By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Saudi Arabia: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Saudi Arabia runs +26.1 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 74.4% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

74.4%
Asylum grant rate
25.6%
Asylum denial rate
277
Asylum decisions

Saudi Arabia in one line

Saudi Arabia's asylum grant rate is 74.4% (upper-third grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 277 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

74.4%
Asylum grant rate · Upper-third grant rate
277
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+26.1 pp
vs. national average
25.6%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Saudi Arabia's 74.4% 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.

Saudi Arabia 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)

74.4% 36th of 196 higher than 160 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

Saudi Arabia grant-rate neighbors

Upper-third grant-rate neighbors for Saudi Arabia (74.4%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Afghanistan
76.1%
Ethiopia
75.4%
Iraq
74.6%
Turkmenistan
74.6%
Nepal
74.5%
Saudi Arabia
74.4%
Moldova
74.0%
Azerbaijan
74.0%
Serbia and Montenegro
74.0%
Stateless
73.8%
Kazakhstan
73.6%
Egypt
73.4%

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 Saudi Arabia nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Saudi Arabia's 277-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Saudi Arabia nationals; gap vs national average +26.1 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 277 decisions FY2015–2025.

Source: U.S. EOIR, Immigration Court Statistics Saudi Arabia 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. Saudi Arabia'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.