Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025
Costa Rica: US Asylum Outcomes
Signature read: gap versus national average (-2.2 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Costa Rica's row. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 46.1% (below the 48.3% national average).
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 46.1%
- Asylum grant rate
- 53.9%
- Asylum denial rate
- 245
- Asylum decisions
Costa Rica in one line
Costa Rica's asylum grant rate is 46.1% (mid-band grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 245 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).
- 46.1%
- Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
- 245
- Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
- -2.2 pp
- vs. national average
- 53.9%
- Asylum denial rate
Costa Rica nationals' merits outcome mix
245merits decisions FY2015–2025
Costa Rica 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)
46.1% 128th of 196 higher than 68 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
Costa Rica grant-rate neighbors
Asylum grant rates for nationalities whose FY2015–2025 merits rate is closest to Costa Rica (ABS gap), not the same top-volume strip on every page. Costa Rica 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.
- South Africa · 251 merits · 40.2% grant
- Chad · 224 merits · 61.6% grant
- Saudi Arabia · 277 merits · 74.4% grant
- Zimbabwe · 290 merits · 59.3% grant
Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data for Costa Rica nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.
Read our methodology - how Costa Rica's 245-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Costa Rica 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. Costa Rica'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.