Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025
Benin: US Asylum Outcomes
Signature read: gap versus national average (-1.6 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Benin's row. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 46.7% (roughly in line with the 48.3% national average).
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 46.7%
- Asylum grant rate
- 53.3%
- Asylum denial rate
- 152
- Asylum decisions
Benin in one line
Benin's asylum grant rate is 46.7% (mid-band grant rate, roughly in line with the 48.3% national average) across 152 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).
- 46.7%
- Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
- 152
- Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
- -1.6 pp
- vs. national average
- 53.3%
- Asylum denial rate
Benin nationals' merits outcome mix
152merits decisions FY2015–2025
Benin vs all nationalities by asylum grant rate
Where this nationality's FY2015–2025 asylum grant rate sits among every tracked nationality (a case-outcome measure, not a quality ranking)
46.7% 127th of 196 higher than 69 of 196 nationalities
Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more nationalities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count and share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025
Benin grant-rate neighbors
Asylum grant rates for nationalities whose FY2015–2025 merits rate is closest to Benin (ABS gap), not the same top-volume strip on every page. Benin is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.3% national average.
Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload
Peers matched on FY2015–2025 merits-decision volume, a second axis from the grant-rate ladder above.
- Trinidad and Tobago · 150 merits · 20.0% grant
- South Korea · 149 merits · 40.9% grant
- Laos · 155 merits · 36.8% grant
- Italy · 147 merits · 49.7% grant
Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data for Benin nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.
Read our methodology - how Benin's 152-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Benin asylum merits outcomes FY2015–2025 · 2025
Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Benin's grant-rate and caseload figures are recomputed live from the EOIR case-level extract on every request, never hand-typed. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-05.