Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

French Guiana: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: French Guiana runs +18.4 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 66.7% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

66.7%
Asylum grant rate
33.3%
Asylum denial rate
12
Asylum decisions

French Guiana in one line

French Guiana's asylum grant rate is 66.7% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 12 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

66.7%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
12
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume
+18.4 pp
vs. national average
33.3%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. French Guiana's 66.7% 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.

French Guiana 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)

66.7% 65th of 196 higher than 131 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

French Guiana grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for French Guiana (66.7%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Iran
69.4%
Turkey
68.8%
Cameroon
68.0%
French Guiana
66.7%
Eritrea
66.6%
Romania
65.3%
Uzbekistan
64.4%
Algeria
64.2%
Palestine
64.1%
Bangladesh
64.0%
Georgia
64.0%

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

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for French Guiana nationals; gap vs national average +18.4 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 12 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics French Guiana 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. French Guiana'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.