Schengen visa applications filed in Cameroon

57,469 applications · 41.0% refused · 2025

In 2025, 57,469 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Cameroon. 41.0% of them were refused.

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

Applications
57,469
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
33,902
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
41.0%
23,567 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
35.5%
12,020 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
7
Across 2 cities
Schengen states present
6
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Cameroon, 2025

7 consulate posts run by 6 Schengen states across 2 cities, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityDouala
Applications18,599
Issued11,691
Multiple-entry5,098
Refused37.1%
Schengen stateFrance
CityYaonde
Applications17,053
Issued10,698
Multiple-entry2,364
Refused37.3%
Schengen stateItaly
CityYaonde
Applications7,544
Issued3,117
Multiple-entry1,190
Refused58.7%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityYaonde
Applications6,924
Issued3,308
Multiple-entry1,036
Refused52.2%
Schengen stateGermany
CityYaonde
Applications3,830
Issued3,087
Multiple-entry1,927
Refused19.4%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityYaonde
Applications2,210
Issued1,297
Multiple-entry214
Refused41.3%
Schengen stateSpain
CityYaonde
Applications1,309
Issued704
Multiple-entry191
Refused46.2%

Applications filed in Cameroon over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications57,469
Issued33,902
Refused41.0%
Year2024
Applications51,679
Issued31,911
Refused38.3%
Year2023
Applications39,031
Issued26,430
Refused32.3%
Year2022
Applications34,271
Issued22,679
Refused33.8%
Year2021
Applications11,001
Issued7,443
Refused32.3%
Year2020
Applications6,490
Issued3,919
Refused39.6%
Year2019
Applications40,345
Issued26,205
Refused35.0%
Year2018
Applications37,043
Issued24,761
Refused33.2%
Year2017
Applications36,723
Issued24,446
Refused33.4%
Year2016
Applications33,800
Issued23,010
Refused31.9%
Year2015
Applications34,138
Issued23,071
Refused32.4%
Year2014
Applications33,622
Issued22,956
Refused31.7%
Year2013
Applications33,278
Issued23,151
Refused30.4%
Year2012
Applications32,674
Issued22,677
Refused30.6%
Year2011
Applications30,581
Issued22,186
Refused27.5%
Year2010
Applications28,071
Issued20,678
Refused26.3%
Year2009
Applications16,842
Issued8,819
Refused47.6%

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 Cameroon, 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.