52.20 percent of Schengen visa applications were approved in 2024, meaning that more than half of all visa applications were accepted by Schengen states.
SchengenVisaInfo records show that Iceland once again topped the list of nations with the greatest approval rates in 2024, approving 91.25 percent of the applications it received during that year.
According to the data, Iceland had a higher approval percentage in 2023—94.26 percent—but there were also a lot more applications received. Iceland received 35,416 visa applications in 2024 compared to 22,541 applications the year before, representing a difference of 57.1%.
In 2024, these Schengen nations had the highest rates of visa approval.
While Iceland leads the world in visa approvals, other nations also had high acceptance rates in 2024, so those looking for Schengen visas this summer may find them convenient.
According to their 2024 Schengen visa approval rates, the following nations are the simplest to issue you a Schengen visa this year:
- Iceland – 91.25 per cent of Schengen visa applications filed in 2024 were approved.
- Slovakia – 89.25 per cent
- Italy – 88.72 per cent
- Romania – 88.36 per cent
- Switzerland – 88.12 per cent
- Hungary – 87.23 per cent
- Norway – 87.20 per cent
- Greece – 85.86 per cent
- Austria – 85.78 per cent
- Luxembourg – 85.65 per cent
In 2024, applicants from these third countries had a higher chance of receiving a Schengen visa.
Higher acceptance rates were more noticeable for nationalities with fewer applications, and the top nationalities most likely to receive a Schengen visa in 2024 were primarily from African nations.
Liberia, for instance, had the greatest approval rates, with 97.6% of the 125 submitted visa applications being granted.
The following third-country applicants were most likely to be granted a Schengen visa in 2024:
- Liberia – 97.6 per cent
- Vanuatu – 95.79 per cent
- Botswana – 83.10 per cent
- Niger – 78.86 per cent
- Zambia – 88.87 per cent
- Comoros – 36.35 per cent
- Burundi – 58.63 per cent
- Tajikistan – 60.54 per cent
- Guinea-Bissau – 43.84 per cent
- Haiti – 52.02 per cent
According to applications, 250 out of the 261 visa petitions submitted by Vanuatuan applicants were granted. and 2,460 applications were submitted in Niger, 1,940 of them were granted, and 1,633 applications were received by consulates in Botswana, of which 1,357 were granted.
Applicants from Comorros (2,853 applications and 1,037 granted visas), Burundi (3,735 applications and 1,037 approved), Tajikistan (4,019 applications and 2,433 approved), Guinea-Bissau (4,336, 1,901 approved), and Haiti (2,400 out of 4,614 applications being approved) were the next largest group for visas granted in relation to visa applications, followed by applicants from Zambia (2,750 applications and 2,444 approved).
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