Ranking · computed from EC consulate data

Highest Schengen visa refusal rate for Indians (2025): the strictest countries

Same data as the lowest-refusal ranking, reversed. A high rate here does not mean 'do not apply'; it means prepare a stronger file, and check the consulate-level pages, because two consulates of the same state can be far apart.

Only states/consulates with at least 1,000 applications from India in 2025 are ranked, so tiny samples do not distort the order.

#1: Slovenia at 46.1%; last: Denmark at 6.9%. 27 entries.

Rank	Country	Refusal rate	Applied	Refused	Multi-entry share
1	Slovenia	46.1%	3,910	1,803	84.5%
2	Bulgaria	37.0%	3,435	1,270	10.6%
3	Greece	33.0%	41,009	13,526	40.7%
4	Malta	31.7%	8,587	2,720	23.3%
5	Estonia	30.1%	1,706	513	25.6%
6	Croatia	27.1%	2,615	709	80.5%
7	Iceland	25.6%	10,906	2,793	24.2%
8	Luxembourg	22.1%	3,684	814	47.7%
9	Austria	21.6%	48,761	10,543	28.4%
10	Slovakia	21.1%	1,437	303	20.5%
11	Netherlands	20.6%	97,650	20,156	55.1%
12	Portugal	20.3%	15,422	3,138	31.5%
13	Czech Republic	20.1%	27,388	5,501	24.1%
14	Latvia	18.6%	1,314	244	8.4%
15	Romania	18.1%	1,931	350	18.9%
16	Poland	17.0%	9,673	1,640	19.3%
17	Spain	15.2%	90,720	13,825	16.1%
18	France	15.2%	204,184	31,058	36.1%
19	Norway	14.7%	29,104	4,264	64.2%
20	Finland	13.9%	17,564	2,450	11.9%
21	Switzerland	13.6%	226,044	30,630	80.6%
22	Hungary	13.0%	16,251	2,106	53.7%
23	Italy	12.7%	53,423	6,810	89.2%
24	Sweden	11.4%	32,536	3,723	28.1%
25	Germany	10.5%	153,179	16,126	99.6%
26	Belgium	7.7%	33,333	2,581	89.6%
27	Denmark	6.9%	17,038	1,178	20.6%

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Source: European Commission, "Visa statistics for consulates", 2009 to 2025 annual releases; figures cover uniform (short-stay, type C) visas applied for at consulates located in India, regardless of applicant nationality; airport-transit visas excluded from headline figures. Refusal rate = visas not issued / visas applied for, computed by us from the counts. Rankings use a floor of 1,000 applications. Last verified 2026-08-18. Full methodology. Download the CSV.