Schengen visa applications filed in Côte d’Ivoire

81,886 applications · 31.0% refused · 2025

In 2025, 81,886 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Côte d’Ivoire. 31.0% of them were refused.

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

Applications
81,886
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
56,502
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
31.0%
25,384 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
47.2%
26,667 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
7
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
7
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Côte d’Ivoire, 2025

7 consulate posts run by 7 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityAbidjan
Applications65,416
Issued46,253
Multiple-entry21,758
Refused29.3%
Schengen stateSpain
CityAbidjan
Applications6,241
Issued4,113
Multiple-entry1,818
Refused34.1%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityAbidjan
Applications3,145
Issued1,813
Multiple-entry927
Refused42.4%
Schengen stateItaly
CityAbidjan
Applications3,051
Issued1,892
Multiple-entry750
Refused38.0%
Schengen stateGermany
CityAbidjan
Applications1,674
Issued923
Multiple-entry923
Refused44.9%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityAbidjan
Applications1,436
Issued894
Multiple-entry279
Refused37.7%
Schengen statePortugal
CityAbidjan
Applications923
Issued614
Multiple-entry212
Refused33.5%

Applications filed in Côte d’Ivoire over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications81,886
Issued56,502
Refused31.0%
Year2024
Applications77,385
Issued49,793
Refused35.7%
Year2023
Applications71,414
Issued46,961
Refused34.2%
Year2022
Applications57,319
Issued37,544
Refused34.5%
Year2021
Applications24,521
Issued17,600
Refused28.2%
Year2020
Applications11,940
Issued7,386
Refused38.1%
Year2019
Applications63,578
Issued39,112
Refused38.5%
Year2018
Applications61,639
Issued42,114
Refused31.7%
Year2017
Applications56,354
Issued38,294
Refused32.0%
Year2016
Applications48,927
Issued35,056
Refused28.4%
Year2015
Applications41,716
Issued30,347
Refused27.3%
Year2014
Applications36,815
Issued26,514
Refused28.0%
Year2013
Applications32,842
Issued23,460
Refused28.6%
Year2012
Applications30,615
Issued22,362
Refused27.0%
Year2011
Applications23,453
Issued16,923
Refused27.8%
Year2010
Applications28,248
Issued21,643
Refused23.4%
Year2009
Applications14,545
Issued7,131
Refused51.0%

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 Côte d’Ivoire, 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.