| Countries | Applications | Visas issued | Refusal rate |
|---|
| Consulates in China | 1,915,149 | 1,827,866 | 4.0% |
| Consulates in Türkiye | 1,268,376 | 1,072,054 | 14.6% |
| Consulates in India | 1,153,748 | 966,529 | 15.8% |
| Consulates in Russia | 679,425 | 618,806 | 6.5% |
| Consulates in Morocco | 619,827 | 480,354 | 19.2% |
| Consulates in Saudi Arabia | 553,967 | 521,087 | 5.2% |
| Consulates in United Kingdom | 512,426 | 451,821 | 10.6% |
| Consulates in Algeria | 444,577 | 302,181 | 31.3% |
| Consulates in United Arab Emirates | 298,064 | 221,370 | 24.4% |
| Consulates in Thailand | 264,190 | 247,816 | 5.9% |
| Consulates in Philippines | 235,674 | 218,096 | 6.9% |
| Consulates in Egypt | 226,865 | 169,915 | 24.2% |
| Consulates in Indonesia | 223,862 | 209,495 | 5.2% |
| Consulates in South Africa | 195,946 | 183,798 | 5.3% |
| Consulates in Tunisia | 188,579 | 149,805 | 19.7% |
| Consulates in United States | 187,033 | 173,907 | 5.0% |
| Consulates in Kazakhstan | 182,002 | 163,070 | 9.1% |
| Consulates in Belarus | 157,028 | 152,571 | 2.3% |
| Consulates in Kuwait | 146,194 | 137,078 | 5.7% |
| Consulates in Lebanon | 120,364 | 96,436 | 17.5% |
| Consulates in Vietnam | 116,289 | 104,649 | 9.4% |
| Consulates in Nigeria | 113,359 | 57,061 | 48.2% |
| Consulates in Armenia | 111,550 | 98,637 | 10.9% |
| Consulates in Iran | 107,512 | 73,723 | 29.3% |
| Consulates in Ecuador | 106,167 | 71,387 | 30.9% |
| Consulates in Azerbaijan | 104,143 | 93,381 | 9.8% |
| Consulates in Qatar | 102,930 | 85,623 | 15.2% |
| Consulates in Pakistan | 89,270 | 45,970 | 46.5% |
| Consulates in Côte d’Ivoire | 81,886 | 56,502 | 31.5% |
| Consulates in Kenya | 77,760 | 50,517 | 33.3% |
| Consulates in Jordan | 73,264 | 56,238 | 21.6% |
| Consulates in Angola | 72,766 | 39,362 | 45.4% |
| Consulates in Senegal | 71,923 | 34,233 | 51.9% |
| Consulates in Iraq | 70,312 | 45,113 | 34.4% |
| Consulates in Ghana | 63,725 | 33,656 | 46.6% |
| Consulates in Uzbekistan | 61,328 | 50,513 | 16.5% |
| Consulates in Cameroon | 57,469 | 33,902 | 40.4% |
| Consulates in Oman | 53,700 | 47,255 | 10.5% |
| Consulates in Dominican Republic | 52,063 | 37,385 | 26.6% |
| Consulates in DR Congo | 52,048 | 30,272 | 40.4% |
| Consulates in Canada | 43,982 | 39,619 | 9.0% |
| Consulates in Libya | 43,701 | 36,356 | 15.8% |
| Consulates in Singapore | 39,226 | 36,868 | 5.1% |
| Consulates in Bangladesh | 38,642 | 17,342 | 54.7% |
| Consulates in Cuba | 38,585 | 28,847 | 21.9% |
| Consulates in Israel | 31,500 | 24,112 | 19.2% |
| Consulates in Kyrgyzstan | 30,843 | 27,188 | 11.0% |
| Consulates in Ireland | 30,696 | 29,395 | 3.1% |
| Consulates in Cape Verde | 27,598 | 21,576 | 21.4% |
| Consulates in Ethiopia | 26,166 | 16,542 | 34.4% |
| Consulates in Republic of the Congo | 25,693 | 12,899 | 48.7% |
| Consulates in Sri Lanka | 25,663 | 17,980 | 29.2% |
