By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Libya: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Libya runs +23.2 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 71.5% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

71.5%
Asylum grant rate
28.5%
Asylum denial rate
312
Asylum decisions

Libya in one line

Libya's asylum grant rate is 71.5% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 312 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

71.5%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
312
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+23.2 pp
vs. national average
28.5%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Libya's 71.5% 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.

Libya 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)

71.5% 48th of 196 higher than 148 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

Libya grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Libya (71.5%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Kazakhstan
73.6%
Egypt
73.4%
Burundi
72.4%
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%
Iran
69.4%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

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

Read our methodology - how Libya's 312-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Libya nationals; gap vs national average +23.2 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 312 decisions FY2015–2025.

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