Ranking · computed from EC consulate data

Where Indians apply: Schengen visa applications by country (2025)

Volume tells you where the queues are and which consulates carry the load. Combined with the refusal rate it also shows that popularity and generosity are different things.

#1: Switzerland at 226,044; last: Latvia at 1,314. 27 entries.

Rank	Country	Applied	Share of India's total	Refusal rate	Issued
1	Switzerland	226,044	19.6%	13.6%	195,369
2	France	204,184	17.7%	15.2%	172,072
3	Germany	153,179	13.3%	10.5%	136,674
4	Netherlands	97,650	8.5%	20.6%	77,057
5	Spain	90,720	7.9%	15.2%	75,906
6	Italy	53,423	4.6%	12.7%	46,613
7	Austria	48,761	4.2%	21.6%	37,117
8	Greece	41,009	3.6%	33.0%	27,232
9	Belgium	33,333	2.9%	7.7%	30,434
10	Sweden	32,536	2.8%	11.4%	28,564
11	Norway	29,104	2.5%	14.7%	24,840
12	Czech Republic	27,388	2.4%	20.1%	21,885
13	Finland	17,564	1.5%	13.9%	15,132
14	Denmark	17,038	1.5%	6.9%	15,451
15	Hungary	16,251	1.4%	13.0%	14,024
16	Portugal	15,422	1.3%	20.3%	12,284
17	Iceland	10,906	0.9%	25.6%	8,061
18	Poland	9,673	0.8%	17.0%	8,022
19	Malta	8,587	0.7%	31.7%	5,755
20	Slovenia	3,910	0.3%	46.1%	2,075
21	Luxembourg	3,684	0.3%	22.1%	2,727
22	Bulgaria	3,435	0.3%	37.0%	2,082
23	Croatia	2,615	0.2%	27.1%	1,721
24	Romania	1,931	0.2%	18.1%	1,574
25	Estonia	1,706	0.1%	30.1%	1,193
26	Slovakia	1,437	0.1%	21.1%	988
27	Latvia	1,314	0.1%	18.6%	1,070

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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.