| Consulates in Mauritania | 25,265 | 14,570 | 37.2% |
| Consulates in Bahrain | 25,110 | 22,341 | 10.7% |
| Consulates in Guinea | 22,335 | 10,528 | 52.3% |
| Consulates in Mongolia | 21,997 | 18,657 | 14.9% |
| Consulates in Mozambique | 21,695 | 18,505 | 14.1% |
| Consulates in Suriname | 21,281 | 18,616 | 12.1% |
| Consulates in Uganda | 20,691 | 12,863 | 36.9% |
| Consulates in Serbia | 19,656 | 18,200 | 5.8% |
| Consulates in Australia | 19,163 | 18,519 | 3.0% |
| Consulates in Gabon | 17,270 | 12,238 | 29.2% |
| Consulates in Madagascar | 16,489 | 11,813 | 29.9% |
| Consulates in Japan | 16,369 | 15,017 | 5.8% |
| Consulates in Bolivia | 16,230 | 9,396 | 43.4% |
| Consulates in Tanzania | 16,227 | 13,016 | 19.3% |
| Consulates in Hong Kong | 15,954 | 15,397 | 2.8% |
| Consulates in Benin | 15,364 | 10,757 | 30.0% |
| Consulates in Cambodia | 14,228 | 11,599 | 17.6% |
| Consulates in Cyprus | 12,980 | 11,756 | 5.2% |
| Consulates in Mali | 11,336 | 6,257 | 43.0% |
| Consulates in Georgia | 10,642 | 9,006 | 13.9% |
| Consulates in Togo | 10,427 | 6,157 | 40.3% |
| Consulates in Sweden | 10,215 | 6,112 | 29.3% |
| Consulates in Equatorial Guinea | 10,139 | 6,113 | 33.2% |
| Consulates in Zimbabwe | 9,657 | 8,042 | 15.4% |
| Consulates in Burkina Faso | 9,631 | 7,061 | 19.1% |
| Consulates in Turkmenistan | 8,909 | 7,152 | 14.6% |
| Consulates in São Tomé & Príncipe | 8,822 | 8,485 | 3.8% |
| Consulates in Rwanda | 8,323 | 4,994 | 37.9% |
| Consulates in Chad | 8,292 | 5,522 | 31.2% |
| Consulates in Myanmar | 7,393 | 6,079 | 17.2% |
| Consulates in Malaysia | 7,345 | 5,000 | 30.9% |
| Consulates in Nepal | 7,085 | 5,311 | 24.5% |
| Consulates in Ukraine | 7,057 | 6,234 | 10.7% |
| Consulates in Guinea-Bissau | 6,308 | 2,751 | 54.3% |
| Consulates in Eritrea | 5,772 | 3,532 | 38.8% |
| Consulates in Jamaica | 5,418 | 4,906 | 6.8% |
| Consulates in Palestine | 5,302 | 4,134 | 16.9% |
| Consulates in Burundi | 5,288 | 2,406 | 53.5% |
| Consulates in South Korea | 5,161 | 4,459 | 11.6% |
| Consulates in Montenegro | 4,674 | 4,220 | 9.2% |
| Consulates in Namibia | 4,615 | 4,357 | 3.0% |
| Consulates in Laos | 4,526 | 4,129 | 8.0% |
| Consulates in Tajikistan | 4,350 | 2,235 | 38.9% |
| Consulates in Djibouti | 4,308 | 2,928 | 32.4% |
| Consulates in Central African Republic | 3,346 | 2,192 | 33.8% |
| Consulates in Haiti | 3,322 | 2,157 | 34.8% |
| Consulates in Syria | 3,216 | 2,241 | 27.4% |
| Consulates in Niger | 3,134 | 2,396 | 18.2% |
| Consulates in Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2,842 | 2,547 | 6.0% |
| Consulates in North Macedonia | 2,725 | 2,481 | 5.3% |
| Consulates in New Zealand | 2,714 | 2,606 | 4.6% |
| Consulates in Mexico | 2,647 | 2,364 | 5.6% |
| Consulates in Zambia | 2,621 | 2,322 | 11.2% |
| Consulates in Comoros | 2,538 | 1,094 | 55.3% |
| Consulates in Brazil | 2,498 | 1,844 | 23.9% |
