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Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Guatemala: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: 89,544 merits decisions place Guatemala among the busiest nationality codes in the FOIA release. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 89,544 decisions FY2015–2025 (#3 of 196).

Data updated 2026-09-05

36.4%
Asylum grant rate
63.6%
Asylum denial rate
89,544
Asylum decisions

Guatemala in one line

Guatemala's asylum grant rate is 36.4% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 89,544 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

36.4%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
89,544
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
-11.9 pp
vs. national average
63.6%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Guatemala's 63.6% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Guatemala 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)

36.4% 159th of 196 higher than 37 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Guatemala grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Guatemala (36.4%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

South Africa
40.2%
Ecuador
40.0%
Belize
39.0%
Liberia
38.6%
United Kingdom
38.6%
Laos
36.8%
Bolivia
36.7%
Guatemala
36.4%
Philippines
35.2%
Honduras
35.1%
Jamaica
34.4%
El Salvador
34.2%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

  • El Salvador · 91,626 merits · 34.2% grant
  • Honduras · 92,313 merits · 35.1% grant
  • Mexico · 75,320 merits · 32.5% grant
  • China · 49,211 merits · 77.9% grant

Heavy-corpus nationality Guatemala: 89,544 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Guatemala's 89,544-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Guatemala nationals; merits-decision volume 89,544. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 89,544 decisions FY2015–2025 (#3 of 196).

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