DV-Program Results

Previous Diversity Visa Program Results

Countries whose natives are eligible to participate in the American Diversity Visa (DV) Program are listed each year by the US State Department. If fewer than 50,000 natives of a country immigrated to the United States during the previous five years, that country will be listed by the US State Department on a list of countries whose natives are eligible to participate in the American Diversity Program for that DV-year (assuming that they also meet the education or work experience requirements). In addition, Green Cards granted through the Diversity Visa Program are distributed among six geographic regions. Within each region, no single country may receive more than 7% of the available Green Cards in any one year.

The following chart shows how many people from various countries were selected as winners of the DV-Programs in 2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019:

 

COUNTRY

DV-2026

DV-2025

DV-2024

DV-2023

DV-2022

DV-2021

DV-2020

 

AFGHANISTAN

4,200

4,009

4,536

2,724

3,410

2,189

981

 

ALBANIA

1,590

1,598

2,667

2,001

2,756

3,962

3,603

 

ALGERIA

5,457

5,526

5,142

5,526

6,001

6,001

2,745

 

ANDORRA

0

3

2

0

0

0

8

 

ANGOLA

763

738

582

422

855

627

150

 

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

2

5

1

3

0

5

1

 

ARGENTINA

124

130

127

133

146

191

30

 

ARMENIA

2,639

2,971

3,869

3,525

2,066

2,293

1,422

 

Aruba

4

1

1

4

0

0

3

 

AUSTRALIA

599

894

795

461

1,031

1,130

647

 

AUSTRIA

35

51

34

34

36

35

38

 

AZERBAIJAN

1,817

1,730

2,046

1,260

919

1,439

899

 

BAHAMAS, THE

23

19

15

16

16

29

20

 

BAHRAIN

18

4

8

10

15

19

10

 

BANGLADESH

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

BARBADOS

3

4

4

0

0

5

1

 

BELARUS

1,545

1,577

2,418

1,535

1,808

2,143

1,512

 

BELGIUM

26

49

35

32

35

32

32

 

BELIZE

2

1

5

4

0

8

2

 

BENIN

1,064

1,032

1,002

404

735

830

443

 

BHUTAN

278

269

347

115

114

69

27

 

BOLIVIA

269

102

85

46

38

38

22

 

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

51

35

31

47

67

36

40

 

BOTSWANA

7

7

16

9

4

3

2

 

BRUNEI

0

0

0

0

2

1

1

 

BULGARIA

142

107

142

161

220

348

343

 

BURKINA FASO

252

262

191

137

72

83

84

 

BURMA/MYANMAR

1,540

1,723

1,667

1,107

561

776

444

 

BURUNDI

1,616

773

876

400

390

398

228

 

CAPE VERDE / CABO VERDE

35

52

15

24

12

6

10

 

CAMBODIA

811

457

340

397

1,094

1,174

790

 

CAMEROON

3,533

3,962

3,485

2,392

2,656

3,686

1,589

 

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

19

29

30

19

21

22

5

 

CHAD

482

419

490

257

231

191

93

 

CHILE

83

61

51

27

24

36

21

 

Christmas Island

1

1

1

0

6

0

2

 

Cocos Keeling Islands

55

53

3

3

2

19

9

 

COMOROS

12

4

10

3

10

10

1

 

CONGO

448

513

660

389

574

740

258

 

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

2,210

2,729

2,580

4,385

3,347

4,503

4,743

 

Cook Islands

24

27

69

6

19

32

15

 

COSTA RICA

99

72

68

39

8

68

12

 

COTED’IVOIRE / IVORY COAST

926

883

672

552

597

737

364

 

CROATIA

14

7

30

12

21

32

40

 

CUBA

0

2,348

3,081

1,358

975

1,235

2,703

 

Curacao

0

0

1

1

0

1

0

 

CYPRUS

8

14

25

8

10

2

5

 

CZECH REPUBLIC

44

28

46

19

27

44

31

 

DENMARK

8

28

16

12

15

24

17

 

DJIBOUTI

204

132

333

249

187

175

59

 

DOMINICA

8

4

6

4

3

3

0

 

ECUADOR

1,270

795

814

466

249

246

134

 

EGYPT

5,527

5,515

5,509

5,529

6,005

6,002

5,568

 

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

12

24

19

4

3

6

5

 

ERITREA

206

142

211

376

261

509

140

 

ESTONIA

17

23

33

17

24

18

30

 

ETHIOPIA

3,287

3,674

3,034

2,761

2,988

3957

1,974

 

Faroe Islands

0

1

0

1

0

0

0

 

