Schengen visa applications filed in Burkina Faso

9,631 applications · 26.7% refused · 2025

In 2025, 9,631 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Burkina Faso. 26.7% of them were refused.

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

Applications
9,631
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
7,061
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
26.7%
2,570 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
60.6%
4,282 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
4
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
4
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Burkina Faso, 2025

4 consulate posts run by 4 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateBelgium
CityOuagadougou
Applications5,086
Issued3,001
Multiple-entry2,158
Refused41.0%
Schengen stateFrance
CityOuagadougou
Applications2,912
Issued2,684
Multiple-entry891
Refused7.8%
Schengen stateGermany
CityOuagadougou
Applications1,478
Issued1,254
Multiple-entry1,223
Refused15.2%
Schengen stateDenmark
CityOuagadougou
Applications155
Issued122
Multiple-entry10
Refused21.3%

Applications filed in Burkina Faso over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications9,631
Issued7,061
Refused26.7%
Year2024
Applications8,342
Issued6,232
Refused25.3%
Year2023
Applications11,656
Issued8,454
Refused27.5%
Year2022
Applications13,784
Issued9,801
Refused28.9%
Year2021
Applications5,357
Issued3,950
Refused26.3%
Year2020
Applications2,773
Issued1,996
Refused28.0%
Year2019
Applications16,438
Issued13,061
Refused20.5%
Year2018
Applications16,073
Issued13,022
Refused19.0%
Year2017
Applications15,533
Issued12,837
Refused17.4%
Year2016
Applications14,485
Issued12,141
Refused16.2%
Year2015
Applications13,782
Issued11,594
Refused15.9%
Year2014
Applications13,800
Issued11,523
Refused16.5%
Year2013
Applications12,888
Issued10,496
Refused18.6%
Year2012
Applications11,297
Issued9,116
Refused19.3%
Year2011
Applications11,441
Issued9,073
Refused20.7%
Year2010
Applications10,958
Issued8,865
Refused19.1%
Year2009
Applications3,440
Issued2,116
Refused38.5%

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 Burkina Faso, 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.