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Table 37. Noncitizen Inadmissibility Determinations by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2013 to 2022

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[1]	2021 ^[2]	2022 ^[3]
Total	205,623	225,016	254,714	274,617	216,257	281,928	287,977	241,763	294,351	551,928
Africa	4,009	4,758	6,314	6,665	6,745	7,580	8,580	7,355	5,476	12,638
Asia	61,958	61,047	60,710	48,338	35,880	77,819	81,149	101,496	121,833	166,515
Europe	18,029	17,871	18,085	16,011	15,065	22,893	22,730	28,128	32,830	156,894
North America	115,984	135,514	162,030	192,214	146,000	155,048	153,044	91,515	119,251	190,558
Oceania	911	919	1,015	1,193	1,344	1,127	1,142	940	270	1,091
South America	4,567	4,720	6,383	9,950	10,962	17,226	21,104	12,275	14,475	23,900
Unknown	165	187	177	246	261	235	228	54	216	332

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020 ^[4]	2021 ^[5]	2022 ^[6]
Total	205,623	225,016	254,714	274,617	216,257	281,928	287,977	241,763	294,351	551,928
Afghanistan	74	77	92	109	118	79	85	52	1,549	939
Albania	85	83	79	83	132	163	104	77	63	200
Algeria	43	43	110	228	78	203	268	707	553	1,583
Angola	54	50	39	51	124	188	279	219	28	59
Antigua and Barbuda	26	27	17	25	21	19	18	15	17	30
Argentina	181	174	230	239	252	302	407	532	595	840
Armenia	60	115	299	512	458	620	413	174	412	3,103
Australia	575	556	676	764	814	650	645	577	148	688
Austria	72	79	71	68	76	77	75	46	31	81
Azerbaijan	37	42	26	29	26	64	63	31	63	218
Bahamas	519	598	499	189	244	354	440	1,095	1,132	866
Bahrain	6	12	8	13	22	8	8	5	8	4
Bangladesh	294	644	981	383	333	489	505	692	587	1,156
Barbados	49	46	42	32	31	35	42	32	21	64
Belarus	48	52	54	55	68	85	104	103	492	1,810
Belgium	135	140	110	114	138	190	157	114	56	482
Belize	114	104	139	166	129	128	105	71	100	370
Benin	27	30	38	28	19	56	32	72	73	198
Bhutan	D	6	D	8	5	5	3	10	0	24
Bolivia	69	82	62	112	125	93	107	68	118	132
Bosnia and Herzegovina	61	55	62	52	45	66	64	72	47	90
Botswana	5	D	4	9	6	3	5	9	4	15
Brazil	824	881	1,164	2,537	3,081	6,231	3,548	2,125	1,293	6,014
Bulgaria	232	146	228	155	113	221	256	374	336	364
Burkina Faso	23	39	79	126	37	81	37	57	109	145
Burma	2,048	2,026	2,069	1,548	693	2,730	3,202	3,061	3,840	4,466
Burundi	32	17	23	11	41	20	18	12	16	49
Cabo Verde	22	31	31	25	29	54	38	21	22	30
Cambodia	25	19	36	28	20	17	22	12	8	32
Cameroon	335	318	294	558	545	770	1,899	1,290	265	712
Canada	29,403	28,100	26,347	22,120	22,353	23,917	24,696	20,576	22,165	46,973
Chad	5	25	14	19	27	10	13	16	11	20
Chile	189	258	413	536	607	582	861	693	1,089	4,261
China, People's Republic	13,812	14,601	15,640	12,180	9,151	18,575	20,295	17,172	23,183	25,885
Colombia	1,338	1,385	1,860	2,419	2,459	3,219	3,836	2,394	4,623	6,378
Congo, Democratic Republic	59	71	118	116	264	379	852	251	125	322
Congo, Republic	27	27	17	23	79	103	101	76	63	104
Costa Rica	219	215	247	279	287	354	344	300	413	560
Cote d'Ivoire	33	49	56	67	45	111	80	128	184	386
Croatia	178	204	191	183	165	292	313	624	392	418
Cuba	17,717	24,301	43,146	54,226	20,263	9,415	22,367	4,108	913	1,578
Cyprus	10	15	19	17	10	27	21	24	25	54
Czechia	184	160	171	126	177	166	146	82	47	166
Denmark	83	92	87	93	101	83	86	130	89	144
Djibouti	D	5	8	7	33	10	4	3	8	8
Dominica	52	32	43	55	32	44	42	34	35	52
Dominican Republic	1,564	1,324	1,253	1,241	1,178	1,407	1,226	1,199	1,875	2,157
