Schengen visa applications filed in Burundi

5,288 applications · 54.5% refused · 2025

In 2025, 5,288 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Burundi. 54.5% of them were refused.

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

Applications
5,288
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
2,406
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
54.5%
2,882 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
55.5%
1,336 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
2
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
2
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Burundi, 2025

2 consulate posts run by 2 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

Sort by
Schengen stateBelgium
CityBujumbura
Applications5,260
Issued2,382
Multiple-entry1,333
Refused54.7%
Schengen stateFrance
CityBujumbura
Applications28
Issued24
Multiple-entry3
Refused14.3%

Applications filed in Burundi over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications5,288
Issued2,406
Refused54.5%
Year2024
Applications3,735
Issued2,190
Refused41.4%
Year2023
Applications3,774
Issued2,378
Refused37.0%
Year2022
Applications3,110
Issued1,905
Refused38.7%
Year2021
Applications782
Issued537
Refused31.3%
Year2020
Applications665
Issued282
Refused57.6%
Year2019
Applications3,768
Issued2,259
Refused40.0%
Year2018
Applications3,604
Issued2,373
Refused34.2%
Year2017
Applications3,224
Issued2,346
Refused27.2%
Year2016
Applications2,981
Issued2,205
Refused26.0%
Year2015
Applications3,455
Issued2,641
Refused23.6%
Year2014
Applications3,145
Issued2,684
Refused14.5%
Year2013
Applications2,976
Issued2,450
Refused17.7%
Year2012
Applications2,632
Issued2,017
Refused23.4%
Year2011
Applications2,382
Issued1,891
Refused20.6%
Year2010
Applications2,516
Issued1,952
Refused22.4%
Year2009
Applications2,397
Issued1,916
Refused20.1%

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 Burundi, 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.