Schengen visa applications filed in Madagascar

16,489 applications · 28.4% refused · 2025

In 2025, 16,489 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Madagascar. 28.4% of them were refused.

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

Applications
16,489
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
11,813
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
28.4%
4,676 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
37.0%
4,375 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
3
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
3
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Madagascar, 2025

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

Sort by
Schengen stateFrance
CityAntananarivo
Applications15,452
Issued11,028
Multiple-entry4,097
Refused28.6%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityAntananarivo
Applications901
Issued653
Multiple-entry167
Refused27.5%
Schengen stateGermany
CityAntananarivo
Applications136
Issued132
Multiple-entry111
Refused2.9%

Applications filed in Madagascar over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications16,489
Issued11,813
Refused28.4%
Year2024
Applications16,618
Issued11,190
Refused32.7%
Year2023
Applications16,683
Issued11,765
Refused29.5%
Year2022
Applications15,027
Issued10,051
Refused33.1%
Year2021
Applications4,113
Issued3,166
Refused23.0%
Year2020
Applications3,388
Issued2,645
Refused21.9%
Year2019
Applications21,353
Issued16,706
Refused21.8%
Year2018
Applications21,606
Issued16,493
Refused23.7%
Year2017
Applications20,637
Issued15,686
Refused24.0%
Year2016
Applications19,471
Issued14,765
Refused24.2%
Year2015
Applications19,790
Issued15,565
Refused21.3%
Year2014
Applications15,509
Issued11,744
Refused24.3%
Year2013
Applications15,140
Issued11,689
Refused22.8%
Year2012
Applications14,691
Issued12,699
Refused13.5%
Year2011
Applications13,917
Issued11,783
Refused15.3%
Year2010
Applications15,039
Issued12,983
Refused13.7%
Year2009
Applications6,989
Issued4,376
Refused37.4%

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 Madagascar, 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.