People > Migration > Refugees > US acceptance rates: Countries Compared
DEFINITION:
The number of US refugee status applications approved in the 2002 fiscal year divided by the number of applications filed in that same period. Note that the applications approved have often been filed in previous years. This explains, for example, why Ghana has a 2002 approval rate of over 100%.
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| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghana | 114.3 | 2002 | |
| =2 | Laos | 100 | 2002 | |
| =2 | Thailand | 100 | 2002 | |
| =2 | Guinea-Bissau | 100 | 2002 | |
| =2 | Syria | 100 | 2002 | |
| =2 | Germany | 100 | 2002 | |
| 7 | Croatia | 99.3 | 2002 | |
| 8 | Armenia | 77 | 2002 | |
| 9 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 76.9 | 2002 | |
| 10 | Afghanistan | 76.5 | 2002 | |
| 11 | Iran | 73.3 | 2002 | |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 73 | 2002 | |
| 13 | Angola | 66.7 | 2002 | |
| 14 | Cambodia | 63.6 | 2002 | |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 60.6 | 2002 | |
| =16 | China | 60 | 2002 | |
| =16 | Turkmenistan | 60 | 2002 | |
| =16 | Sri Lanka | 60 | 2002 | |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 58.4 | 2002 | |
| 20 | Pakistan | 57.1 | 2002 | |
| =21 | Lebanon | 50 | 2002 | |
| =21 | Israel | 50 | 2002 | |
| 23 | Georgia | 48.5 | 2002 | |
| 24 | Estonia | 47.4 | 2002 | |
| Former Soviet republics average (profile) | 46.65 | 2002 | ||
| 25 | Cameroon | 44.4 | 2002 | |
| 26 | Belarus | 42.3 | 2002 | |
| 27 | Russia | 41.8 | 2002 | |
| 28 | Ukraine | 40.9 | 2002 | |
| 29 | Kyrgyzstan | 37.5 | 2002 | |
| 30 | Iraq | 37.4 | 2002 | |
| 31 | Latvia | 37 | 2002 | |
| 32 | Vietnam | 32.8 | 2002 | |
| 33 | Lithuania | 32 | 2002 | |
| 34 | Burma | 30 | 2002 | |
| 35 | Sudan | 28.6 | 2002 | |
| 36 | Moldova | 22.3 | 2002 | |
| 37 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 22 | 2002 | |
| 38 | Tajikistan | 21.1 | 2002 | |
| 39 | Eritrea | 21 | 2002 | |
| 40 | Rwanda | 18.5 | 2002 | |
| 41 | Togo | 15.6 | 2002 | |
| 42 | Algeria | 9.5 | 2002 | |
| 43 | Congo, Republic of the | 9 | 2002 | |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 8.2 | 2002 | |
| 45 | Burundi | 7.5 | 2002 | |
| 46 | Liberia | 7.4 | 2002 | |
| 47 | Nigeria | 6.06 | 2002 | |
| 48 | Somalia | 2.2 | 2002 | |
| 49 | Ethiopia | 1.7 | 2002 |
