US visa lottery winners (per capita) statistics - countries compared

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 Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

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

Showing latest available data.

Rank

Countries

Amount

# 1

Albania:

861.914 US visa lottery winners

# 2

Fiji:

826.1 US visa lottery winners

# 3

Lithuania:

572.421 US visa lottery winners

# 4

Liberia:

541.379 US visa lottery winners

# 5

Togo:

522.037 US visa lottery winners

# 6

Bulgaria:

467.383 US visa lottery winners

# 7

Tonga:

382.487 US visa lottery winners

# 8

Sierra Leone:

366.286 US visa lottery winners

# 9

Ghana:

320.787 US visa lottery winners

# 10

Armenia:

280.255 US visa lottery winners

# 11

Dominica:

173.84 US visa lottery winners

# 12

Kenya:

169.11 US visa lottery winners

# 13

Morocco:

154.892 US visa lottery winners

# 14

Nepal:

153.882 US visa lottery winners

# 15

Poland:

141.786 US visa lottery winners

# 16

Moldova:

128.844 US visa lottery winners

# 17

Georgia:

102.416 US visa lottery winners

# 18

Ukraine:

95.6231 US visa lottery winners

# 19

Belarus:

93.7864 US visa lottery winners

# 20

Cameroon:

90.1224 US visa lottery winners

# 21

Ethiopia:

86.9643 US visa lottery winners

# 22

Romania:

82.6243 US visa lottery winners

# 23

Taiwan:

80.0646 US visa lottery winners

# 24

Eritrea:

79.8715 US visa lottery winners

# 25

Ireland:

75.9462 US visa lottery winners

# 26

Latvia:

75.1092 US visa lottery winners

# 27

Israel:

74.08 US visa lottery winners

# 28

Slovakia:

72.1782 US visa lottery winners

# 29

Sri Lanka:

70.6703 US visa lottery winners

# 30

Uzbekistan:

67.7442 US visa lottery winners

# 31

Grenada:

67.0376 US visa lottery winners

# 32

Trinidad and Tobago:

66.0465 US visa lottery winners

# 33

Somalia:

65.8752 US visa lottery winners

# 34

Cuba:

59.399 US visa lottery winners

# 35

Iceland:

57.2898 US visa lottery winners

# 36

Ecuador:

55.8216 US visa lottery winners

# 37

Nigeria:

55.4883 US visa lottery winners

# 38

Egypt:

54.0474 US visa lottery winners

# 39

Estonia:

53.2633 US visa lottery winners

# 40

Saint Kitts and Nevis:

51.3373 US visa lottery winners

# 41

Djibouti:

50.3458 US visa lottery winners

# 42

Peru:

46.48 US visa lottery winners

# 43

Samoa:

45.1246 US visa lottery winners

# 44

Azerbaijan:

42.7199 US visa lottery winners

# 45

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines:

42.5409 US visa lottery winners

# 46

Gambia, The:

40.7523 US visa lottery winners

# 47

Kyrgyzstan:

40.0311 US visa lottery winners

# 48

Bahamas, The:

39.7627 US visa lottery winners

# 49

Algeria:

39.4996 US visa lottery winners

# 50

New Zealand:

38.4139 US visa lottery winners

# 51

Mauritius:

35.7433 US visa lottery winners

# 52

Bangladesh:

35.5183 US visa lottery winners

# 53

Turkey:

33.6343 US visa lottery winners

# 54

Singapore:

30.9535 US visa lottery winners

# 55

Monaco:

30.8556 US visa lottery winners

# 56

Saint Lucia:

30.064 US visa lottery winners

# 57

Kazakhstan:

29.6984 US visa lottery winners

# 58

Liechtenstein:

29.6586 US visa lottery winners

# 59

Sudan:

29.4374 US visa lottery winners

# 60

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

28.8939 US visa lottery winners

# 61

Guyana:

28.7475 US visa lottery winners

# 62

Lebanon:

27.4438 US visa lottery winners

# 63

Benin:

27.3238 US visa lottery winners

# 64

Netherlands Antilles:

27.2779 US visa lottery winners

# 65

Malta:

25.092 US visa lottery winners

# 66

Switzerland:

24.4358 US visa lottery winners

# 67

Mongolia:

23.2891 US visa lottery winners

# 68

Senegal:

22.9797 US visa lottery winners

# 69

Bahrain:

21.7914 US visa lottery winners

# 70

Jordan:

21.7014 US visa lottery winners

# 71

Iran:

21.0385 US visa lottery winners

# 72

Burma:

19.2778 US visa lottery winners

# 73

Kuwait:

19.2637 US visa lottery winners

# 74

Turkmenistan:

19.1842 US visa lottery winners

# 75

Brunei:

18.799 US visa lottery winners

# 76

Russia:

18.1286 US visa lottery winners

# 77

Australia:

18.0189 US visa lottery winners

# 78

Cambodia:

17.3805 US visa lottery winners

# 79

Czech Republic:

16.7952 US visa lottery winners

# 80

Croatia:

16.2367 US visa lottery winners

# 81

Cote d'Ivoire:

15.4931 US visa lottery winners

# 82

Germany:

14.8852 US visa lottery winners

# 83

Tajikistan:

14.6566 US visa lottery winners

# 84

Belize:

14.2306 US visa lottery winners

# 85

Andorra:

14.1745 US visa lottery winners

# 86

Cyprus:

