Asylum outcomes by nationality · FY2015–2025

Zambia: US Asylum Outcomes

Signature read: Zambia's 41.5% grant rate is among the lowest in the tracked nationality corpus. Grant rate sits in the lower third of tracked nationalities at 41.5% (below the 48.3% national average). Merits volume is thin-corpus at 41 decisions FY2015–2025.

Data updated 2026-09-05

41.5%
Asylum grant rate
58.5%
Asylum denial rate
41
Asylum decisions

Zambia in one line

Zambia's asylum grant rate is 41.5% (lower-third grant rate, below the 48.3% national average) across 41 FY2015-2025 merits decisions (thin-corpus volume).

41.5%
Asylum grant rate · Lower-third grant rate
41
Merits decisions · Thin-corpus volume
-6.8 pp
vs. national average
58.5%
Asylum denial rate
Statistical data only. Zambia's 58.5% denial-leaning history often tracks case mix and representation gaps, not a forecast for a future merits hearing. Consult a licensed immigration attorney.

Zambia 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)

41.5% 141st of 196 higher than 55 of 196 nationalities

Nationalities, banded by asylum grant rate

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Source DOJ EOIR asylum merits decisions · FY2015–2025

Zambia grant-rate neighbors

Lower-third grant-rate neighbors for Zambia (41.5%): ABS-closest nationalities on the FY2015–2025 merits ladder, with the 48.3% national average marked.

Peru
43.0%
Hungary
42.7%
Somalia
42.3%
Senegal
42.2%
Thailand
41.5%
Zambia
41.5%
South Korea
40.9%
Germany
40.5%
Haiti
40.3%
South Africa
40.2%
Ecuador
40.0%
Belize
39.0%

Lower-third grant-rate nationality Zambia (41.5%) in DOJ EOIR FOIA data. Statistical information only, not legal advice.

DOJ Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) FOIA bulk case data for Zambia nationals; asylum grant rate 41.5%. PlainImmigration computed grant/denial aggregates FY2015–FY2025; Merits volume is thin-corpus at 41 decisions FY2015–2025.

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