Schengen visa applications filed in Eritrea

5,772 applications · 38.8% refused · 2025

In 2025, 5,772 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Eritrea. 38.8% of them were refused.

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

Applications
5,772
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
3,532
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
38.8%
2,240 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
14.3%
506 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
1
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
1
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Eritrea, 2025

One Schengen consulate reported figures here in 2025.

Schengen stateItaly
CityAsmara
Applications5,772
Issued3,532
Multiple-entry506
Refused38.8%

Applications filed in Eritrea over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications5,772
Issued3,532
Refused38.8%
Year2024
Applications5,255
Issued3,732
Refused29.0%
Year2023
Applications3,317
Issued2,659
Refused19.8%
Year2022
Applications1,277
Issued906
Refused29.1%
Year2021
Applications256
Issued222
Refused13.3%
Year2020
Applications404
Issued220
Refused45.5%
Year2019
Applications2,145
Issued1,377
Refused35.8%
Year2018
Applications2,155
Issued1,275
Refused40.8%
Year2017
Applications2,331
Issued1,206
Refused48.3%
Year2016
Applications2,047
Issued1,096
Refused46.5%
Year2015
Applications1,906
Issued1,080
Refused43.3%
Year2014
Applications1,988
Issued1,193
Refused40.0%
Year2013
Applications1,918
Issued1,072
Refused44.1%
Year2012
Applications1,905
Issued1,312
Refused31.1%
Year2011
Applications2,383
Issued1,534
Refused35.6%
Year2010
Applications2,573
Issued2,154
Refused16.3%
Year2009
Applications2,263
Issued1,962
Refused13.3%

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 Eritrea, 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.