Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Malaysia: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Malaysia runs +9.5 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 57.8% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

57.8%
Asylum grant rate
42.2%
Asylum denial rate
64
Asylum decisions

Malaysia in one line

Malaysia's asylum grant rate is 57.8% (mid-band grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 64 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

57.8%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
64
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+9.5 pp
vs. national average
42.2%
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.

Malaysia 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)

57.8% 92nd of 196 higher than 104 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Malaysia grant-rate neighbors

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

Nigeria
60.4%
Lebanon
59.6%
Zimbabwe
59.3%
Malaysia
57.8%
Gambia
57.7%
Yemen
57.4%
Sudan
57.1%
Israel
56.8%
Guinea
55.6%
Mauritania
55.2%
Jordan
55.2%

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

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Malaysia nationals; gap vs national average +9.5 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 64 decisions FY2015–2025.

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