Schengen visa applications filed in Namibia

4,615 applications · 5.6% refused · 2025

In 2025, 4,615 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Namibia. 5.6% of them were refused.

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

Applications
4,615
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
4,357
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
5.6%
258 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
67.7%
2,950 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
3
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
3
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Namibia, 2025

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

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Schengen stateGermany
CityWindhoek
Applications2,289
Issued2,204
Multiple-entry2,197
Refused3.7%
Schengen stateSpain
CityWindhoek
Applications1,464
Issued1,343
Multiple-entry123
Refused8.3%
Schengen stateFinland
CityWindhoek
Applications862
Issued810
Multiple-entry630
Refused6.0%

Applications filed in Namibia over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications4,615
Issued4,357
Refused5.6%
Year2024
Applications5,118
Issued4,774
Refused6.7%
Year2023
Applications5,575
Issued5,172
Refused7.2%
Year2022
Applications4,508
Issued4,073
Refused9.6%
Year2021
Applications959
Issued800
Refused16.6%
Year2020
Applications1,123
Issued1,023
Refused8.9%
Year2019
Applications6,485
Issued6,253
Refused3.6%
Year2018
Applications6,205
Issued6,038
Refused2.7%
Year2017
Applications6,785
Issued6,680
Refused1.5%
Year2016
Applications6,863
Issued6,774
Refused1.3%
Year2015
Applications7,329
Issued7,265
Refused0.9%
Year2014
Applications6,875
Issued6,640
Refused3.4%
Year2013
Applications6,483
Issued5,995
Refused7.5%
Year2012
Applications3,232
Issued3,127
Refused3.2%
Year2011
Applications3,320
Issued3,137
Refused5.5%
Year2010
Applications6,106
Issued5,928
Refused2.9%
Year2009
Applications5,048
Issued4,915
Refused2.6%

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 Namibia, 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.