Individuals granted asylum affirmatively

By country of nationality (persons)

2021 (most recent) individuals granted asylum affirmatively in the United States by country of nationality:

Highest: Venezuela (1,596)
Lowest: Laos and 1 other (0 each).

Data table

Year	Afghanistan	Albania	Algeria	Angola	Armenia	Azerbaijan	Bahrain	Bangladesh	Belarus	Bolivia	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Brazil	Bulgaria	Burkina Faso	Burma	Burundi	Cambodia	Cameroon	Central African Republic	Chad	China, People's Republic	Colombia	Congo, Democratic Republic	Congo, Republic	Cote d'Ivoire	Cuba	Djibouti	Dominican Republic	Ecuador	Egypt	El Salvador	Eritrea	Ethiopia	Fiji	Gabon	Gambia	Georgia	Ghana	Guatemala	Guinea	Guyana	Haiti	Honduras	India	Indonesia	Iran	Iraq	Israel	Jamaica	Jordan	Kazakhstan	Kenya	Kosovo	Kuwait	Kyrgyzstan	Laos	Lebanon	Liberia	Libya	Malaysia	Mali	Mauritania	Mexico	Moldova	Mongolia	Montenegro	Morocco	Nepal	Nicaragua	Niger	Nigeria	North Macedonia	Pakistan	Peru	Philippines	Romania	Russia	Rwanda	Saudi Arabia	Senegal	Serbia	Serbia and Montenegro (former)	Sierra Leone	Somalia	South Africa	South Sudan	Soviet Union (former)	Sri Lanka	Sudan	Syria	Tajikistan	Tanzania	Thailand	Togo	Tunisia	Turkey	Turkmenistan	Uganda	Ukraine	United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	Venezuela	Vietnam	Yemen	Zimbabwe	All other countries
2021	104	28	16	12	21	20	4	17	67	9		63		39	107	11	5	137	4	8	1,195	162	33	41	19	29	17		27	654	310	63	297			27	17	5	456	38	7	104	419	86	10	176	143	3	30	60	54	30	7		58	0	29	33	26	3	19	27	303	21	19		9	19	103	3	306	0	167	14	5	3	418	51	33	10	6		15	17	4	4		13	76	233			6	27	9	1,030	22	94	82	6	25	1,596	11	24	35	49
2020	40	14	12	21	62	74	3	43	68		5	124	8	39	95	35		146	6	13	2,808	278	50	54	22	14	33	12	23	1,303	262	172	213		10	32	32	5	416	51	4	151	248	158	37	191	174		39	70	150	63	7	5	76	10	37	47	47	6	13	67	491	34	51	7	3	16	182	9	400		230	9		17	727	86	53	20	6		22	13	6	4	12	22	89	257	12	5		26	10	1,525	41	137	156	8	36	3,187	23	47	48	64
2019	76	50	30	31	126	93		66	171	8	10	187	11	73	129	35	10	244	15	6	3,957	281	83	82	26	10	33	15	37	2,104	861	249	298	3	5	51	54	9	1,034	52	24	183	514	332	84	336	352	5	88	115	235	123	26	8	87		29	101	57	8	18	73	789	75	74	16	18	35	312	5	749	19	382	29	17	17	1,095	123	85	15	25	15	20	19	20	18	19	38	113	480	14	6	14	40	7	1,694	51	164	294	15	85	6,111	36	117	76	113
2018	75	48	18	38	113	71	0	141	136	6	10	110	7	113	74	43	12	203	19	30	3,763	312	83	105	46		23	5	60	1,382	1,136	329	396		10	70	50	10	1,300	78	16	174	811	354	55	299	378	22	94	113	119	97	21	15	87	10	39	104	94	10	42	86	724	105	55	6	7	97	32	27	452	14	459	26	27	18	735	82	108	28	0	42	38	42	9	5	0	41	94	510	21	9	6	40	14	473	29	171	382	39	115	5,678	34	60	69	83
2017	90	16	7	15	34	18		108	34	0		30	5	59	25	35		102	10	10	2,820	74	57	69	36		17		65	1,007	2,105	352	293	5		86	25	5	1,995	63	4	62	1,078	215	35	311	453	20	38	52	46	77	33	11	93	3	29	59	21		21	33	479	51	33		5	149	31	11	123	4	245	26	8	13	276	70	61	20	0	12	17	25			0	28	68	608	7	5	4	22	3	15	13	66	195	18	52	471	16	49	30	69
2016	84	7	4	7	13	14	0	44	17	5		17	4	28	9	46	0	51	4	7	1,409	73	38	30	19	4	39	3	83	682	1,376	257	300	7	0	61	27	12	1,269	29	0	105	856	163	18	377	584	10	25	37	45	28	16	7	67	3	29	35	35	3	40	37	442	67	28		6	237	20	10	69		262	9	9	6	199	52	45	10	0	5	14	21		0	0	24	53	644	18	3		23	10	11	7	62	125	13	67	315	8	42	12	39
2015	155	29	6	32	45	15		131	72	3	6	30	12	42	41	75	0	107	16	10	2,593	245	70	65	39	7	50	7	137	1,512	1,853	244	619	4	3	85	22	10	1,690	67	3	357	1,101	171	14	638	695		41	46	71	54	52	14	98	3	23	48	47	3	68	48	651	69	40	4	9	354	33	4	100	4	263	17	3		303	68	39	12	0	10	18	24	6	0	0	25	100	862	18	3	0	14	8	17	11	77	142	15	65	460	12	55	34	57
2014	103	25	8	7	89	16		137	48		3	24	18	64	36	69	9	106	13	8	3,896	226	36	50	24	10	8	3	15	2,585	177	147	504	20	6	53	17	7	320	21	10	469	87	113	24	575	531	4	33	46	60	64	32	6	96	3	21	14	19	8	39	36	464	54	27	3	4	257	9	4	51	11	271	11	4	10	217	52	33	12	0	21	14	22		0	0	25	54	848	20	10	0	20	6	5	5	55	94	10	56	297	11	34	18	63
2013	94	12	3	8	76	21	4	38	106	3	5	27	13	65	48	24	3	144	10	6	4,005	165	51	65	54	24	6	4	13	3,065	65	83	474	10	0	56	11	5	215	24	3	433	103	92	40	608	401	4	36	20	66	90	18	8	77		10	30	30	8	61	24	196	96	38	3	4	468	5	5	61	11	257	12	9	4	342	56	38	7	0	18	6	24	5	0	0	24	82	741	23			22	9	25	6	47	120	9	61	599	8	45	36	56
2012	149	21	12	9	36	27	22	29	200	21	8	46	18	56	98	19	0	244	8	10	4,622	282	68	72	109	21	14	16	18	2,556	118	113	646	17	6	111	10	8	291	43	6	621	132	90	87	602	299	5	48	48	88	122	28	6	127		20	10	43	7	58	25	280	170	74		9	563	19	3	62	0	227	26	14	8	534	81	17	16	0	26	13	40	9	0	0	25	114	326	24	12	5	20	7	29	8	84	147	3	81	920	15	34	55	79

Sources

Agency	The Department of Homeland Security
Source	Immigration Yearbook
Last updated at USAFacts	April 3, 2023

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