FIJI

2,094

2,359

2,936

1,718

950

1,087

435

 

FINLAND

20

18

29

14

28

26

15

 

FRANCE

309

275

327

209

205

272

212

 

French Guiana

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

French Polynesia

1

2

1

0

0

0

0

 

French Southern & Antarctic Lands

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

GABON

62

81

86

45

66

65

34

 

GAMBIA, THE

198

159

156

65

77

71

25

 

GEORGIA

1,406

1,342

3,194

2,071

1,604

1,899

1,131

 

GERMANY

420

479

466

512

526

563

328

 

GHANA

1,642

2,686

2,088

3,398

3,145

3,284

1,343

 

GREECE

58

37

66

28

42

71

48

 

Greenland

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

GRENADA

5

1

0

0

0

1

0

 

Guadeloupe

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

GUATEMALA

367

230

146

84

0

0

60

 

GUINEA

1,051

1,291

1,362

706

672

805

271

 

GUINEA-BISSAU

10

12

21

9

15

7

2

 

GUYANA

24

18

9

15

5

5

3

 

HONDURAS

0

0

0

0

0

74

58

 

HONG KONG S.A.R.

0

0

0

0

0

569

92

 

HUNGARY

121

97

102

66

100

93

84

 

ICELAND

0

5

5

4

8

11

0

 

INDONESIA

385

193

104

115

218

317

194

 

IRAN

4,137

5,267

5,077

5,506

5,739

6,001

4,101

 

IRAQ

616

667

1,348

1,300

1,512

1,184

615

 

IRELAND

30

29

18

13

24

29

19

 

ISRAEL

153

104

71

66

207

190

128

 

ITALY

267

263

256

154

324

289

220

 

JAPAN

141

149

200

194

510

532

333

 

JORDAN

1,092

775

1,188

937

917

1,578

633

 

KAZAKHSTAN

2,723

2,004

2,728

1,908

1,978

2,406

1,584

 

KENYA

3,949

4,459

3,760

3,417

2,882

2,777

1,801

 

KIRIBATI

15

32

21

2

11

12

12

 

KOSOVO

172

260

463

413

334

311

260

 

KUWAIT

101

105

162

118

222

302

165

 

KYRGYZSTAN

3,324

3,095

4,464

2,846

1,993

2,130

1,223

 

LAOS

68

63

27

13

22

43

64

 

LATVIA

53

43

97

48

43

63

68

 

LEBANON

141

115

214

249

320

249

135

 

LESOTHO

6

10

0

0

8

3

0

 

LIBERIA

1,593

2,004

2,208

1,221

1,417

1,858

1,142

 

LIBYA

276

192

257

397

311

259

102

 

LIECHTENSTEIN

0

1

0

0

0

1

0

 

LITHUANIA

79

89

106

91

110

180

151

 

LUXEMBOURG

0

4

0

0

3

0

0

 

Macau S.A.R.

5

6

4

7

2

6

5

 

MACEDONIA (NORTH MACEDONIA)

165

188

258

258

0

336

249

 

MADAGASCAR

48

35

25

21

19

23

9

 

MALAWI

159

61

42

23

22

32

4

 

MALAYSIA

17

34

32

45

44

95

68

 

MALDIVES

0

0

1

1

2

0

2

 

MALI

268

167

119

90

74

103

30

 

MALTA

0

3

1

8

0

5

6

 

MARSHALL ISLANDS

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

 

Martinique

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

MAURITANIA

261

228

274

174

158

12

25

 

MAURITIUS

2

2

4

1

12

12

4

 

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF

1

0

1

4

4

9

0

 

MOLDOVA

1,208

1,413

950

670

798

1,565

1,112

 

MONACO

0

0

1

0

0

1

3

 

MONGOLIA

227

174

300

296

293

496

265

 

MONTENEGRO

57

38

21

28

48

33

35

 

MOROCCO

3,670

4,237

4,250

4,469

4,138

4,458

2,202

 

MOZAMBIQUE

4

11

7

2

2

7

9

 

NAMIBIA

3

5

10

6

9

0

6

 

NAURU

8

17

32

3

9

11

6

 

NEPAL

3,933

3,861

3,863

3,808

3,802

3,801

3,696

 

NETHERLANDS

24

34

39

19

34

43

56

 

New Caledonia

4

0

4

0

0

0

3

 

NEW ZEALAND

229

302

256

173

248

360

181

 

NICARAGUA

167

86

117

77

18

69

23

 

NIGER

109

70

93

78

49

55

31

 

Niue

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

 

Norfolk Island

0

0

0

0

6

0

1

 

