Schengen visa applications filed in Equatorial Guinea

10,139 applications · 39.7% refused · 2025

In 2025, 10,139 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Equatorial Guinea. 39.7% of them were refused.

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

Applications
10,139
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
6,113
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
39.7%
4,026 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
28.3%
1,731 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
3
Across 2 cities
Schengen states present
2
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Equatorial Guinea, 2025

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

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Schengen stateSpain
CityMalabo
Applications6,705
Issued4,021
Multiple-entry1,204
Refused40.0%
Schengen stateSpain
CityBata
Applications2,141
Issued1,326
Multiple-entry224
Refused38.1%
Schengen stateFrance
CityMalabo
Applications1,293
Issued766
Multiple-entry303
Refused40.8%

Applications filed in Equatorial Guinea over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications10,139
Issued6,113
Refused39.7%
Year2024
Applications10,047
Issued6,173
Refused38.6%
Year2023
Applications11,368
Issued6,901
Refused39.3%
Year2022
Applications10,540
Issued6,760
Refused35.9%
Year2021
Applications5,015
Issued3,353
Refused33.1%
Year2020
Applications2,333
Issued1,553
Refused33.4%
Year2019
Applications14,176
Issued8,541
Refused39.8%
Year2018
Applications15,055
Issued9,515
Refused36.8%
Year2017
Applications16,066
Issued12,473
Refused22.4%
Year2016
Applications18,192
Issued15,940
Refused12.4%
Year2015
Applications17,107
Issued15,252
Refused10.8%
Year2014
Applications16,192
Issued14,471
Refused10.6%
Year2013
Applications13,858
Issued11,852
Refused14.5%
Year2012
Applications11,190
Issued9,407
Refused15.9%
Year2011
Applications10,794
Issued9,485
Refused12.1%
Year2010
Applications10,302
Issued9,139
Refused11.3%
Year2009
Applications8,107
Issued7,269
Refused10.3%

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 Equatorial Guinea, 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.