Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Kuwait: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Kuwait runs +21.3 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Grant rate sits in the upper third of tracked nationalities at 69.6% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

69.6%
Asylum grant rate
30.4%
Asylum denial rate
56
Asylum decisions

Kuwait in one line

Kuwait's asylum grant rate is 69.6% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 56 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

69.6%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
56
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+21.3 pp
vs. national average
30.4%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Kuwait's 69.6% upper-third grant history still mixes courts, case types, and counsel rates, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Kuwait 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)

69.6% 59th of 196 higher than 137 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Kuwait grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Kuwait (69.6%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Indonesia
72.1%
Burkina Faso
71.9%
Libya
71.5%
Rwanda
71.2%
Kyrgyzstan
70.8%
Armenia
70.1%
Venezuela
69.9%
Mongolia
69.9%
Kuwait
69.6%
Iran
69.4%
Turkey
68.8%
Cameroon
68.0%

Data from the DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) via FOIA bulk case data for Kuwait nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Kuwait nationals; gap vs national average +21.3 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 56 decisions FY2015–2025.

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