By Nationality

Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Yemen: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Yemen runs +9.1 pp above the 48.3% national average, the strongest gap stamp on this page. Grant rate sits mid-corpus at 57.4% (above the 48.3% national average).

Data updated 2026-09-05

57.4%
Asylum grant rate
42.6%
Asylum denial rate
495
Asylum decisions

Yemen in one line

Yemen's asylum grant rate is 57.4% (mid-band grant rate, above the 48.3% national average) across 495 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (mid-band volume).

57.4%
Asylum grant rate · Mid-band grant rate
495
Merits decisions · Mid-band volume
+9.1 pp
vs. national average
42.6%
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.

Yemen 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)

57.4% 94th of 196 higher than 102 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

Yemen grant-rate neighbors

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

Nigeria
60.4%
Lebanon
59.6%
Zimbabwe
59.3%
Democratic Republic of the Congo
58.9%
Gambia
57.7%
Yemen
57.4%
Sudan
57.1%
Israel
56.8%
Guinea
55.6%
Mauritania
55.2%
Jordan
55.2%
Tunisia
55.1%

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 Yemen nationals. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

Read our methodology - how Yemen's 495-decision EOIR nationality row is sourced, computed, and verified.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Yemen nationals; gap vs national average +9.1 pp. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is mid-band at 495 decisions FY2015–2025.

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