Public Schengen visa statistics
Belgium Schengen visa statistics
Belgium hub page for public Schengen visa application volume, issued visas, not-issued visas, and weighted rejection rates by applicant country.
Explore Belgium Schengen visa statistics by applicant country and year, including 263,617 applications in 2025 and a 25.6% weighted rejection rate.
- Applications
- 263,617
- Visas issued
- 190,296
- Not issued
- 67,376
- Weighted rejection rate
- 25.6%
- Latest year
- 2025
- Confidence
- High confidence
How this rate is calculated
Weighted rejection rate is calculated as total not-issued uniform visa applications divided by total uniform applications for the rows on this page. It is historical context, not an official decision or a legal prediction.
Yearly trend
| Year | Applications | Not issued | Rejection rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 219,827 | 36,906 | 16.8% |
| 2019 | 248,021 | 46,649 | 18.8% |
| 2020 | 50,058 | 11,072 | 22.1% |
| 2021 | 50,796 | 8,971 | 17.7% |
| 2022 | 171,966 | 46,569 | 27.1% |
| 2023 | 225,951 | 60,148 | 26.6% |
| 2024 | 255,564 | 61,724 | 24.2% |
| 2025 | 263,617 | 67,376 | 25.6% |
Related statistics
- Congo (democratic Republic)39,612 applications, 34.5% rejection rate
- India33,333 applications, 7.7% rejection rate
- China22,229 applications, 2.4% rejection rate
- Morocco17,042 applications, 37.5% rejection rate
- Türkiye14,393 applications, 15.9% rejection rate
- United Kingdom12,135 applications, 14.4% rejection rate