US visa lottery winners (most recent) by country

SOURCE
US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

DEFINITION
The annual United States Diversity Visa program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the strict eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas are distr

Immigration Statistics > US visa lottery winners (most recent) by country

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Nigeria:

7,145 US visa lottery winners

# 2

Ghana:

7,040 US visa lottery winners

# 3

Ethiopia:

6,353 US visa lottery winners

# 4

Kenya:

5,721 US visa lottery winners

# 5

Poland:

5,467 US visa lottery winners

# 6

Bangladesh:

5,126 US visa lottery winners

# 7

Morocco:

5,069 US visa lottery winners

# 8

Ukraine:

4,494 US visa lottery winners

# 9

Nepal:

4,259 US visa lottery winners

# 10

Egypt:

4,189 US visa lottery winners

# 11

Bulgaria:

3,482 US visa lottery winners

# 12

Albania:

3,071 US visa lottery winners

# 13

Togo:

2,819 US visa lottery winners

# 14

Russia:

2,600 US visa lottery winners

# 15

Turkey:

2,343 US visa lottery winners

# 16

Sierra Leone:

2,149 US visa lottery winners

# 17

Lithuania:

2,059 US visa lottery winners

# 18

Romania:

1,845 US visa lottery winners

# 19

Taiwan:

1,833 US visa lottery winners

# 20

Uzbekistan:

1,819 US visa lottery winners

# 21

Liberia:

1,570 US visa lottery winners

# 22

Cameroon:

1,531 US visa lottery winners

# 23

Iran:

1,431 US visa lottery winners

# 24

Sri Lanka:

1,418 US visa lottery winners

# 25

Peru:

1,298 US visa lottery winners

# 26

Japan:

1,291 US visa lottery winners

# 27

Algeria:

1,285 US visa lottery winners

# 28

Germany:

1,227 US visa lottery winners

# 29

Sudan:

1,183 US visa lottery winners

# 30

Belarus:

966 US visa lottery winners

# 31

Burma:

906 US visa lottery winners

# 32

Indonesia:

844 US visa lottery winners

# 33

Armenia:

836 US visa lottery winners

# 34

Ecuador:

746 US visa lottery winners

# 35

Fiji:

738 US visa lottery winners

# 36

Cuba:

674 US visa lottery winners

# 37

Moldova:

574 US visa lottery winners

# 38

Somalia:

566 US visa lottery winners

# 39

Georgia:

479 US visa lottery winners

# 40

Israel:

465 US visa lottery winners

# 41

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

455 US visa lottery winners

# 42

Kazakhstan:

451 US visa lottery winners

# 43

South Africa:

413 US visa lottery winners

# 44

Slovakia:

392 US visa lottery winners

# 45

Eritrea:

373 US visa lottery winners

# 46

Australia:

362 US visa lottery winners

# 47

Uganda:

351 US visa lottery winners

# 48

Azerbaijan:

338 US visa lottery winners

# 49

Tanzania:

329 US visa lottery winners

# 50

France:

313 US visa lottery winners

# 51

Ireland:

305 US visa lottery winners

# 52

Thailand:

297 US visa lottery winners

# 53

Senegal:

269 US visa lottery winners

# 54

Cote d'Ivoire:

268 US visa lottery winners

# 55

Cambodia:

237 US visa lottery winners

# 56

Malaysia:

222 US visa lottery winners

# 57

Benin:

209 US visa lottery winners

# 58

Kyrgyzstan:

206 US visa lottery winners

= 59

Argentina:

194 US visa lottery winners

= 59

Venezuela:

194 US visa lottery winners

# 61

Switzerland:

183 US visa lottery winners

# 62

Iraq:

174 US visa lottery winners

= 63

Czech Republic:

172 US visa lottery winners

= 63

Latvia:

172 US visa lottery winners

# 65

Zimbabwe:

168 US visa lottery winners

# 66

Italy:

165 US visa lottery winners

# 67

New Zealand:

155 US visa lottery winners

# 68

Hungary:

139 US visa lottery winners

# 69

Singapore:

137 US visa lottery winners

# 70

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

128 US visa lottery winners

# 71

Jordan:

125 US visa lottery winners

# 72

Zambia:

124 US visa lottery winners

# 73

Tunisia:

115 US visa lottery winners

# 74

Yemen:

106 US visa lottery winners

= 75

Tajikistan:

105 US visa lottery winners

= 75

Lebanon:

105 US visa lottery winners

# 77

Turkmenistan:

95 US visa lottery winners

# 78

Netherlands:

94 US visa lottery winners

# 79

Rwanda:

87 US visa lottery winners

# 80

Sweden:

82 US visa lottery winners

# 81

Croatia:

73 US visa lottery winners

= 82

Estonia:

71 US visa lottery winners

= 82

Trinidad and Tobago:

71 US visa lottery winners

# 84

Greece:

66 US visa lottery winners

= 85

Mongolia:

