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Table 17. Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2021

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	16,871	14,890	14,425	17,807	11,620	15,815	24,543	26,979	16,363	10,325
Africa	4,903	4,758	4,223	3,805	2,144	2,921	4,517	5,222	3,353	2,230
Asia	7,831	7,392	7,409	6,571	4,366	5,712	7,889	9,250	6,407	3,733
Europe	1,183	769	557	725	466	660	1,562	1,886	1,083	654
North America	1,564	1,095	1,586	5,754	4,105	5,804	4,292	3,828	1,822	1,769
Oceania	20	10	21	4	7	5	4	3	4	D
South America	1,328	825	589	895	505	675	6,213	6,687	3,633	1,880
Unknown	42	41	40	53	27	38	66	103	61	D

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	16,871	14,890	14,425	17,807	11,620	15,815	24,543	26,979	16,363	10,325
Afghanistan	149	94	103	155	84	90	75	76	40	104
Albania	21	12	25	29	7	16	48	50	14	28
Algeria	12	3	8	6	4	7	18	30	12	16
Angola	9	8	7	32	7	15	38	31	21	12
Armenia	36	76	89	45	13	34	113	126	62	21
Azerbaijan	27	21	16	15	14	18	71	93	74	20
Bahrain	22	4	D	D	-	D	-	D	3	4
Bangladesh	29	38	137	131	44	108	141	66	43	17
Belarus	200	106	48	72	17	34	136	171	68	67
Bolivia	21	3	D	3	5	-	6	8	D	9
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	5	3	6	D	D	10	10	5	D
Brazil	46	27	24	30	17	30	110	187	124	63
Bulgaria	18	13	18	12	4	5	7	11	8	D
Burkina Faso	56	65	64	42	28	59	113	73	39	39
Burma	98	48	36	41	9	25	74	129	95	107
Burundi	19	24	69	75	46	35	43	35	35	11
Cambodia	-	3	9	-	-	D	12	10	D	5
Cameroon	244	144	106	107	51	102	203	244	146	137
Central African Republic	8	10	13	16	4	10	19	15	6	4
Chad	10	6	8	10	7	10	30	6	13	8
China, People's Republic	4,622	4,005	3,896	2,593	1,409	2,820	3,763	3,957	2,808	1,195
Colombia	282	165	226	245	73	74	312	281	278	162
Congo, Democratic Republic	68	51	36	70	38	57	83	83	50	33
Congo, Republic	72	65	50	65	30	69	105	82	54	41
Cote d'Ivoire	109	54	24	39	19	36	46	26	22	19
Cuba	21	24	10	7	4	D	D	10	14	29
Djibouti	14	6	8	50	39	17	23	33	33	17
Dominican Republic	16	4	3	7	3	D	5	15	12	D
Ecuador	18	13	15	137	83	65	60	37	23	27
Egypt	2,556	3,065	2,585	1,512	682	1,007	1,382	2,104	1,303	654
El Salvador	118	65	177	1,853	1,376	2,105	1,136	861	262	310
Eritrea	113	83	147	244	257	352	329	249	172	63
Ethiopia	646	474	504	619	300	293	396	298	213	297
Fiji	17	10	20	4	7	5	D	3	D	D
Gabon	6	-	6	3	-	D	10	5	10	D
Gambia	111	56	53	85	61	86	70	51	32	27
Georgia	10	11	17	22	27	25	50	54	32	17
Ghana	8	5	7	10	12	5	10	9	5	5
Guatemala	291	215	320	1,690	1,269	1,995	1,300	1,034	416	456
Guinea	43	24	21	67	29	63	78	52	51	38
Guyana	6	3	10	3	-	4	16	24	4	7
Haiti	621	433	469	357	105	62	174	183	151	104
Honduras	132	103	87	1,101	856	1,078	811	514	248	419
India	90	92	113	171	163	215	354	332	158	86
Indonesia	87	40	24	14	18	35	55	84	37	10
