts |
| Cameroon | 3,830 | 80.6% | ▲ +3.5 pts |
| Dominican Republic | 3,710 | 82.6% | ▼ -2.3 pts |
| Nepal | 3,705 | 78.7% | ▲ +14.5 pts |
| Palestine State | 3,434 | 81.0% | ▲ +1.6 pts |
| Angola | 3,141 | 59.4% | ▲ +4.6 pts |
| Guinea | 3,054 | 58.5% | ▼ -1.2 pts |
| Serbia | 2,890 | 92.7% | ▼ -0.8 pts |
| Canada | 2,681 | 94.9% | ▲ +0.2 pts |
| Israel | 2,604 | 96.8% | ▲ +0.5 pts |
| Cuba | 2,555 | 50.2% | ▼ -3.6 pts |
| Myanmar (formerly Burma) | 2,522 | 77.2% | ▲ +3.9 pts |
| Namibia | 2,289 | 96.3% | ▲ +1.5 pts |
| Laos | 2,214 | 91.7% | ▼ -2.4 pts |
| Hong Kong | 2,205 | 99.0% | ▼ -0.5 pts |
| Cambodia | 2,106 | 86.3% | No change |
| Mauritania | 1,811 | 50.9% | ▲ +2.4 pts |
| Cyprus | 1,789 | 83.1% | ▲ +1.7 pts |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 1,674 | 55.1% | ▼ -9.3 pts |
| Japan | 1,633 | 86.7% | ▼ -5.3 pts |
| Senegal | 1,596 | 74.1% | ▲ +16.7 pts |
| Botswana | 1,504 | 88.7% | ▲ +5.6 pts |
| Burkina Faso | 1,478 | 84.8% | ▲ +5.3 pts |
| Togo | 1,464 | 63.0% | ▼ -15.8 pts |
| Mali | 1,425 | 67.3% | ▲ +1.5 pts |
| Zimbabwe | 1,324 | 79.2% | ▼ -3.1 pts |
| Zambia | 1,272 | 91.8% | ▲ +3.2 pts |
| Bolivia | 1,231 | 86.8% | ▼ -5.7 pts |
| Jamaica | 1,217 | 91.5% | ▼ -2.9 pts |
| Malaysia | 991 | 74.7% | No change |
| Mozambique | 956 | 82.7% | ▼ -6.5 pts |
| Benin | 730 | 60.0% | ▼ -12.7 pts |
| South Korea | 701 | 90.2% | ▲ +1.3 pts |
| Montenegro | 554 | 95.0% | ▲ +7.4 pts |
| Georgia | 540 | 79.6% | ▲ +11.2 pts |
| New Zealand | 497 | 87.9% | ▼ -6.0 pts |
| Taiwan | 467 | 91.7% | ▲ +1.0 pts |
| Moldova | 398 | 92.2% | ▼ -4.0 pts |
| Rwanda | 357 | 78.2% | ▼ -5.0 pts |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 305 | 75.1% | ▲ +7.2 pts |
| Brazil | 229 | 88.7% | ▲ +2.1 pts |
| Mexico | 200 | 93.0% | ▼ -1.0 pts |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 193 | 85.5% | ▲ +5.9 pts |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 174 | 88.5% | ▼ -3.0 pts |
| Albania | 152 | 92.1% | ▲ +14.1 pts |
| Madagascar | 136 | 97.1% | ▼ -1.9 pts |
| North Macedonia | 102 | 72.6% | ▼ -0.1 pts |
| Lithuania | 98 | 70.4% | ▲ +5.1 pts |
| Colombia | 87 | 88.5% | ▲ +0.1 pts |
| Chile | 80 | 83.8% | ▼ -8.2 pts |
| Argentina | 72 | 100.0% | ▲ +13.1 pts |
| Panama | 68 | 100.0% | ▲ +9.6 pts |
| Peru | 63 | 93.7% | ▲ +29.7 pts |
| Guatemala | 43 | 95.4% | ▲ +10.4 pts |
| Costa Rica | 29 | 86.2% | ▼ -2.7 pts |
| Croatia | 29 | 100.0% | New this period |
| Paraguay | 24 | 79.2% | ▼ -3.0 pts |
| Uruguay | 20 | 85.0% | ▼ -3.9 pts |
| Venezuela | 16 | 87.5% | ▼ -12.5 pts |
| Australia | 13 | 30.8% | ▼ -2.6 pts |
| Netherlands | 12 | 75.0% | ▼ -25.0 pts |
| Switzerland | 11 | 90.9% | ▲ +2.5 pts |
| Hungary | 10 | 100.0% | No change |
| Honduras | 9 | 88.9% | ▼ -4.0 pts |
| Austria | 8 | 87.5% | ▲ +37.5 pts |
| Nicaragua | 8 | 100.0% | No change |
| Spain | 6 | 0.0% | No change |
| Italy | 6 | 100.0% | ▲ +42.9 pts |
| Portugal | 6 | 83.3% | New this period |
| Slovenia | 6 | 0.0% | No change |
| Bulgaria | 5 | 100.0% | ▲ +5.0 pts |
| Greece | 4 | 75.0% | ▼ -25.0 pts |
| Norway | 3 | 66.7% | ▼ -33.3 pts |
| Czechia (Czech Republic) | 3 | 33.3% | ▲ +13.3 pts |
| El Salvador | 2 | 50.0% | ▼ -50.0 pts |
| Estonia | 1 | 100.0% | New this period |
| Slovakia | 1 | 100.0% | New this period |
| Denmark | 1 | 100.0% | ▲ +33.3 pts |
| Latvia | 1 | 100.0% | No change |
| Ukraine | 1 | 100.0% | New this period |
| Belgium | 1 | 0.0% | No change |
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