Schengen visa applications filed in Bolivia

16,230 applications · 42.1% refused · 2025

In 2025, 16,230 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Bolivia. 42.1% of them were refused.

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

Applications
16,230
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
9,396
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
42.1%
6,834 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
23.9%
2,246 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
5
Across 2 cities
Schengen states present
4
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Bolivia, 2025

5 consulate posts run by 4 Schengen states across 2 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateSpain
CityLa Paz
Applications7,532
Issued3,892
Multiple-entry444
Refused48.3%
Schengen stateSpain
CitySanta Cruz De La Sierra
Applications6,258
Issued3,671
Multiple-entry561
Refused41.3%
Schengen stateGermany
CityLa Paz
Applications1,231
Issued1,069
Multiple-entry1,069
Refused13.2%
Schengen stateItaly
CityLa Paz
Applications1,067
Issued621
Multiple-entry112
Refused41.8%
Schengen stateFrance
CityLa Paz
Applications142
Issued143
Multiple-entry60
Refused

Applications filed in Bolivia over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications16,230
Issued9,396
Refused42.1%
Year2024
Applications20,270
Issued11,766
Refused42.0%
Year2023
Applications20,802
Issued13,025
Refused37.4%
Year2022
Applications18,718
Issued12,595
Refused32.7%
Year2021
Applications8,408
Issued4,341
Refused48.4%
Year2020
Applications5,232
Issued3,231
Refused38.2%
Year2019
Applications23,895
Issued17,829
Refused25.4%
Year2018
Applications23,126
Issued16,943
Refused26.7%
Year2017
Applications23,193
Issued18,993
Refused18.1%
Year2016
Applications18,553
Issued16,085
Refused13.3%
Year2015
Applications15,190
Issued13,312
Refused12.4%
Year2014
Applications12,728
Issued10,920
Refused14.2%
Year2013
Applications10,769
Issued9,023
Refused16.2%
Year2012
Applications9,536
Issued8,130
Refused14.7%
Year2011
Applications10,180
Issued8,106
Refused20.4%
Year2010
Applications9,076
Issued6,787
Refused25.2%
Year2009
Applications8,552
Issued6,869
Refused19.7%

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 Bolivia, 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.