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Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Somalia: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: 2,647 merits decisions place Somalia among the busiest nationality codes in the FOIA release. Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,647 decisions FY2015–2025 (#31 of 196).

Data updated 2026-09-05

42.3%
Asylum grant rate
57.7%
Asylum denial rate
2,647
Asylum decisions

Somalia in one line

Somalia's asylum grant rate is 42.3% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 2,647 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (heavy-corpus volume).

42.3%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
2,647
Merits decisions · Heavy-corpus volume
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vs. national average
57.7%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Somalia's 57.7% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Somalia 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)

42.3% 138th of 196 higher than 58 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

Somalia grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Somalia (42.3%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Argentina
45.2%
Tanzania
44.6%
Peru
43.0%
Hungary
42.7%
Somalia
42.3%
Senegal
42.2%
Thailand
41.5%
South Korea
40.9%
Germany
40.5%
Haiti
40.3%
South Africa
40.2%
Ecuador
40.0%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

Heavy-corpus nationality peers by merits volume, orthogonal to the ABS(grant-rate) neighbors above.

Heavy-corpus nationality Somalia: 2,647 FY2015–2025 merits in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Somalia's 2,647-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Somalia nationals; merits-decision volume 2,647. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is heavy-corpus at 2,647 decisions FY2015–2025 (#31 of 196).

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