65 US visa lottery winners

= 85

Gambia, The:

65 US visa lottery winners

= 87

Syria:

64 US visa lottery winners

= 87

Austria:

64 US visa lottery winners

= 89

Spain:

62 US visa lottery winners

= 89

Bolivia:

62 US visa lottery winners

# 91

Saudi Arabia:

54 US visa lottery winners

# 92

Mali:

51 US visa lottery winners

= 93

Afghanistan:

46 US visa lottery winners

= 93

Belgium:

46 US visa lottery winners

= 93

Portugal:

46 US visa lottery winners

# 96

Kuwait:

45 US visa lottery winners

= 97

Finland:

44 US visa lottery winners

= 97

Mauritius:

44 US visa lottery winners

# 99

Tonga:

43 US visa lottery winners

= 100

Chad:

41 US visa lottery winners

= 100

Uruguay:

41 US visa lottery winners

# 102

Denmark:

39 US visa lottery winners

# 103

Niger:

35 US visa lottery winners

# 104

Burkina Faso:

34 US visa lottery winners

# 105

Malawi:

32 US visa lottery winners

# 106

Paraguay:

31 US visa lottery winners

# 107

Brazil:

28 US visa lottery winners

= 108

Burundi:

27 US visa lottery winners

= 108

Madagascar:

27 US visa lottery winners

= 108

Nicaragua:

27 US visa lottery winners

# 111

Guatemala:

26 US visa lottery winners

= 112

Honduras:

25 US visa lottery winners

= 112

Mauritania:

25 US visa lottery winners

= 114

Libya:

24 US visa lottery winners

= 114

Djibouti:

24 US visa lottery winners

# 116

Chile:

23 US visa lottery winners

= 117

Guyana:

22 US visa lottery winners

= 117

Guinea:

22 US visa lottery winners

# 119

Norway:

19 US visa lottery winners

= 120

Iceland:

17 US visa lottery winners

= 120

Angola:

17 US visa lottery winners

# 122

Bahrain:

15 US visa lottery winners

# 123

Gabon:

14 US visa lottery winners

# 124

Panama:

13 US visa lottery winners

= 125

Dominica:

12 US visa lottery winners

= 125

Costa Rica:

12 US visa lottery winners

= 125

Bahamas, The:

12 US visa lottery winners

# 128

Cyprus:

11 US visa lottery winners

= 129

Laos:

10 US visa lottery winners

= 129

Central African Republic:

10 US visa lottery winners

= 129

Malta:

10 US visa lottery winners

= 129

Namibia:

10 US visa lottery winners

# 133

Bhutan:

9 US visa lottery winners

= 134

Qatar:

8 US visa lottery winners

= 134

Samoa:

8 US visa lottery winners

= 134

Slovenia:

8 US visa lottery winners

= 134

Botswana:

8 US visa lottery winners

# 138

Brunei:

7 US visa lottery winners

= 139

Grenada:

6 US visa lottery winners

= 139

Netherlands Antilles:

6 US visa lottery winners

= 139

Guinea-Bissau:

6 US visa lottery winners

= 142

Guadeloupe:

5 US visa lottery winners

= 142

Mozambique:

5 US visa lottery winners

= 142

Saint Lucia:

5 US visa lottery winners

= 142

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

5 US visa lottery winners

= 146

Belize:

4 US visa lottery winners

= 146

Cape Verde:

4 US visa lottery winners

= 146

Korea, North:

4 US visa lottery winners

= 146

Luxembourg:

4 US visa lottery winners

= 150

Barbados:

3 US visa lottery winners

= 150

Papua New Guinea:

3 US visa lottery winners

= 150

Oman:

3 US visa lottery winners

= 150

French Polynesia:

3 US visa lottery winners

= 154

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

2 US visa lottery winners

= 154

Reunion:

2 US visa lottery winners

= 154

Swaziland:

2 US visa lottery winners

= 154

Solomon Islands:

2 US visa lottery winners

= 158

Equatorial Guinea:

1 US visa lottery winners

= 158

Vanuatu:

1 US visa lottery winners

= 158

Liechtenstein:

1 US visa lottery winners

= 158

French Guiana:

1 US visa lottery winners

= 158

Seychelles:

1 US visa lottery winners

= 158

Monaco:

1 US visa lottery winners

= 158

Andorra:

1 US visa lottery winners

= 158

Suriname:

1 US visa lottery winners

= 158

Aruba:

1 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Palau:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Tuvalu:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Cook Islands:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

San Marino:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Kiribati:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Comoros:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Lesotho:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Marshall Islands:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Macau:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Sao Tome and Principe:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Maldives:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Holy See (Vatican City):

0 US visa lottery winners

Total:

109,668 US visa lottery winners

Weighted average:

616.1 US visa lottery winners

DEFINITION: The annual United States Diversity Visa program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the strict eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas are distr

SOURCE: US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

Immigration Statistics > US visa lottery winners (most recent) by country

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