By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Laos: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Laos runs -11.5 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 36.8% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is mid-band at 155 decisions FY2015–2025.

Data updated 2026-09-05

36.8%
Asylum grant rate
63.2%
Asylum denial rate
155
Asylum decisions

Laos in one line

Laos's asylum grant rate is 36.8% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 155 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

36.8%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
155
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
-11.5 pp
vs. national average
63.2%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Laos's 63.2% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Laos 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)

36.8% 157th of 196 higher than 39 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Laos grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Laos (36.8%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

South Africa
40.2%
Ecuador
40.0%
Belize
39.0%
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%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Laos (36.8%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Laos's 155-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Laos nationals; gap vs national average -11.5 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 155 decisions FY2015–2025.

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