By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Jamaica: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Jamaica runs -13.9 pp versus the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,143 decisions FY2015–2025 (#38 of 196).

Data updated 2026-09-05

34.4%
Asylum grant rate
65.6%
Asylum denial rate
2,143
Asylum decisions

Jamaica in one line

Jamaica's asylum grant rate is 34.4% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 2,143 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

34.4%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
2,143
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
-13.9 pp
vs. national average
65.6%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Jamaica's 65.6% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Jamaica 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)

34.4% 164th of 196 higher than 32 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Jamaica grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Jamaica (34.4%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

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%
Mexico
32.5%
Brazil
32.0%
Spain
32.0%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

  • Iraq · 2,162 merits · 74.6% grant
  • Albania · 2,053 merits · 77.3% grant
  • Georgia · 2,256 merits · 64.0% grant
  • Ukraine · 2,339 merits · 78.9% grant

Heavy-corpus nationality Jamaica: 2,143 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Jamaica's 2,143-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Jamaica nationals; gap vs national average -13.9 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,143 decisions FY2015–2025 (#38 of 196).

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