Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Niger: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: gap versus national average (+2.3 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Niger's row. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 50.6% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

50.6%
Asylum grant rate
49.4%
Asylum denial rate
168
Asylum decisions

Niger in one line

Niger's asylum grant rate is 50.6% (mid-band grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 168 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

50.6%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
168
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+2.3 pp
vs. national average
49.4%
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.

Niger 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)

50.6% 113th of 196 higher than 83 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Niger grant-rate neighbors

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

Nicaragua
53.7%
Bhutan
52.9%
Panama
51.7%
Ghana
51.4%
Sierra Leone
51.2%
Niger
50.6%
Kenya
50.4%
Italy
49.7%
Chile
49.0%
Morocco
49.0%
Cuba
47.9%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

  • Israel · 162 merits · 56.8% grant
  • Laos · 155 merits · 36.8% grant
  • Guyana · 182 merits · 29.1% grant
  • Benin · 152 merits · 46.7% grant

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

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Niger nationals; gap vs national average +2.3 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 168 decisions FY2015–2025.

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