Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Cuba: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: gap versus national average (-0.4 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Cuba's row. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 17,572 decisions FY2015–2025 (#11 of 196).

Data updated 2026-09-05

47.9%
Asylum grant rate
52.1%
Asylum denial rate
17,572
Asylum decisions

Cuba in one line

Cuba's asylum grant rate is 47.9% (mid-band grant rate, roughly in line with the 48.3% national average) across 17,572 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

47.9%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
17,572
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
-0.4 pp
vs. national average
52.1%
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.

Cuba 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)

47.9% 124th of 196 higher than 72 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Cuba grant-rate neighbors

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

Niger
50.6%
Kenya
50.4%
Italy
49.7%
Chile
49.0%
Morocco
49.0%
Cuba
47.9%
Colombia
47.3%
Vietnam
46.7%
Benin
46.7%
Costa Rica
46.1%
Argentina
45.2%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

  • Brazil · 17,029 merits · 32.0% grant
  • Russia · 16,614 merits · 79.9% grant
  • Peru · 15,703 merits · 43.0% grant
  • Haiti · 10,578 merits · 40.3% grant

Heavy-corpus nationality Cuba: 17,572 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Cuba nationals; gap vs national average -0.4 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 17,572 decisions FY2015–2025 (#11 of 196).

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Cuba 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. Cuba'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.