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Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Sri Lanka: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Sri Lanka runs +13.6 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 1,395 decisions FY2015–2025 (#48 of 196).

Data updated 2026-09-05

61.9%
Asylum grant rate
38.1%
Asylum denial rate
1,395
Asylum decisions

Sri Lanka in one line

Sri Lanka's asylum grant rate is 61.9% (mid-band grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 1,395 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

61.9%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
1,395
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
+13.6 pp
vs. national average
38.1%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. These are aggregate historical rates, not predictions for individual cases. Outcomes vary significantly by court, judge, case type, and legal representation. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Sri Lanka 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)

61.9% 83rd of 196 higher than 113 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

Sri Lanka grant-rate neighbors

Asylum grant rates for nationalities whose FY2015–2025 merits rate is closest to Sri Lanka (ABS gap), not the same top-volume strip on every page. Sri Lanka is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.3% national average.

Bangladesh
64.0%
Georgia
64.0%
Tajikistan
63.9%
Pakistan
63.7%
Ivory Coast
63.5%
Republic of the Congo
62.8%
India
62.5%
Sri Lanka
61.9%
Chad
61.6%
Angola
60.8%
Mali
60.6%
Nigeria
60.4%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

Heavy-corpus nationality peers by merits volume, orthogonal to the ABS(grant-rate) neighbors above.

Heavy-corpus nationality Sri Lanka: 1,395 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Sri Lanka's 1,395-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Sri Lanka nationals; gap vs national average +13.6 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 1,395 decisions FY2015–2025 (#48 of 196).

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Sri Lanka 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. Sri Lanka'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.