What is the immigration court grant rate for Germany nationals?

Germany nationals sit in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 40.5% across 121 merits decisions (DOJ EOIR FY2015–2025).

How many immigration court cases involve Germany nationals?

Germany nationals had 121 asylum cases decided on the merits (FY2015–2025) in the EOIR data, with 49 granted and 72 denied.

Do grant rates vary by immigration court for Germany nationals?

Yes. Germany's 40.5% national-row rate sits below the 48.3% overall average; court-level spreads can push individual venues higher or lower still.

Is this data predictive of individual case outcomes?

No. Germany's 59.5% denial-leaning aggregate still mixes courts, judges, country conditions, and counsel rates, it is not a forecast for any one merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Germany: US Asylum Outcomes

Name: Germany US Immigration Court Outcomes
Creator: PlainImmigration
Published: 2025-09-30
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Signature read: Germany's 40.5% grant rate is among the lowest in the tracked nationality corpus. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 40.5% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is mid-band at 121 decisions FY2015–2025.

Compiled by PlainImmigration

Data updated 2026-09-05

40.5%
Asylum grant rate: 59.5%
Asylum denial rate: 121
Asylum decisions

Germany in one line

Germany's asylum grant rate is 40.5% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 121 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

40.5%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate: 121
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume: -7.8 pp
vs. national average: 59.5%
Asylum denial rate

Germany nationals' merits outcome mix

121merits decisions FY2015–2025

Granted49(40%)Denied72(60%)

Statistical data only. Germany's 59.5% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Germany 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)

40.5% 146th of 196 higher than 50 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

Germany grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Germany (40.5%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Hungary

42.7%

Somalia

42.3%

Senegal

42.2%

Thailand

41.5%

South Korea

40.9%

Germany

40.5%

Haiti

40.3%

South Africa

40.2%

Ecuador

40.0%

Belize

39.0%

Liberia

38.6%

United Kingdom

38.6%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

Turkmenistan · 122 merits · 74.6% grant
Thailand · 118 merits · 41.5% grant
Poland · 115 merits · 53.9% grant
Palestine · 128 merits · 64.1% grant

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Germany (40.5%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Germany's 121-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Germany nationals; asylum grant rate 40.5%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 121 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Germany asylum merits outcomes FY2015–2025 · 2025 Accessed 2026-09-05

Every figure on PlainImmigration is rendered directly from federal immigration court records, no number is typed in by an editor. Germany'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.