14.1002 US visa lottery winners

# 87

Aruba:

13.9731 US visa lottery winners

# 88

Hungary:

13.8903 US visa lottery winners

# 89

Zimbabwe:

13.8147 US visa lottery winners

# 90

Uganda:

12.8718 US visa lottery winners

# 91

Seychelles:

12.3171 US visa lottery winners

# 92

Uruguay:

12.0023 US visa lottery winners

# 93

Tunisia:

11.4144 US visa lottery winners

# 94

Guadeloupe:

11.143 US visa lottery winners

# 95

French Polynesia:

11.0912 US visa lottery winners

# 96

Zambia:

11.0105 US visa lottery winners

# 97

Barbados:

10.7577 US visa lottery winners

# 98

Rwanda:

10.3068 US visa lottery winners

# 99

Japan:

10.1321 US visa lottery winners

# 100

Gabon:

10.043 US visa lottery winners

# 101

Cape Verde:

9.56425 US visa lottery winners

# 102

South Africa:

9.31355 US visa lottery winners

# 103

Qatar:

9.26944 US visa lottery winners

# 104

Malaysia:

9.26815 US visa lottery winners

# 105

Sweden:

9.10909 US visa lottery winners

# 106

Tanzania:

8.94849 US visa lottery winners

# 107

Luxembourg:

8.53659 US visa lottery winners

# 108

Finland:

8.42428 US visa lottery winners

# 109

Mauritania:

8.09848 US visa lottery winners

# 110

Austria:

7.81918 US visa lottery winners

# 111

Venezuela:

7.64532 US visa lottery winners

# 112

Congo, Democratic Republic of the:

7.48799 US visa lottery winners

# 113

Denmark:

7.17968 US visa lottery winners

# 114

Bolivia:

6.99932 US visa lottery winners

# 115

Iraq:

6.67306 US visa lottery winners

# 116

Greece:

6.18673 US visa lottery winners

# 117

Netherlands:

5.72926 US visa lottery winners

# 118

France:

5.16025 US visa lottery winners

# 119

French Guiana:

5.11493 US visa lottery winners

# 120

Yemen:

5.1141 US visa lottery winners

# 121

Nicaragua:

4.94053 US visa lottery winners

# 122

Namibia:

4.92368 US visa lottery winners

# 123

Argentina:

4.90667 US visa lottery winners

# 124

Paraguay:

4.88343 US visa lottery winners

# 125

Botswana:

4.87805 US visa lottery winners

# 126

Vanuatu:

4.86017 US visa lottery winners

# 127

Thailand:

4.62718 US visa lottery winners

# 128

Mali:

4.46781 US visa lottery winners

# 129

Belgium:

4.43844 US visa lottery winners

# 130

Portugal:

4.35359 US visa lottery winners

# 131

Guinea-Bissau:

4.24628 US visa lottery winners

# 132

Chad:

4.24563 US visa lottery winners

# 133

Libya:

4.16233 US visa lottery winners

# 134

Panama:

4.14013 US visa lottery winners

# 135

Norway:

4.13673 US visa lottery winners

# 136

Bhutan:

4.03226 US visa lottery winners

# 137

Slovenia:

3.97812 US visa lottery winners

# 138

Solomon Islands:

3.71725 US visa lottery winners

# 139

Indonesia:

3.48798 US visa lottery winners

# 140

Honduras:

3.48772 US visa lottery winners

# 141

Syria:

3.46902 US visa lottery winners

# 142

Burundi:

3.46376 US visa lottery winners

# 143

Costa Rica:

2.98805 US visa lottery winners

# 144

Niger:

2.87758 US visa lottery winners

# 145

Italy:

2.83978 US visa lottery winners

# 146

Reunion:

2.57417 US visa lottery winners

# 147

Burkina Faso:

2.52001 US visa lottery winners

# 148

Malawi:

2.5183 US visa lottery winners

# 149

Central African Republic:

2.3596 US visa lottery winners

# 150

Guinea:

2.3273 US visa lottery winners

# 151

Suriname:

2.28235 US visa lottery winners

# 152

Guatemala:

2.16414 US visa lottery winners

# 153

Saudi Arabia:

2.04406 US visa lottery winners

# 154

Equatorial Guinea:

1.89024 US visa lottery winners

# 155

Swaziland:

1.75747 US visa lottery winners

# 156

Laos:

1.60849 US visa lottery winners

# 157

Afghanistan:

1.53697 US visa lottery winners

# 158

Spain:

1.5369 US visa lottery winners

# 159

Madagascar:

1.49667 US visa lottery winners

# 160

Chile:

1.43921 US visa lottery winners

# 161

Angola:

1.43739 US visa lottery winners

# 162

Oman:

0.999334 US visa lottery winners

# 163

Papua New Guinea:

0.541028 US visa lottery winners

# 164

Mozambique:

0.257639 US visa lottery winners

# 165

Korea, North:

0.174581 US visa lottery winners

# 166

Brazil:

0.150446 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Marshall Islands:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Comoros:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Kiribati:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Sao Tome and Principe:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Lesotho:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Palau:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Macau:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

San Marino:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Maldives:

0 US visa lottery winners

= 167

Tuvalu:

0 US visa lottery winners

Weighted average:

54.0 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 Per capita figures expressed per 1 million population.

SOURCE: US Department of State: Bureau of Consular Affairs

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

See also

Related links: