DV-Lottery Results

The DV-2025 Green Card Lottery registration period officially starts on October 4, 2023, and ends on November 7, 2023.

Previous Green Card Lottery Results

Countries whose natives are eligible to participate in the American Green Card Lottery (DV-Lottery) 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 Green Card Lottery for that DV-year (assuming that they also meet the education or work experience requirements). In addition, Green Cards granted through the Green Card Lottery 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-Lottery in 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018 and 2017:

COUNTRY

DV-2024

DV-2023

DV-2022

DV-2021

DV-2020

DV-2019

DV-2018

AFGHANISTAN

4,536

2,724

3,410

2,189

981

543

636

ALBANIA

2,667

2,001

2,756

3,962

3,603

2503

4484

ALGERIA

5,142

5,526

6,001

6,001

2,745

2462

2897

ANDORRA

2

0

0

0

8

0

0

ANGOLA

582

422

855

627

150

316

184

ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

1

3

0

5

1

4

2

ARGENTINA

127

133

146

191

30

81

109

ARMENIA

3,869

3,525

2,066

2,293

1,422

1738

2844

Aruba

1

4

0

0

3

4

8

AUSTRALIA

795

461

1,031

1,130

647

777

2154

AUSTRIA

34

34

36

35

38

24

89

AZERBAIJAN

2,046

1,260

919

1,439

899

1203

961

BAHAMAS, THE

15

16

16

29

20

18

15

BAHRAIN

8

10

15

19

10

16

14

BANGLADESH

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

BARBADOS

4

0

0

5

1

4

2

BELARUS

2,418

1,535

1,808

2,143

1,512

1355

1466

BELGIUM

35

32

35

32

32

42

86

BELIZE

5

4

0

8

2

0

1

BENIN

1,002

404

735

830

443

751

611

BHUTAN

347

115

114

69

27

38

16

BOLIVIA

85

46

38

38

22

19

52

BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA

31

47

67

36

40

53

92

BOTSWANA

16

9

4

3

2

3

10

BRUNEI

0

0

2

1

1

0

2

BULGARIA

142

161

220

348

343

411

776

BURKINA FASO

191

137

72

83

84

174

317

BURMA/MYANMAR

1,667

1,107

561

776

444

273

209

BURUNDI

876

400

390

398

228

300

193

CAPE VERDE / CABO VERDE

15

24

12

6

10

11

24

CAMBODIA

340

397

1,094

1,174

790

237

390

CAMEROON

3,485

2,392

2,656

3,686

1,589

2978

3720

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

30

19

21

22

5

11

17

CHAD

490

257

231

191

93

47

85

CHILE

51

27

24

36

21

41

76

Christmas Island

1

0

6

0

2

3

0

Cocos Keeling Islands

3

3

2

19

9

0

0

COMOROS

10

3

10

10

1

10

7

CONGO

660

389

574

740

258

248

240

CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE

2,580

4,385

3,347

4,503

4,743

4186

4497

Cook Islands

69

6

19

32

15

7

19

COSTA RICA

68

39

8

68

12

28

66

COTED’IVOIRE / IVORY COAST

672

552

597

737

364

1036

1029

CROATIA

30

12

21

32

40

43

63

