By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Kenya: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: gap versus national average (+2.1 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Kenya's row. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 784 decisions FY2015–2025 (#58 of 196).

Data updated 2026-09-05

50.4%
Asylum grant rate
49.6%
Asylum denial rate
784
Asylum decisions

Kenya in one line

Kenya's asylum grant rate is 50.4% (mid-band grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 784 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

50.4%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
784
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
+2.1 pp
vs. national average
49.6%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. These are aggregate historical rates, not predictions for individual cases. Outcomes vary significantly by court, judge, case type, and legal representation. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Kenya 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)

50.4% 114th of 196 higher than 82 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Kenya grant-rate neighbors

Asylum grant rates for nationalities whose FY2015–2025 merits rate is closest to Kenya (ABS gap), not the same top-volume strip on every page. Kenya is highlighted; the thin line marks the 48.3% national average.

Bhutan
52.9%
Panama
51.7%
Ghana
51.4%
Sierra Leone
51.2%
Niger
50.6%
Kenya
50.4%
Italy
49.7%
Dominican Republic
49.0%
Chile
49.0%
Morocco
49.0%
Cuba
47.9%
Colombia
47.3%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

Heavy-corpus nationality Kenya: 784 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Kenya's 784-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Kenya nationals; gap vs national average +2.1 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 784 decisions FY2015–2025 (#58 of 196).

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