Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025
Italy: US Asylum Outcomes
Signature read: gap versus national average (+1.4 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Italy's row. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 49.7% (roughly in line with the 48.3% national average).
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 49.7%
- Asylum grant rate
- 50.3%
- Asylum denial rate
- 147
- Asylum decisions
Italy in one line
Italy's asylum grant rate is 49.7% (mid-band grant rate, roughly in line with the 48.3% national average) across 147 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).
- 49.7%
- Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
- 147
- Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
- +1.4 pp
- vs. national average
- 50.3%
- Asylum denial rate
Italy nationals' merits outcome mix
147merits decisions FY2015–2025
Italy 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)
49.7% 117th of 196 higher than 79 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
Italy grant-rate neighbors
Asylum grant rates for nationalities whose FY2015–2025 merits rate is closest to Italy (ABS gap), not the same top-volume strip on every page. Italy is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.3% national average.
Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload
Peers matched on FY2015–2025 merits-decision volume, a second axis from the grant-rate ladder above.
- Spain · 147 merits · 32.0% grant
- Serbia and Montenegro · 146 merits · 74.0% grant
- South Korea · 149 merits · 40.9% grant
- Trinidad and Tobago · 150 merits · 20.0% grant
Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data for Italy nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.
Read our methodology - how Italy's 147-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.
Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Italy asylum merits outcomes FY2015–2025 · 2025
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