Schengen visa applications filed in Senegal

71,923 applications · 52.4% refused · 2025

In 2025, 71,923 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Senegal. 52.4% of them were refused.

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

Applications
71,923
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
34,233
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
52.4%
37,690 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
32.7%
11,205 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
14
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
14
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Senegal, 2025

14 consulate posts run by 14 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

Sort by
Schengen stateFrance
CityDakar
Applications35,242
Issued19,358
Multiple-entry7,049
Refused45.1%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityDakar
Applications7,651
Issued1,510
Multiple-entry512
Refused80.3%
Schengen stateSpain
CityDakar
Applications7,343
Issued3,070
Multiple-entry244
Refused58.2%
Schengen stateItaly
CityDakar
Applications6,246
Issued4,482
Multiple-entry1,745
Refused28.2%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityDakar
Applications5,569
Issued1,064
Multiple-entry124
Refused80.9%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityDakar
Applications2,638
Issued1,640
Multiple-entry449
Refused37.8%
Schengen statePortugal
CityDakar
Applications2,145
Issued384
Multiple-entry72
Refused82.1%
Schengen stateGermany
CityDakar
Applications1,596
Issued1,182
Multiple-entry696
Refused25.9%
Schengen stateAustria
CityDakar
Applications1,280
Issued406
Multiple-entry102
Refused68.3%
Schengen stateGreece
CityDakar
Applications571
Issued269
Multiple-entry22
Refused52.9%
Schengen stateRomania
CityDakar
Applications463
Issued134
Multiple-entry50
Refused71.1%
Schengen stateLuxembourg
CityDakar
Applications424
Issued202
Multiple-entry51
Refused52.4%
Schengen statePoland
CityDakar
Applications379
Issued274
Multiple-entry21
Refused27.7%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityDakar
Applications376
Issued258
Multiple-entry68
Refused31.4%

Applications filed in Senegal over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications71,923
Issued34,233
Refused52.4%
Year2024
Applications72,412
Issued36,933
Refused49.0%
Year2023
Applications64,392
Issued36,403
Refused43.5%
Year2022
Applications56,866
Issued30,256
Refused46.8%
Year2021
Applications26,387
Issued14,841
Refused43.8%
Year2020
Applications21,581
Issued10,304
Refused52.3%
Year2019
Applications87,281
Issued46,900
Refused46.3%
Year2018
Applications73,346
Issued42,170
Refused42.5%
Year2017
Applications69,250
Issued40,714
Refused41.2%
Year2016
Applications59,920
Issued36,374
Refused39.3%
Year2015
Applications58,011
Issued36,421
Refused37.2%
Year2014
Applications51,726
Issued31,122
Refused39.8%
Year2013
Applications51,144
Issued30,306
Refused40.7%
Year2012
Applications47,687
Issued30,311
Refused36.4%
Year2011
Applications51,664
Issued32,179
Refused37.7%
Year2010
Applications51,129
Issued33,254
Refused35.0%
Year2009
Applications37,444
Issued17,815
Refused52.4%

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 Senegal, 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.

Do you need a Schengen visa at all?

Check your passport against all 29 Schengen countries and see what you need before you book anything.

Check visa requirements
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.