Ecuador	413	456	694	1,063	957	802	1,125	940	1,331	895
Egypt	335	350	304	301	335	375	407	439	361	520
El Salvador	2,198	3,160	2,828	9,738	7,931	6,310	3,371	1,086	3,462	4,535
Equatorial Guinea	5	7	7	10	15	21	15	21	5	22
Eritrea	140	187	263	354	665	514	301	187	63	96
Estonia	48	46	66	38	48	74	45	67	61	51
Eswatini	D	5	10	3	3	4	3	0	3	4
Ethiopia	256	315	296	206	176	206	181	203	191	264
Fiji	72	61	54	97	119	83	82	74	36	83
Finland	48	53	60	135	142	92	97	71	48	111
France	863	972	925	983	1,061	1,646	1,207	1,831	711	8,659
Gabon	8	8	14	8	20	22	14	19	5	33
Gambia	33	24	25	118	102	25	21	11	14	27
Georgia	95	102	122	152	75	190	614	530	1,032	1,512
Germany	742	714	709	738	781	816	684	629	302	1,150
Ghana	359	396	778	780	347	324	395	374	456	848
Greece	481	565	552	520	366	773	808	977	1,007	1,523
Grenada	47	49	67	45	33	75	57	54	35	98
Guatemala	1,934	4,637	6,278	13,490	11,700	18,669	7,116	1,605	5,011	4,469
Guinea	40	62	90	198	299	111	93	97	81	161
Guyana	167	128	188	190	256	515	805	515	501	397
Haiti	1,562	1,097	968	6,974	9,921	1,059	1,861	760	2,564	25,744
Honduras	2,197	5,922	3,235	7,996	7,327	13,270	8,609	2,881	11,985	15,548
Hungary	249	251	255	182	287	228	216	210	68	252
Iceland	17	20	11	20	8	19	20	5	61	59
India	11,864	8,585	7,207	7,115	5,644	8,597	8,531	18,655	28,064	45,447
Indonesia	1,030	854	889	681	689	1,207	1,422	1,711	2,393	5,218
Iran	535	760	736	711	805	1,272	1,895	1,286	571	2,845
Iraq	298	308	354	351	330	231	246	132	97	179
Ireland	286	224	230	257	395	689	912	493	292	769
Israel	403	358	393	375	455	494	390	331	379	692
Italy	1,037	1,110	1,280	987	1,058	1,287	1,240	1,154	1,250	1,964
Jamaica	794	1,004	1,249	1,244	1,180	1,181	1,334	1,506	1,733	2,263
Japan	620	598	626	560	660	528	582	466	401	716
Jordan	208	244	462	389	503	437	321	216	195	281
Kazakhstan	30	40	45	51	59	84	129	109	84	267
Kenya	90	78	103	111	173	206	211	169	201	323
Kiribati	33	29	42	40	24	112	61	43	11	15
Korea, North	9	0	4	9	0	D	13	0	0	D
Korea, South	1,718	1,670	1,757	1,513	1,386	2,012	2,093	2,661	3,117	4,251
Kosovo	18	26	28	18	28	30	18	22	13	27
Kuwait	53	50	74	82	69	75	70	41	23	28
Kyrgyzstan	9	27	7	9	78	176	77	44	71	472
Laos	16	10	21	17	25	14	7	5	D	3
Latvia	144	158	150	88	100	172	171	642	448	339
Lebanon	185	186	220	168	158	189	195	202	154	328
Liberia	29	72	35	40	43	72	50	22	39	50
Libya	18	44	47	38	29	43	65	58	18	67
Lithuania	181	155	126	103	102	133	147	162	105	198
Luxembourg	D	D	D	3	3	D	8	5	3	12
Madagascar	5	10	20	10	4	20	5	21	36	106
Malawi	3	8	7	8	10	16	7	3	7	22
Malaysia	316	313	370	392	469	747	851	890	719	726
Maldives	13	54	10	18	9	0	15	D	4	4
Mali	26	36	41	57	65	57	108	78	90	153
Marshall Islands	7	9	5	18	10	12	11	9	6	5
Mauritania	14	20	18	23	20	36	47	22	10	24
Mauritius	40	56	34	42	52	49	71	152	46	415
Mexico	56,504	63,805	74,473	73,338	62,439	77,570	78,888	54,575	66,235	83,136
Micronesia, Federated States	12	15	15	15	21	21	16	8	7	17
Moldova	51	58	62	41	80	63	75	61	70	377
Mongolia	45	55	88	70	96	85	75	55	42	80
Montenegro	32	32	52	36	52	100	144	260	269	265
Morocco	135	131	101	221	119	244	457	557	380	975
Namibia	D	8	3	4	5	13	12	6	10	20
Nepal	77	51	196	273	99	96	97	76	79	236
Netherlands	395	422	392	334	363	415	395	365	412	766
New Zealand	153	160	180	193	263	202	208	143	55	179
Nicaragua	382	419	484	510	369	683	1,842	1,008	868	1,026
Niger	4	16	8	17	9	16	28	30	30	43
Nigeria	847	1,162	1,613	1,382	1,851	2,022	959	488	381	1,580