| Consulates in Denmark | 2,223 | 2,121 | 1.3% |
| Consulates in Moldova | 2,199 | 2,025 | 6.9% |
| Consulates in Taiwan | 1,728 | 1,558 | 6.5% |
| Consulates in Chile | 1,679 | 1,234 | 27.2% |
| Consulates in Kosovo | 1,530 | 1,368 | 9.6% |
| Consulates in Botswana | 1,504 | 1,334 | 10.8% |
| Consulates in Panama | 1,400 | 1,280 | 6.4% |
| Consulates in Albania | 1,343 | 1,218 | 5.4% |
| Consulates in Peru | 1,103 | 882 | 17.0% |
| Consulates in Argentina | 1,068 | 929 | 11.3% |
| Consulates in Netherlands | 1,054 | 988 | 4.4% |
| Consulates in Colombia | 905 | 792 | 10.1% |
| Consulates in Venezuela | 751 | 663 | 2.2% |
| Consulates in Mauritius | 722 | 664 | 8.2% |
| Consulates in Greece | 460 | 303 | 28.9% |
| Consulates in Costa Rica | 441 | 420 | 0.2% |
| Consulates in Trinidad & Tobago | 434 | 407 | 5.1% |
| Consulates in Austria | 378 | 369 | 1.3% |
| Consulates in Macao | 343 | 315 | 8.2% |
| Consulates in Germany | 335 | 311 | 2.5% |
| Consulates in Uruguay | 293 | 271 | 7.8% |
| Consulates in Andorra | 278 | 268 | 0.4% |
| Consulates in Guatemala | 265 | 258 | 1.5% |
| Consulates in Spain | 263 | 197 | 13.6% |
| Consulates in St. Lucia | 203 | 190 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Vanuatu | 198 | 182 | 2.2% |
| Consulates in Poland | 160 | 117 | 19.3% |
| Consulates in Liberia | 160 | 159 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in San Marino | 158 | 154 | 2.5% |
| Consulates in Belgium | 139 | 99 | 18.2% |
| Consulates in Italy | 118 | 76 | 29.0% |
| Consulates in Lithuania | 118 | 82 | 24.8% |
| Consulates in Paraguay | 118 | 88 | 18.5% |
| Consulates in Switzerland | 112 | 88 | 12.9% |
| Consulates in France | 87 | 68 | 4.2% |
| Consulates in Portugal | 86 | 77 | 1.3% |
| Consulates in Romania | 83 | 75 | 1.3% |
| Consulates in Luxembourg | 77 | 65 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Slovakia | 76 | 68 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Timor-Leste | 74 | 67 | 9.5% |
| Consulates in Honduras | 70 | 69 | 1.4% |
| Consulates in Nicaragua | 60 | 53 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Slovenia | 57 | 42 | 10.6% |
| Consulates in El Salvador | 56 | 43 | 6.5% |
| Consulates in Croatia | 42 | 40 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Bulgaria | 33 | 30 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Hungary | 27 | 17 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Finland | 19 | 15 | 21.1% |
| Consulates in Norway | 13 | 10 | 16.7% |
| Consulates in Malta | 8 | 6 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Czechia | 8 | 5 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Estonia | 7 | 7 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Latvia | 2 | 2 | 0.0% |
| Consulates in Monaco | 1 | 1 | 0.0% |
Source: European Commission, visa statistics for consulates (CC BY 4.0)
