Schengen Visa from Burkina Faso
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Burkina Faso took 8,727 short-stay decisions and refused 19.0% — above the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Burkina Faso (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 6.3% | 2,867 | Ouagadougou |
| 2 | Germany | 13.8% | 1,459 | Ouagadougou |
| 3 | Belgium | 29.2% | 4,241 | Ouagadougou |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (1)
- Denmark160 decisions
Fewer than 500 decisions in 2025 — a rate from this few cases is not meaningful.
What the 2025 numbers show
- The gap between the lowest and highest refusal rate in Burkina Faso is 22.9 percentage points — France refused 6.3% of the decisions it took, Belgium refused 29.2%.
- Burkina Faso refuses 30.1% more often than the worldwide average — 19.0% against 14.6%.
- Belgium handles the most applications in Burkina Faso — 48.6% of all decisions (4,241 of 8,727).
These are aggregate outcomes for 2025. They describe what consulates decided across all applicants and do not predict the outcome of any individual application.
More from the same dataset
See the full interactive ranking or browse the refusal-rate index for every country.
Source: European Commission — Schengen visa statistics for consulates, 2025. Refusal rate = not issued ÷ decisions taken (uniform visas issued + LTVs issued + not issued). Short-stay (uniform) Schengen visas only. Excludes national long-stay visas. Figures are keyed by country of application — where the consulate sits — not applicant nationality.