Schengen visa applications filed in Azerbaijan

104,143 applications · 10.3% refused · 2025

In 2025, 104,143 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Azerbaijan. 10.3% of them were refused.

These are the consulates located in Azerbaijan, so the figures cover everyone who applied there — residents of any nationality. The data says nothing about applicants' passports.

Applications
104,143
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
93,381
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
10.3%
10,762 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
49.7%
46,439 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
15
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
15
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Azerbaijan, 2025

15 consulate posts run by 15 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityBaku
Applications24,236
Issued22,619
Multiple-entry9,583
Refused6.7%
Schengen stateGermany
CityBaku
Applications22,879
Issued19,519
Multiple-entry12,521
Refused14.7%
Schengen stateItaly
CityBaku
Applications17,942
Issued16,605
Multiple-entry6,299
Refused7.5%
Schengen stateHungary
CityBaku
Applications6,717
Issued5,654
Multiple-entry2,209
Refused15.8%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityBaku
Applications6,618
Issued6,272
Multiple-entry2,666
Refused5.2%
Schengen stateGreece
CityBaku
Applications5,267
Issued5,058
Multiple-entry3,078
Refused4.0%
Schengen stateAustria
CityBaku
Applications4,448
Issued4,237
Multiple-entry4,015
Refused4.7%
Schengen stateLithuania
CityBaku
Applications3,436
Issued2,832
Multiple-entry1,394
Refused17.6%
Schengen statePoland
CityBaku
Applications3,319
Issued2,923
Multiple-entry1,238
Refused11.9%
Schengen stateLatvia
CityBaku
Applications2,599
Issued2,270
Multiple-entry1,143
Refused12.7%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityBaku
Applications1,860
Issued1,556
Multiple-entry1,083
Refused16.3%
Schengen stateSlovakia
CityBaku
Applications1,570
Issued1,255
Multiple-entry374
Refused20.1%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityBaku
Applications1,341
Issued919
Multiple-entry177
Refused31.5%
Schengen stateRomania
CityBaku
Applications1,057
Issued986
Multiple-entry293
Refused6.7%
Schengen stateCroatia
CityBaku
Applications854
Issued676
Multiple-entry366
Refused20.8%

Applications filed in Azerbaijan over time

Every year the European Commission has published, 2009–2025.

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications104,143
Issued93,381
Refused10.3%
Year2024
Applications90,634
Issued81,326
Refused10.3%
Year2023
Applications78,955
Issued72,082
Refused8.7%
Year2022
Applications52,570
Issued47,563
Refused9.5%
Year2021
Applications14,150
Issued12,627
Refused10.8%
Year2020
Applications12,071
Issued10,651
Refused11.8%
Year2019
Applications64,925
Issued57,550
Refused11.4%
Year2018
Applications59,325
Issued52,484
Refused11.5%
Year2017
Applications60,491
Issued52,165
Refused13.8%
Year2016
Applications58,647
Issued52,834
Refused9.9%
Year2015
Applications68,941
Issued65,190
Refused5.4%
Year2014
Applications73,055
Issued69,967
Refused4.2%
Year2013
Applications63,001
Issued60,240
Refused4.4%
Year2012
Applications52,082
Issued49,867
Refused4.3%
Year2011
Applications45,552
Issued43,009
Refused5.6%
Year2010
Applications37,617
Issued35,672
Refused5.2%
Year2009
Applications32,288
Issued31,185
Refused3.4%

What these numbers show — and what they do not

The European Commission publishes one row per consulate: the Schengen state that runs it, the country and city it sits in, and how many uniform short-stay (type C) visas were applied for, issued and refused there in a calendar year.

The country dimension is where an application was filed, which is roughly where the applicant lives. It is not the applicant's nationality — the dataset contains no nationality information at all. So these figures cannot say how often citizens of a given country are refused, and they cannot predict how any individual application will be decided.

Read the Commission's methodology note

Questions about this data

No. These are applications filed at consulates in Azerbaijan, by residents of any nationality. The European Commission's data does not record what passport applicants hold, so it cannot say anything about the refusal rate for a particular nationality.

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Data: European Commission, DG Migration and Home Affairs — short-stay visas issued by the Schengen countries. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU. Figures are consulate aggregates for a completed calendar year and are not a guide to individual applications.