Iran	602	608	575	638	377	311	299	336	191	176
Iraq	299	401	531	695	584	453	378	352	174	143
Israel	5	4	4	D	10	20	22	5	D	3
Jamaica	48	36	33	41	25	38	94	88	39	30
Jordan	48	20	46	46	37	52	113	115	70	60
Kazakhstan	88	66	60	71	45	46	119	235	150	54
Kenya	122	90	64	54	28	77	97	123	63	30
Kosovo	28	18	32	52	16	33	21	26	7	7
Kuwait	6	8	6	14	7	11	15	8	5	D
Kyrgyzstan	127	77	96	98	67	93	87	87	76	58
Laos	D	D	3	3	3	3	10	D	10	-
Lebanon	20	10	21	23	29	29	39	29	37	29
Liberia	10	30	14	48	35	59	104	101	47	33
Libya	43	30	19	47	35	21	94	57	47	26
Malaysia	7	8	8	3	3	D	10	8	6	3
Mali	58	61	39	68	40	21	42	18	13	19
Mauritania	25	24	36	48	37	33	86	73	67	27
Mexico	280	196	464	651	442	479	724	789	491	303
Moldova	170	96	54	69	67	51	105	75	34	21
Mongolia	74	38	27	40	28	33	55	74	51	19
Montenegro	D	3	3	4	D	D	6	16	7	D
Morocco	9	4	4	9	6	5	7	18	3	9
Nepal	563	468	257	354	237	149	97	35	16	19
Nicaragua	19	5	9	33	20	31	32	312	182	103
Niger	3	5	4	4	10	11	27	5	9	3
Nigeria	62	61	51	100	69	123	452	749	400	306
North Macedonia	-	11	11	4	D	4	14	19	D	-
Pakistan	227	257	271	263	262	245	459	382	230	167
Peru	26	12	11	17	9	26	26	29	9	14
Philippines	14	9	4	3	9	8	27	17	D	5
Romania	8	4	10	D	6	13	18	17	17	3
Russia	534	342	217	303	199	276	735	1,095	727	418
Rwanda	81	56	52	68	52	70	82	123	86	51
Saudi Arabia	17	38	33	39	45	61	108	85	53	33
Senegal	16	7	12	12	10	20	28	15	20	10
Serbia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	25	6	6
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	26	18	21	10	5	12	42	15	D	X
Sierra Leone	13	6	14	18	14	17	38	20	22	15
Somalia	40	24	22	24	21	25	42	19	13	17
South Africa	9	5	D	6	D	D	9	20	6	4
South Sudan	-	-	-	-	-	D	5	18	4	4
Soviet Union (former)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	19	12	X
Sri Lanka	25	24	25	25	24	28	41	38	22	13
Sudan	114	82	54	100	53	68	94	113	89	76
Syria	326	741	848	862	644	608	510	480	257	233
Tajikistan	24	23	20	18	18	7	21	14	12	D
Tanzania	12	D	10	3	3	5	9	6	5	D
Thailand	5	D	-	-	D	4	6	14	D	6
Togo	20	22	20	14	23	22	40	40	26	27
Tunisia	7	9	6	8	10	3	14	7	10	9
Turkey	29	25	5	17	11	15	473	1,694	1,525	1,030
Turkmenistan	8	6	5	11	7	13	29	51	41	22
Uganda	84	47	55	77	62	66	171	164	137	94
Ukraine	147	120	94	142	125	195	382	294	156	82
United Arab Emirates	3	9	10	15	13	18	39	15	8	6
Uzbekistan	81	61	56	65	67	52	115	85	36	25
Venezuela	920	599	297	460	315	471	5,678	6,111	3,187	1,596
Vietnam	15	8	11	12	8	16	34	36	23	11
Yemen	34	45	34	55	42	49	60	117	47	24
Zimbabwe	55	36	18	34	12	30	69	76	48	35
All other countries ^[1]	79	56	63	57	39	69	83	113	64	49
Unknown ^[2]	42	41	40	53	27	38	66	103	61	D

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Table 17. Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2021

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