Schengen Visa from Israel
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Israel took 30,922 short-stay decisions and refused 18.5% — above the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Israel (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 2.1% | 2,582 | TEL Aviv |
| 2 | Austria | 4.6% | 636 | TEL Aviv |
| 3 | France | 11.4% | 5,643 | Jerusalem, TEL Aviv |
| 4 | Greece | 14.5% | 2,659 | Jerusalem, TEL Aviv |
| 5 | Italy | 17.9% | 5,112 | Jerusalem, TEL Aviv |
| 6 | Belgium | 22.5% | 714 | Jerusalem, TEL Aviv |
| 7 | Hungary | 22.6% | 563 | TEL Aviv |
| 8 | Spain | 29.0% | 10,708 | Jerusalem, TEL Aviv |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (16)
- Poland449 decisions
- Romania299 decisions
- Sweden243 decisions
- Finland239 decisions
- Switzerland232 decisions
- Czechia166 decisions
- Malta136 decisions
- Portugal124 decisions
- Netherlands121 decisions
- Bulgaria104 decisions
- Slovakia79 decisions
- Croatia46 decisions
- Slovenia33 decisions
- Lithuania27 decisions
- Estonia5 decisions
- Latvia2 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 Israel is 26.9 percentage points — Germany refused 2.1% of the decisions it took, Spain refused 29.0%.
- Israel refuses 26.7% more often than the worldwide average — 18.5% against 14.6%.
- Spain handles the most applications in Israel — 34.6% of all decisions (10,708 of 30,922).
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.