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Table 17. Individuals Granted Asylum Affirmatively 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	2021	2022
Total	14,886	14,424	17,807	11,616	15,817	24,504	26,893	16,132	9,212	14,134
Africa	4,758	4,223	3,804	2,139	2,919	4,505	5,200	3,300	2,006	2,706
Asia	7,392	7,409	6,570	4,367	5,715	7,878	9,230	6,332	3,295	5,951
Europe	769	557	725	466	660	1,557	1,879	1,080	609	864
North America	1,095	1,585	5,755	4,105	5,805	4,286	3,817	1,788	1,569	1,705
Oceania	10	21	4	7	5	4	3	4	D	D
South America	821	589	895	505	675	6,208	6,661	3,567	1,678	2,827
Unknown	41	40	54	27	38	66	103	61	D	D

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
Total	14,886	14,424	17,807	11,616	15,817	24,504	26,893	16,132	9,212	14,134
Afghanistan	94	103	155	84	90	75	76	37	96	1,438
Albania	12	25	29	7	16	48	50	14	23	25
Algeria	3	8	6	4	7	18	30	12	16	D
Angola	8	7	32	7	15	38	31	20	12	12
Armenia	76	89	45	13	34	113	126	62	20	90
Azerbaijan	21	16	15	14	18	71	93	74	18	56
Bangladesh	38	137	131	44	108	140	60	43	15	59
Belarus	106	48	72	17	34	134	171	68	57	77
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	3	6	D	D	10	10	5	D	7
Brazil	27	24	30	17	30	110	187	122	55	56
Bulgaria	13	18	12	4	5	7	11	8	D	6
Burkina Faso	65	64	42	28	59	112	73	39	31	94
Burma	48	36	41	9	25	74	128	94	86	144
Burundi	24	69	75	46	34	43	35	34	10	18
Cambodia	3	9	0	0	D	12	10	D	5	4
Cameroon	144	106	107	51	102	203	243	139	121	153
Central African Republic	10	13	16	4	10	18	15	6	4	6
Chad	6	8	10	7	10	30	6	13	6	9
China, People's Republic	4,005	3,896	2,592	1,410	2,825	3,760	3,955	2,799	1,088	1,538
Colombia	165	226	245	73	74	312	277	278	135	464
Congo, Democratic Republic	51	36	70	38	57	83	81	49	31	42
Congo, Republic	65	50	65	30	69	105	81	53	29	27
Cote d'Ivoire	54	24	39	19	36	46	26	21	17	28
Cuba	24	10	7	4	D	D	10	14	23	95
Djibouti	6	8	50	39	17	23	33	33	17	33
Dominican Republic	4	3	7	3	D	5	15	12	D	4
Ecuador	13	15	137	83	65	60	37	23	23	36
Egypt	3,065	2,585	1,512	682	1,007	1,382	2,098	1,298	597	683
El Salvador	65	177	1,853	1,376	2,105	1,132	858	250	262	300
Eritrea	83	147	244	257	352	328	249	171	56	92
Ethiopia	474	504	619	300	293	391	297	196	259	582
Fiji	10	20	4	7	5	D	D	D	D	D
Gabon	0	6	D	0	D	10	5	10	D	4
Gambia	56	53	85	61	86	70	51	30	24	31
Georgia	11	17	22	27	25	50	54	32	17	17
Ghana	5	7	10	12	5	10	9	5	4	11
Guatemala	215	320	1,691	1,269	1,995	1,299	1,034	410	415	328
Guinea	24	21	67	29	63	78	52	50	31	35
Guyana	3	10	3	0	4	16	24	4	6	11
Haiti	433	469	357	105	62	174	183	149	87	195
Honduras	103	86	1,101	856	1,079	811	509	241	379	293
India	92	113	171	163	215	354	332	156	72	129
