Schengen visa applications filed in Central African Republic

3,346 applications · 34.5% refused · 2025

In 2025, 3,346 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Central African Republic. 34.5% of them were refused.

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

Applications
3,346
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
2,192
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
34.5%
1,154 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
17.7%
389 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
1
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
1
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Central African Republic, 2025

One Schengen consulate reported figures here in 2025.

Schengen stateFrance
CityBangui
Applications3,346
Issued2,192
Multiple-entry389
Refused34.5%

Applications filed in Central African Republic over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications3,346
Issued2,192
Refused34.5%
Year2024
Applications2,996
Issued1,964
Refused34.4%
Year2023
Applications2,211
Issued1,614
Refused27.0%
Year2022
Applications2,004
Issued1,297
Refused35.3%
Year2021
Applications1,021
Issued691
Refused32.3%
Year2020
Applications741
Issued490
Refused33.9%
Year2019
Applications4,230
Issued3,030
Refused28.4%
Year2018
Applications4,101
Issued2,562
Refused37.5%
Year2017
Applications4,295
Issued2,374
Refused44.7%
Year2016
Applications5,620
Issued3,686
Refused34.4%
Year2015
Applications4,441
Issued3,028
Refused31.8%
Year2014
Applications3,423
Issued2,515
Refused26.5%
Year2013
Applications2,527
Issued1,543
Refused38.9%
Year2012
Applications2,820
Issued2,039
Refused27.7%
Year2011
Applications2,678
Issued1,929
Refused28.0%
Year2010
Applications2,825
Issued2,066
Refused26.9%
Year2009
Applications988
Issued148
Refused85.0%

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 Central African Republic, 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.