Oogwai Travel Intelligence / Schengen

Oogwai Travel Intelligence — Schengen

Schengen short-stay visas · calendar year 2025 · 1,874 consulates

Twelve million people asked to enter Schengen. One in seven was refused.

Every application is decided by a single consulate, and consulates do not decide alike. The same passport, the same trip, a different flag on the door — and the odds move by tens of percentage points. This is the full 2025 record, consulate by consulate.

10,265,942 issued 1,768,605 refused 12,201,026 uniform visa applications lodged in 2025

Section 01 — the practical question

Where you apply changes your odds

Pick the country you are applying from. Every Schengen consulate operating there is ranked by refusal rate. Select one to see its full 2025 record.

Consulates

VISA
Valid for · Valable pour
SCHENGEN STATES
Issued by
Issued at · Délivré à
Applications 2025
Visas issued
Multiple entries
Limited territorial validity
refusal rate
refused

Selected consulate record

Section 02 — by country of application

The easiest and hardest places to apply from

All consulates in a country combined. Countries with at least 5,000 applications in 2025.

Lowest refusal rate

Best odds

Highest refusal rate

Toughest

Largest sources of applications

Volume

Most multiple-entry visas

Share of issued

Section 03 — by deciding state

Twenty-eight states, one visa, different answers

A Schengen visa from any of these is valid across the whole area. The state you apply to still decides.

Section 04 — the full record

All 1,874 consulate records

Search a city, a country or a state. Click any column heading to sort.

Consulate Country Deciding state Applied Issued Refused Refusal rate MEV share