By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Guyana: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Guyana runs -19.2 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 29.1% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is mid-band at 182 decisions FY2015–2025.

Data updated 2026-09-05

29.1%
Asylum grant rate
70.9%
Asylum denial rate
182
Asylum decisions

Guyana in one line

Guyana's asylum grant rate is 29.1% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 182 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

29.1%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
182
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
-19.2 pp
vs. national average
70.9%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Guyana's 70.9% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Guyana 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)

29.1% 174th of 196 higher than 22 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

Guyana grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Guyana (29.1%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Laos
36.8%
Bolivia
36.7%
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%
Bosnia and Herzegovina
26.9%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

  • Yugoslavia · 186 merits · 78.5% grant
  • Niger · 168 merits · 50.6% grant
  • Israel · 162 merits · 56.8% grant
  • Laos · 155 merits · 36.8% grant

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Guyana (29.1%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Guyana's 182-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Guyana nationals; gap vs national average -19.2 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 182 decisions FY2015–2025.

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