Schengen Visa from Tunisia
In 2025, Schengen consulates in Tunisia took 186,741 short-stay decisions and refused 19.6% — above the worldwide rate of 14.6%.
Refusal rate by Schengen state in Tunisia (2025)
| # | Schengen state | Refusal rate | Decisions | Consulates |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 15.4% | 115,968 | Tunis |
| 2 | Germany | 16.1% | 19,152 | Tunis |
| 3 | Switzerland | 19.7% | 4,539 | Tunis |
| 4 | Portugal | 20.6% | 1,520 | Tunis |
| 5 | Romania | 21.9% | 535 | Tunis |
| 6 | Austria | 23.5% | 2,502 | Tunis |
| 7 | Finland | 27.0% | 1,766 | Tunis |
| 8 | Netherlands | 29.3% | 6,714 | Tunis |
| 9 | Spain | 30.0% | 6,826 | Tunis |
| 10 | Poland | 31.2% | 958 | Tunis |
| 11 | Malta | 31.5% | 1,558 | Tunis |
| 12 | Italy | 32.0% | 15,922 | Tunis |
| 13 | Greece | 33.9% | 1,772 | Tunis |
| 14 | Belgium | 40.8% | 5,180 | Tunis |
| 15 | Czechia | 46.3% | 915 | Tunis |
Posts with too few decisions to rank (2)
- Bulgaria482 decisions
- Hungary432 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 Tunisia is 30.9 percentage points — France refused 15.4% of the decisions it took, Czechia refused 46.3%.
- Tunisia refuses 34.2% more often than the worldwide average — 19.6% against 14.6%.
- France handles the most applications in Tunisia — 62.1% of all decisions (115,968 of 186,741).
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.