By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Djibouti: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Djibouti runs +30.8 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 79.1% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

79.1%
Asylum grant rate
20.9%
Asylum denial rate
134
Asylum decisions

Djibouti in one line

Djibouti's asylum grant rate is 79.1% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 134 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

79.1%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
134
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+30.8 pp
vs. national average
20.9%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Djibouti's 79.1% upper-third grant history still mixes courts, case types, and counsel rates, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Djibouti 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)

79.1% 20th of 196 higher than 176 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

Djibouti grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Djibouti (79.1%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Uganda
80.4%
Russia
79.9%
Syria
79.6%
Djibouti
79.1%
Ukraine
78.9%
Yugoslavia
78.5%
China
77.9%
Kosovo
77.7%
Albania
77.3%
Afghanistan
76.1%
Ethiopia
75.4%
Iraq
74.6%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

Peers matched on FY2015–2025 merits-decision volume, a second axis from the grant-rate ladder above.

Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data for Djibouti nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Djibouti's 134-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Djibouti nationals; gap vs national average +30.8 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 134 decisions FY2015–2025.

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