Schengen visa applications filed in Ecuador

106,167 applications · 32.8% refused · 2025

In 2025, 106,167 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Ecuador. 32.8% of them were refused.

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

Applications
106,167
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
71,387
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
32.8%
34,780 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
48.1%
34,335 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
7
Across 2 cities
Schengen states present
6
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Ecuador, 2025

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

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Schengen stateSpain
CityQuito
Applications48,733
Issued32,515
Multiple-entry15,901
Refused33.3%
Schengen stateSpain
CityGuayaquil
Applications31,771
Issued20,726
Multiple-entry2,317
Refused34.8%
Schengen stateItaly
CityQuito
Applications12,396
Issued8,118
Multiple-entry8,109
Refused34.5%
Schengen stateGermany
CityQuito
Applications6,136
Issued5,013
Multiple-entry5,007
Refused18.3%
Schengen stateFrance
CityQuito
Applications3,829
Issued2,743
Multiple-entry1,112
Refused28.4%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityQuito
Applications2,299
Issued1,663
Multiple-entry1,631
Refused27.7%
Schengen stateHungary
CityQuito
Applications1,003
Issued609
Multiple-entry258
Refused39.3%

Applications filed in Ecuador over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications106,167
Issued71,387
Refused32.8%
Year2024
Applications103,785
Issued71,922
Refused30.7%
Year2023
Applications93,415
Issued69,059
Refused26.1%
Year2022
Applications75,094
Issued57,148
Refused23.9%
Year2021
Applications29,480
Issued23,692
Refused19.6%
Year2020
Applications16,372
Issued12,777
Refused22.0%
Year2019
Applications75,840
Issued63,134
Refused16.8%
Year2018
Applications68,013
Issued56,039
Refused17.6%
Year2017
Applications63,092
Issued50,484
Refused20.0%
Year2016
Applications47,134
Issued35,962
Refused23.7%
Year2015
Applications45,245
Issued36,849
Refused18.6%
Year2014
Applications40,695
Issued34,381
Refused15.5%
Year2013
Applications36,686
Issued31,292
Refused14.7%
Year2012
Applications34,057
Issued28,642
Refused15.9%
Year2011
Applications35,286
Issued29,112
Refused17.5%
Year2010
Applications27,525
Issued21,639
Refused21.4%
Year2009
Applications23,442
Issued19,468
Refused17.0%

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 Ecuador, 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.