Schengen visa applications filed in Bangladesh

38,642 applications · 55.1% refused · 2025

In 2025, 38,642 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Bangladesh. 55.1% of them were refused.

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

Applications
38,642
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
17,342
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
55.1%
21,300 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
42.5%
7,376 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
8
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
8
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Bangladesh, 2025

8 consulate posts run by 8 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateSweden
CityDhaka
Applications13,462
Issued3,482
Multiple-entry638
Refused74.1%
Schengen stateItaly
CityDhaka
Applications6,521
Issued2,573
Multiple-entry1,410
Refused60.5%
Schengen stateGermany
CityDhaka
Applications5,889
Issued4,058
Multiple-entry4,055
Refused31.1%
Schengen stateFrance
CityDhaka
Applications4,908
Issued2,526
Multiple-entry426
Refused48.5%
Schengen stateSpain
CityDhaka
Applications3,608
Issued1,977
Multiple-entry254
Refused45.2%
Schengen stateDenmark
CityDhaka
Applications2,451
Issued1,548
Multiple-entry334
Refused36.8%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityDhaka
Applications1,288
Issued911
Multiple-entry146
Refused29.3%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityDhaka
Applications515
Issued267
Multiple-entry113
Refused48.2%

Applications filed in Bangladesh over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications38,642
Issued17,342
Refused55.1%
Year2024
Applications39,345
Issued17,092
Refused56.6%
Year2023
Applications39,729
Issued22,205
Refused44.1%
Year2022
Applications30,399
Issued19,444
Refused36.0%
Year2021
Applications4,266
Issued3,182
Refused25.4%
Year2020
Applications6,816
Issued3,715
Refused45.5%
Year2019
Applications37,251
Issued22,903
Refused38.5%
Year2018
Applications30,573
Issued19,997
Refused34.6%
Year2017
Applications28,849
Issued19,652
Refused31.9%
Year2016
Applications23,907
Issued17,265
Refused27.8%
Year2015
Applications22,361
Issued16,289
Refused27.2%
Year2014
Applications19,704
Issued14,206
Refused27.9%
Year2013
Applications17,450
Issued13,031
Refused25.3%
Year2012
Applications16,725
Issued13,192
Refused21.1%
Year2011
Applications16,371
Issued13,067
Refused20.2%
Year2010
Applications13,511
Issued10,545
Refused22.0%
Year2009
Applications12,112
Issued9,899
Refused18.3%

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 Bangladesh, 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.