Schengen visa applications filed in Ghana

63,725 applications · 47.2% refused · 2025

In 2025, 63,725 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Ghana. 47.2% of them were refused.

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

Applications
63,725
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
33,656
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
47.2%
30,069 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
34.9%
11,759 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
11
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
11
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Ghana, 2025

11 consulate posts run by 11 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateNetherlands
CityAccra
Applications17,959
Issued8,076
Multiple-entry1,585
Refused55.0%
Schengen stateFrance
CityAccra
Applications10,482
Issued6,558
Multiple-entry1,181
Refused37.4%
Schengen stateGermany
CityAccra
Applications9,146
Issued6,056
Multiple-entry5,858
Refused33.8%
Schengen stateSpain
CityAccra
Applications5,557
Issued3,215
Multiple-entry409
Refused42.1%
Schengen stateDenmark
CityAccra
Applications5,184
Issued1,825
Multiple-entry250
Refused64.8%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityAccra
Applications4,628
Issued2,778
Multiple-entry483
Refused40.0%
Schengen stateHungary
CityAccra
Applications2,869
Issued1,682
Multiple-entry529
Refused41.4%
Schengen stateItaly
CityAccra
Applications2,754
Issued1,591
Multiple-entry967
Refused42.2%
Schengen stateNorway
CityAccra
Applications2,293
Issued817
Multiple-entry157
Refused64.4%
Schengen stateMalta
CityAccra
Applications1,947
Issued803
Multiple-entry324
Refused58.8%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityAccra
Applications906
Issued255
Multiple-entry16
Refused71.9%

Applications filed in Ghana over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications63,725
Issued33,656
Refused47.2%
Year2024
Applications56,032
Issued29,890
Refused46.7%
Year2023
Applications45,421
Issued23,400
Refused48.5%
Year2022
Applications42,124
Issued23,112
Refused45.1%
Year2021
Applications13,853
Issued7,139
Refused48.5%
Year2020
Applications10,589
Issued5,258
Refused50.3%
Year2019
Applications48,873
Issued27,250
Refused44.2%
Year2018
Applications43,665
Issued24,990
Refused42.8%
Year2017
Applications31,806
Issued19,231
Refused39.5%
Year2016
Applications28,436
Issued17,778
Refused37.5%
Year2015
Applications26,398
Issued17,204
Refused34.8%
Year2014
Applications27,119
Issued17,650
Refused34.9%
Year2013
Applications25,798
Issued16,556
Refused35.8%
Year2012
Applications23,088
Issued15,537
Refused32.7%
Year2011
Applications24,286
Issued15,735
Refused35.2%
Year2010
Applications22,148
Issued15,738
Refused28.9%
Year2009
Applications19,596
Issued12,864
Refused34.4%

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 Ghana, 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.