Schengen visa applications filed in Gabon

17,270 applications · 29.1% refused · 2025

In 2025, 17,270 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Gabon. 29.1% of them were refused.

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

Applications
17,270
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
12,238
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
29.1%
5,032 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
31.5%
3,857 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
3
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
3
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Gabon, 2025

3 consulate posts run by 3 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityLibreville
Applications15,732
Issued11,368
Multiple-entry3,640
Refused27.7%
Schengen stateItaly
CityLibreville
Applications999
Issued554
Multiple-entry202
Refused44.5%
Schengen stateSpain
CityLibreville
Applications539
Issued316
Multiple-entry15
Refused41.4%

Applications filed in Gabon over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications17,270
Issued12,238
Refused29.1%
Year2024
Applications18,395
Issued13,485
Refused26.7%
Year2023
Applications19,300
Issued14,353
Refused25.6%
Year2022
Applications17,388
Issued11,612
Refused33.2%
Year2021
Applications3,665
Issued2,341
Refused36.1%
Year2020
Applications3,583
Issued2,657
Refused25.8%
Year2019
Applications23,247
Issued18,240
Refused21.5%
Year2018
Applications22,589
Issued16,883
Refused25.3%
Year2017
Applications19,491
Issued16,317
Refused16.3%
Year2016
Applications18,225
Issued16,233
Refused10.9%
Year2015
Applications17,131
Issued15,535
Refused9.3%
Year2014
Applications16,620
Issued15,445
Refused7.1%
Year2013
Applications14,843
Issued13,181
Refused11.2%
Year2012
Applications12,129
Issued11,068
Refused8.7%
Year2011
Applications12,175
Issued10,586
Refused13.1%
Year2010
Applications11,332
Issued9,856
Refused13.0%
Year2009
Applications2,786
Issued1,748
Refused37.3%

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 Gabon, 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.