Schengen visa applications filed in Tunisia

188,579 applications · 20.6% refused · 2025

In 2025, 188,579 short-stay Schengen visa applications were filed at consulates in Tunisia. 20.6% of them were refused.

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

Applications
188,579
Filed in 2025
Visas issued
149,805
Including multiple-entry and limited-validity visas
Refused
20.6%
38,774 applications not issued
Multiple-entry share
52.6%
78,750 of the visas issued
Consulate posts
17
Across 1 city
Schengen states present
17
Issuing states with a consulate here

Consulates in Tunisia, 2025

17 consulate posts run by 17 Schengen states across 1 city, in 2025.

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Schengen stateFrance
CityTunis
Applications116,833
Issued98,085
Multiple-entry42,164
Refused16.0%
Schengen stateGermany
CityTunis
Applications19,242
Issued15,997
Multiple-entry15,780
Refused16.9%
Schengen stateItaly
CityTunis
Applications15,913
Issued10,819
Multiple-entry10,710
Refused32.0%
Schengen stateSpain
CityTunis
Applications7,346
Issued4,769
Multiple-entry820
Refused35.1%
Schengen stateNetherlands
CityTunis
Applications6,807
Issued4,719
Multiple-entry1,926
Refused30.7%
Schengen stateBelgium
CityTunis
Applications5,318
Issued3,062
Multiple-entry1,937
Refused42.4%
Schengen stateSwitzerland
CityTunis
Applications4,539
Issued3,590
Multiple-entry3,556
Refused20.9%
Schengen stateAustria
CityTunis
Applications2,586
Issued1,890
Multiple-entry561
Refused26.9%
Schengen stateFinland
CityTunis
Applications1,811
Issued1,284
Multiple-entry193
Refused29.1%
Schengen stateGreece
CityTunis
Applications1,785
Issued1,171
Multiple-entry230
Refused34.4%
Schengen stateMalta
CityTunis
Applications1,568
Issued1,066
Multiple-entry165
Refused32.0%
Schengen statePortugal
CityTunis
Applications1,517
Issued1,204
Multiple-entry201
Refused20.6%
Schengen statePoland
CityTunis
Applications940
Issued635
Multiple-entry175
Refused32.4%
Schengen stateCzechia
CityTunis
Applications915
Issued491
Multiple-entry62
Refused46.3%
Schengen stateRomania
CityTunis
Applications527
Issued409
Multiple-entry93
Refused22.4%
Schengen stateBulgaria
CityTunis
Applications496
Issued339
Multiple-entry100
Refused31.7%
Schengen stateHungary
CityTunis
Applications436
Issued275
Multiple-entry77
Refused36.9%

Applications filed in Tunisia over time

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

Visas issuedApplications refused
Year2025
Applications188,579
Issued149,805
Refused20.6%
Year2024
Applications177,951
Issued136,972
Refused23.0%
Year2023
Applications159,740
Issued122,584
Refused23.3%
Year2022
Applications168,346
Issued112,411
Refused33.2%
Year2021
Applications65,902
Issued44,462
Refused32.5%
Year2020
Applications69,549
Issued49,637
Refused28.6%
Year2019
Applications247,563
Issued180,536
Refused27.1%
Year2018
Applications234,452
Issued186,250
Refused20.6%
Year2017
Applications209,458
Issued170,996
Refused18.4%
Year2016
Applications202,871
Issued168,267
Refused17.1%
Year2015
Applications184,334
Issued155,454
Refused15.7%
Year2014
Applications152,038
Issued133,353
Refused12.3%
Year2013
Applications150,634
Issued130,411
Refused13.4%
Year2012
Applications125,594
Issued110,085
Refused12.3%
Year2011
Applications115,151
Issued99,522
Refused13.6%
Year2010
Applications110,342
Issued97,477
Refused11.7%
Year2009
Applications104,066
Issued89,592
Refused13.9%

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 Tunisia, 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.