Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Finland: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Finland runs -28.3 pp versus the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 20.0% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is thin-corpus at 5 decisions FY2015–2025.

Data updated 2026-09-05

20.0%
Asylum grant rate
80.0%
Asylum denial rate
5
Asylum decisions

Finland in one line

Finland's asylum grant rate is 20.0% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 5 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

20.0%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
5
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume
-28.3 pp
vs. national average
80.0%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Finland's 80.0% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Finland 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)

20% 186th of 196 higher than 10 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

Finland grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Finland (20.0%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Guatemala
36.4%
Philippines
35.2%
Honduras
35.1%
Jamaica
34.4%
El Salvador
34.2%
Mexico
32.5%
Brazil
32.0%
Spain
32.0%
Guyana
29.1%
Finland
20.0%

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Finland (20.0%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Finland nationals; gap vs national average -28.3 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 5 decisions FY2015–2025.

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