CUBA

3,081

1,358

975

1,235

2,703

326

733

Curacao

1

1

0

1

0

3

10

CYPRUS

25

8

10

2

5

6

19

CZECH REPUBLIC

46

19

27

44

31

64

95

DENMARK

16

12

15

24

17

32

45

DJIBOUTI

333

249

187

175

59

89

121

DOMINICA

6

4

3

3

0

3

8

ECUADOR

814

466

249

246

134

224

1228

EGYPT

5,509

5,529

6,005

6,002

5,568

4185

4495

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

19

4

3

6

5

16

11

ERITREA

211

376

261

509

140

284

556

ESTONIA

33

17

24

18

30

26

61

ETHIOPIA

3,034

2,761

2,988

3957

1,974

3856

4496

Faroe Islands

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

FIJI

2,936

1,718

950

1,087

435

396

900

FINLAND

29

14

28

26

15

47

68

FRANCE

327

209

205

272

212

366

649

French Guiana

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

French Polynesia

1

0

0

0

0

1

15

French Southern & Antarctic Lands

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

GABON

86

45

66

65

34

41

41

GAMBIA, THE

156

65

77

71

25

41

64

GEORGIA

3,194

2,071

1,604

1,899

1,131

867

1195

GERMANY

466

512

526

563

328

488

886

GHANA

2,088

3,398

3,145

3,284

1,343

2484

3549

GREECE

66

28

42

71

48

98

171

Greenland

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

GRENADA

0

0

0

1

0

2

11

Guadeloupe

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

GUATEMALA

146

84

0

0

60

50

120

GUINEA

1,362

706

672

805

271

719

1470

GUINEA-BISSAU

21

9

15

7

2

6

5

GUYANA

9

15

5

5

3

6

10

HONDURAS

0

0

0

74

58

44

144

HONG KONG S.A.R.

0

0

0

569

92

69

84

HUNGARY

102

66

100

93

84

92

205

ICELAND

5

4

8

11

0

4

13

INDONESIA

104

115

218

317

194

179

167

IRAN

5,077

5,506

5,739

6,001

4,101

4199

4500

IRAQ

1,348

1,300

1,512

1,184

615

731

754

IRELAND

18

13

24

29

19

52

123

ISRAEL

71

66

207

190

128

214

159

ITALY

256

154

324

289

220

333

546

JAPAN

200

194

510

532

333

376

263

JORDAN

1,188

937

917

1,578

633

613

447

KAZAKHSTAN

2,728

1,908

1,978

2,406

1,584

693

1020

KENYA

3,760

3,417

2,882

2,777

1,801

2107

2997

KIRIBATI

21

2

11

12

12

9

18

KOSOVO

463

413

334

311

260

286

464

KUWAIT

162

118

222

302

165

158

167

KYRGYZSTAN

4,464

2,846

1,993

2,130

1,223

693

753

LAOS

27

13

22

43

64

11

6

LATVIA

97

48

43

63

68

52

91

LEBANON

214

249

320

249

135

268

221

LESOTHO

0

0

8

3

0

3

4

LIBERIA

2,208

1,221

1,417

1,858

1,142

2484

3989

LIBYA

257

397

311

259

102

261

441

LIECHTENSTEIN

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

LITHUANIA

106

91

110

180

151

184

257

LUXEMBOURG

0

0

3

0

0

5

2

Macau S.A.R.

4

7

2

6

5

0

5

MACEDONIA (NORTH MACEDONIA)