North Macedonia	56	68	64	40	60	58	45	50	25	88
Norway	123	96	82	96	91	103	87	97	65	76
Oman	9	8	10	20	16	10	22	17	24	31
Pakistan	467	575	782	688	677	859	623	691	743	1,021
Palau	7	6	7	6	20	3	17	3	0	10
Panama	150	132	149	123	134	127	170	193	266	299
Papua New Guinea	7	21	D	6	4	D	3	D	0	D
Paraguay	28	31	33	38	34	37	56	50	86	45
Peru	892	778	729	1,044	948	1,347	2,102	1,648	2,041	2,741
Philippines	23,722	24,313	22,731	15,842	8,988	31,432	31,002	45,847	46,342	55,100
Poland	764	682	714	461	485	525	566	1,350	594	955
Portugal	373	398	351	309	283	384	365	241	144	906
Qatar	18	14	21	20	28	16	16	4	5	10
Romania	591	681	751	1,039	1,154	1,450	728	1,126	1,043	1,331
Russia	2,443	2,331	2,097	1,483	1,082	3,807	3,910	5,917	12,729	31,062
Rwanda	81	50	35	24	23	48	69	53	88	162
Saint Kitts and Nevis	41	27	25	15	33	22	9	19	8	23
Saint Lucia	94	96	106	89	54	61	56	79	55	193
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	64	82	101	57	66	118	154	104	128	194
Samoa	21	20	8	17	13	17	30	32	5	67
Saudi Arabia	372	474	613	532	395	339	280	104	72	197
Senegal	111	107	121	298	146	131	115	163	189	390
Serbia	186	96	139	109	134	139	173	180	107	251
Seychelles	0	11	9	5	0	8	9	9	D	10
Sierra Leone	28	40	25	42	56	27	38	43	19	33
Singapore	130	106	120	105	132	137	107	72	30	108
Slovakia	119	94	84	74	98	104	74	56	39	68
Slovenia	28	44	38	19	40	48	29	16	14	36
Somalia	268	333	879	434	187	58	53	53	42	75
South Africa	212	249	300	233	251	295	386	304	224	722
Spain	2,431	2,072	2,603	2,494	2,413	1,669	1,724	1,234	1,063	2,032
Sri Lanka	183	211	196	203	225	555	691	885	1,341	1,807
Sudan	43	57	64	52	102	64	62	78	29	44
Suriname	4	10	8	5	34	18	11	7	D	27
Sweden	220	182	220	237	258	203	236	162	109	295
Switzerland	122	121	130	93	119	126	117	83	47	180
Syria	417	295	273	310	436	319	298	189	127	246
Taiwan	655	670	827	684	833	750	967	787	654	988
Tajikistan	3	4	6	8	9	20	22	25	14	97
Tanzania	50	33	43	43	36	133	124	164	480	449
Thailand	280	392	316	323	290	398	622	632	557	859
Togo	22	29	51	78	64	45	35	63	55	147
Tonga	14	36	23	32	46	19	52	42	D	14
Trinidad and Tobago	187	198	167	123	135	143	204	130	164	271
Tunisia	43	45	39	147	76	205	340	437	347	890
Turkey	1,165	1,242	1,186	1,117	600	2,568	2,744	2,501	3,616	4,110
Turkmenistan	30	53	99	105	122	96	86	0	7	17
Uganda	33	38	34	29	52	88	153	65	41	74
Ukraine	2,915	3,415	3,123	2,612	1,345	4,383	4,985	7,679	9,336	96,786
United Arab Emirates	22	37	32	27	28	34	40	29	22	36
United Kingdom	2,138	1,903	1,897	1,669	1,747	2,100	2,288	1,441	904	2,656
Uruguay	54	37	41	52	63	38	68	47	58	81
Uzbekistan	29	61	29	41	83	496	557	217	75	212
Vanuatu	D	0	D	0	5	0	11	0	0	3
Venezuela	408	500	961	1,715	2,146	4,042	8,178	3,256	2,737	2,086
Vietnam	511	717	663	486	496	670	789	829	1,075	2,443
Yemen	50	51	53	63	76	71	42	22	27	62
Zambia	12	18	11	19	23	25	32	18	12	35
Zimbabwe	38	36	42	42	43	54	74	65	43	189
All other countries ^[7]	37	24	22	29	30	21	25	34	24	53
Unknown	165	187	177	246	261	235	228	54	216	332

Footnotes

D Data withheld to limit disclosure.

Notes: OIS had made an update to the methodology used for nationality in Fiscal Year 2019 Yearbook production; country of citizenship counts may deviate from historical nationality numbers. Counts include CBP OFO administrative and enforcement encounters.

Source: Office of Homeland Security Statistics.

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