Public Schengen visa statistics
Switzerland Schengen visa statistics
Switzerland hub page for public Schengen visa application volume, issued visas, not-issued visas, and weighted rejection rates by applicant country.
Explore Switzerland Schengen visa statistics by applicant country and year, including 619,323 applications in 2025 and a 12.5% weighted rejection rate.
- Applications
- 619,323
- Visas issued
- 538,341
- Not issued
- 77,371
- Weighted rejection rate
- 12.5%
- 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 | 556,520 | 41,230 | 7.4% |
| 2019 | 611,598 | 47,861 | 7.8% |
| 2020 | 92,249 | 9,920 | 10.8% |
| 2021 | 114,025 | 14,770 | 13.0% |
| 2022 | 410,036 | 49,263 | 12.0% |
| 2023 | 603,261 | 64,397 | 10.7% |
| 2024 | 636,077 | 71,664 | 11.3% |
| 2025 | 619,323 | 77,371 | 12.5% |
Related statistics
- India226,044 applications, 13.6% rejection rate
- China84,829 applications, 4.4% rejection rate
- Saudi Arabia31,146 applications, 4.7% rejection rate
- Thailand26,989 applications, 4.5% rejection rate
- United Arab Emirates25,603 applications, 21.3% rejection rate
- Türkiye23,072 applications, 9.8% rejection rate