NORTH KOREA

0

1

0

2

0

3

11

 

NORTHERN IRELAND

10

6

1

4

3

4

13

 

NORWAY

6

7

9

4

10

7

12

 

OMAN

11

13

20

25

27

32

11

 

PALAU

3

0

4

3

30

5

1

 

PANAMA

36

29

17

11

4

10

8

 

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

14

22

15

21

26

29

11

 

PARAGUAY

19

20

9

9

0

3

9

 

PERU

1,596

657

742

1,191

198

1,559

0

 

POLAND

343

309

497

228

355

383

384

 

PORTUGAL

40

38

39

10

20

24

12

 

QATAR

66

56

74

92

90

82

72

 

REUNION ISLAND

309

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

ROMANIA

161

199

267

228

264

365

311

 

RUSSIA

5,510

5,519

5,514

5,505

6,001

6,001

5,118

 

RWANDA

1,252

1,385

1,604

1,024

983

1,067

603

 

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

11

0

0

2

0

1

0

 

SAINT LUCIA

9

6

3

3

3

2

0

 

SAINT BARTHELEMY

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

 

Saint Martin (France)

0

0

0

0

5

6

0

 

SAINT PIERRE AND MIQUELON

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

8

7

2

1

0

3

0

 

SAMOA

14

16

9

5

5

8

4

 

SAN MARINO

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

0

3

0

0

4

0

0

 

SAUDI ARABIA

577

420

619

658

944

1,126

699

 

SENEGAL

478

656

504

253

277

167

91

 

SERBIA

324

154

186

134

214

239

210

 

SEYCHELLES

0

0

0

0

7

4

1

 

SIERRA LEONE

639

957

735

522

271

504

217

 

SINGAPORE

6

11

6

11

19

40

15

 

Sint Maarten (Netherlands)

0

0

1

3

2

0

0

 

SLOVAKIA

26

26

33

20

24

23

30

 

SLOVENIA

6

3

2

2

10

6

4

 

SOLOMON ISLANDS

4

15

22

0

11

4

4

 

SOMALIA

1,554

966

2,383

1,541

435

217

72

 

SOUTH AFRICA

187

163

199

222

497

510

162

 

SOUTH SUDAN

72

32

59

53

75

40

23

 

SPAIN

84

142

137

96

184

114

99

 

SRI LANKA

1,028

1,618

2,622

2,019

838

1,566

765

 

SUDAN

5,226

5,505

5,435

4,863

6,001

6,001

3,691

 

SURINAME

8

6

0

4

4

4

0

 

SVALBARD

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

SWAZILAND / ESWATINI

3

6

2

5

1

3

0

 

SWEDEN

34

49

31

26

32

41

36

 

SWITZERLAND

22

42

30

27

31

48

49

 

SYRIA

624

431

692

381

483

487

265

 

TAIWAN

247

227

279

188

574

693

476

 

TAJIKISTAN

3,708

2,982

3,580

2,485

2,122

2,332

1,401

 

TANZANIA

404

371

348

165

103

184

72

 

THAILAND

360

405

467

685

186

290

127

 

TIMOR-LESTE

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

TOGO

2,473

2,287

2,105

1,036

1,119

1,118

600

 

TOKELAU

4

15

0

0

0

5

1

 

TONGA

100

266

246

78

133

95

42

 

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

139

40

37

31

26

44

19

 

TUNISIA

202

96

221

168

203

173

82

 

TURKEY (TÜRKİYE)

3,191

4,194

3,684

3,383

2,526

2,874

2,709

 

TURKMENISTAN

2,542

2,010

1,313

555

745

870

515

 

TUVALU

0

4

11

5

4

2

0

 

UGANDA

1,513

1,061

1,515

1,044

722

908

374

 

UKRAINE

5,283

4,002

4,286

3,808

4,949

5,604

3,313

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

154

153

211

175

275

282

206

 

URUGUAY

13

29

7

7

0

19

15

 

UZBEKISTAN

3,754

5,564

5,555

5,511

6,001

5,319

1,743

 

VANUATU

13

5

29

21

4

7

7

 

VATICAN CITY

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

VENEZUELA

0

0

0

0

1,800

1,872

1,068

 

WESTERN SAHARA

2

0

0

2

2

0

0

 

YEMEN

2,449

1,894

3,485

2,807

1,561

1,222

550

 

ZAMBIA

236

118

85

59

56

67

12

 

ZIMBABWE

327

210

216

202

222

276

61

 

TOTAL WINNERS

129,516

131,060

142,947

119,262

119,021

132,404

83,884

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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