By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Tanzania: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: gap versus national average (-3.7 pp) is the standout comparison stamp on Tanzania's row. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 44.6% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is mid-band at 112 decisions FY2015–2025.

Data updated 2026-09-05

44.6%
Asylum grant rate
55.4%
Asylum denial rate
112
Asylum decisions

Tanzania in one line

Tanzania's asylum grant rate is 44.6% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 112 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

44.6%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
112
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
-3.7 pp
vs. national average
55.4%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Tanzania's 55.4% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Tanzania 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)

44.6% 132nd of 196 higher than 64 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

Tanzania grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Tanzania (44.6%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Cuba
47.9%
Colombia
47.3%
Vietnam
46.7%
Benin
46.7%
Costa Rica
46.1%
Argentina
45.2%
Tanzania
44.6%
Peru
43.0%
Hungary
42.7%
Somalia
42.3%
Senegal
42.2%
Thailand
41.5%

Nationalities with a similar asylum caseload

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

  • Poland · 115 merits · 53.9% grant
  • Tunisia · 107 merits · 55.1% grant
  • Thailand · 118 merits · 41.5% grant
  • Algeria · 106 merits · 64.2% grant

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Tanzania (44.6%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Tanzania's 112-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Tanzania nationals; gap vs national average -3.7 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 112 decisions FY2015–2025.

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