Schengen visa applications filed in Ethiopia

26,166 applications · 36.8% refused · 2025

In 2025, 26,166 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Ethiopia. 36.8% of them were refused.

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

Applications
26,166
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
16,542
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
36.8%
9,624 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
4.8%
793 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
15
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
15
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Ethiopia, 2025

15 consulate posts run by 15 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateItaly
CityAddis Abeba
Applications7,261
Issued4,498
Multiple-entry203
Refused38.1%
Schengen stateFrance
CityAddis Abeba
Applications4,277
Issued2,940
Multiple-entry127
Refused31.3%
Schengen stateGermany
CityAddis Abeba
Applications3,911
Issued2,396
Multiple-entry64
Refused38.7%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityAddis Abeba
Applications2,413
Issued1,526
Multiple-entry83
Refused36.8%
Schengen stateSpain
CityAddis Abeba
Applications1,786
Issued928
Multiple-entry29
Refused48.0%
Schengen stateGreece
CityAddis Abeba
Applications1,688
Issued1,416
Multiple-entry118
Refused16.1%
Schengen stateAustria
CityAddis Abeba
Applications1,290
Issued665
Multiple-entry6
Refused48.4%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityAddis Abeba
Applications1,212
Issued787
Multiple-entry94
Refused35.1%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityAddis Abeba
Applications1,210
Issued805
Multiple-entry54
Refused33.5%
Schengen stateFinland
CityAddis Abeba
Applications324
Issued214
Multiple-entry1
Refused34.0%
Schengen stateHungary
CityAddis Abeba
Applications246
Issued118
Multiple-entry8
Refused52.0%
Schengen statePoland
CityAddis Abeba
Applications218
Issued47
Multiple-entry0
Refused78.4%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityAddis Abeba
Applications212
Issued168
Multiple-entry6
Refused20.8%
Schengen stateRomania
CityAddis Abeba
Applications109
Issued28
Multiple-entry0
Refused74.3%
Schengen stateSweden
CityAddis Abeba
Applications9
Issued6
Multiple-entry0
Refused33.3%

Applications filed in Ethiopia over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications26,166
Issued16,542
Refused36.8%
Year2024
Applications24,593
Issued14,803
Refused39.8%
Year2023
Applications24,665
Issued15,847
Refused35.8%
Year2022
Applications21,099
Issued14,519
Refused31.2%
Year2021
Applications6,089
Issued4,480
Refused26.4%
Year2020
Applications5,286
Issued3,627
Refused31.4%
Year2019
Applications25,947
Issued20,150
Refused22.3%
Year2018
Applications23,134
Issued17,774
Refused23.2%
Year2017
Applications21,372
Issued16,871
Refused21.1%
Year2016
Applications18,207
Issued14,508
Refused20.3%
Year2015
Applications18,304
Issued14,846
Refused18.9%
Year2014
Applications16,938
Issued12,758
Refused24.7%
Year2013
Applications16,136
Issued12,447
Refused22.9%
Year2012
Applications15,322
Issued12,428
Refused18.9%
Year2011
Applications15,265
Issued12,142
Refused20.5%
Year2010
Applications14,008
Issued11,276
Refused19.5%
Year2009
Applications13,665
Issued11,120
Refused18.6%

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 Ethiopia, 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.