Indonesia	40	24	14	18	35	55	84	37	9	21
Iran	608	575	638	377	311	297	336	186	160	255
Iraq	401	531	695	583	453	377	352	162	132	203
Israel	4	4	D	10	20	22	5	D	D	12
Jamaica	36	33	41	25	38	94	88	39	22	51
Jordan	20	46	46	37	52	113	115	67	58	71
Kazakhstan	66	60	71	45	46	119	234	150	46	107
Kenya	90	64	54	28	77	96	122	60	27	58
Kosovo	18	32	52	16	33	21	23	7	7	4
Kuwait	8	6	14	7	11	15	8	5	D	6
Kyrgyzstan	77	96	98	67	93	87	87	72	55	86
Laos	D	3	3	3	3	10	D	10	0	D
Lebanon	10	21	23	29	29	39	29	37	23	55
Liberia	30	14	48	35	59	104	101	46	29	23
Libya	30	19	47	35	21	91	55	47	20	44
Malaysia	8	8	3	3	D	10	8	6	3	3
Mali	61	39	67	40	21	41	17	13	16	17
Mauritania	24	36	48	32	33	86	73	67	25	36
Mexico	196	464	651	442	479	723	789	486	291	298
Moldova	96	54	69	67	51	104	75	34	20	29
Mongolia	38	27	40	28	33	55	74	51	16	27
Montenegro	3	D	4	D	D	6	16	7	D	6
Morocco	4	4	9	6	5	7	18	3	9	D
Nepal	468	257	354	238	149	97	35	16	16	13
Nicaragua	5	9	33	20	31	32	309	180	86	121
Niger	5	4	4	10	11	27	5	8	3	7
Nigeria	61	51	100	69	123	452	749	398	279	259
North Macedonia	11	11	4	D	4	14	19	D	0	9
Pakistan	257	271	263	262	245	459	380	222	143	238
Peru	12	11	17	9	26	26	29	9	12	13
Philippines	9	4	3	9	8	27	17	D	5	4
Romania	4	10	D	6	13	18	17	17	3	12
Russia	342	217	303	199	276	734	1,091	725	399	450
Rwanda	56	52	68	52	70	82	122	85	49	77
Saudi Arabia	38	33	39	45	61	106	85	52	33	44
Senegal	7	12	12	10	20	28	15	20	9	10
Serbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	25	6	6	7
Serbia and Montenegro (former) ^[1]	18	21	10	5	12	42	15	D	X	X
Sierra Leone	6	14	18	14	17	38	20	22	15	15
Somalia	24	22	24	21	25	42	19	13	17	3
South Africa	5	D	6	D	D	9	20	6	4	6
South Sudan	0	0	0	0	D	5	18	4	4	6
Soviet Union (former) ^[2]	0	0	0	0	0	0	19	12	X	X
Sri Lanka	24	25	25	24	28	41	38	22	9	14
Sudan	82	54	100	53	68	94	113	84	68	91
Syria	741	848	862	644	606	509	480	256	211	245
Tajikistan	23	20	18	18	7	20	14	12	D	9
Tanzania	D	10	3	3	5	9	6	5	D	4
Thailand	D	0	0	D	4	6	14	D	6	0
Togo	22	20	14	23	22	40	40	26	25	19
Tunisia	9	6	8	10	3	14	7	10	9	8
Turkey	25	5	17	11	15	473	1,686	1,502	860	980
Turkmenistan	6	5	11	7	13	29	51	39	16	8
Uganda	47	55	77	62	65	171	160	136	89	96
Ukraine	120	94	142	125	195	381	294	155	74	210
United Arab Emirates	9	10	15	13	18	39	15	8	6	6
Uzbekistan	61	56	65	67	52	115	85	36	25	27
Venezuela	595	297	460	315	471	5,673	6,089	3,123	1,437	2,228
Vietnam	8	11	12	8	16	34	36	23	10	6
Yemen	45	34	55	42	49	60	117	46	24	25
Zimbabwe	36	18	34	12	30	70	74	47	31	48
All other countries ^[3]	63	67	62	44	70	89	124	69	46	87
Unknown ^[4]	41	40	54	27	38	66	103	61	53	79

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