258

258

0

336

249

270

514

MADAGASCAR

25

21

19

23

9

38

50

MALAWI

42

23

22

32

4

22

36

MALAYSIA

32

45

44

95

68

104

70

MALDIVES

1

1

2

0

2

5

4

MALI

119

90

74

103

30

58

126

MALTA

1

8

0

5

6

7

2

MARSHALL ISLANDS

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

Martinique

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

MAURITANIA

274

174

158

12

25

25

79

MAURITIUS

4

1

12

12

4

11

24

MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF

1

4

4

9

0

1

6

MOLDOVA

950

670

798

1,565

1,112

1138

1418

MONACO

1

0

0

1

3

1

3

MONGOLIA

300

296

293

496

265

196

197

MONTENEGRO

21

28

48

33

35

28

38

MOROCCO

4,250

4,469

4,138

4,458

2,202

1717

2719

MOZAMBIQUE

7

2

2

7

9

7

6

NAMIBIA

10

6

9

0

6

7

16

NAURU

32

3

9

11

6

22

25

NEPAL

3,863

3,808

3,802

3,801

3,696

3633

4097

NETHERLANDS

39

19

34

43

56

69

79

New Caledonia

4

0

0

0

3

0

2

NEW ZEALAND

256

173

248

360

181

242

546

NICARAGUA

117

77

18

69

23

15

51

NIGER

93

78

49

55

31

58

57

Niue

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

Norfolk Island

0

0

6

0

1

0

0

NORTH KOREA

0

2

0

3

11

1

1

NORTHERN IRELAND

1

4

3

4

13

8

16

NORWAY

9

4

10

7

12

19

47

OMAN

20

25

27

32

11

10

10

PALAU

4

3

30

5

1

2

3

PANAMA

17

11

4

10

8

3

22

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

15

21

26

29

11

8

23

PARAGUAY

9

9

0

3

9

5

7

PERU

742

1,191

198

1,559

0

0

0

POLAND

497

228

355

383

384

461

863

PORTUGAL

39

10

20

24

12

30

84

QATAR

74

92

90

82

72

38

46

REUNION ISLAND

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

ROMANIA

267

228

264

365

311

430

516

RUSSIA

5,514

5,505

6,001

6,001

5,118

3641

4500

RWANDA

1,604

1,024

983

1,067

603

510

542

SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS

0

2

0

1

0

0

1

SAINT LUCIA

3

3

3

2

0

0

14

SAINT BARTHELEMY

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Saint Martin (France)

0

0

5

6

0

1

0

SAINT PIERRE  AND MIQUELON

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

ST VINCENT & THE GRENADINES

2

1

0

3

0

4

0

SAMOA

9

5

5

8

4

7

10

SAN MARINO

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE

0

0

4

0

0

0

0

SAUDI ARABIA

619

658

944

1,126

699

630

489

SENEGAL

504

253

277

167

91

260

400

SERBIA

186

134

214

239

210

307

560

SEYCHELLES

0

0

7

4

1

1

0

SIERRA LEONE

735

522

271

504

217

1207

1790

SINGAPORE

6

11

19

40

15

27

43

Sint Maarten (Netherlands)

1

3

2

0

0

2

4

SLOVAKIA

33

20

24

23

30

27

82

SLOVENIA

2

2

10

6

4

9

10

SOLOMON ISLANDS

22

0

11

4

4

1

10

SOMALIA

2,383

1,541

435

217

72

196

436

SOUTH AFRICA

199

222

497

510

162

454

500

SOUTH SUDAN

59

53

75

40

23

37

34

SPAIN

137

96

184

114

99

164

311

SRI LANKA

2,622

2,019

838

1,566

765

784

777

SUDAN

5,435

4,863

6,001

6,001

3,691

2617

3781

SURINAME

0

4

4

4

0

0

6

SVALBARD

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

SWAZILAND / ESWATINI

2

5

1

3

0

1

3

SWEDEN

31

26

32

41

36

53

130

SWITZERLAND

30

27

31

48

49

47

85

SYRIA

692

381

483

487

265

420

414

TAIWAN

279

188

574

693

476

374

318

TAJIKISTAN

3,580

2,485

2,122

2,332

1,401

1171

1209

TANZANIA

348

165

103

184

72

106

173

THAILAND

467

685

186

290

127

122

60

TIMOR-LESTE

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

TOGO

2,105

1,036

1,119

1,118

600

1242

1667

TOKELAU

0

0

0

5

1

3

2

TONGA

246

78

133

95

42

58

129

TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

37

31

26

44

19

33

79

TUNISIA

221

168

203

173

82

115

181

TURKEY (TÜRKİYE)

3,684

3,383

2,526

2,874

2,709

2411

4390

TURKMENISTAN

1,313

555

745

870

515

258

306

TUVALU

11

5

4

2

0

0

0

UGANDA

1,515

1,044

722

908

374

318

485

UKRAINE

4,286

3,808

4,949

5,604

3,313

4025

4478

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

211

175

275

282

206

157

197

URUGUAY

7

7

0

19

15

8

36

UZBEKISTAN

5,555

5,511

6,001

5,319

1,743

3461

4494

VANUATU

29

21

4

7

7

0

17

VATICAN CITY

0

0

0

0

0

4

0

VENEZUELA

0

0

1,800

1,872

1,068

1282

2209

WESTERN SAHARA

0

2

2

0

0

0

0

YEMEN

3,485

2,807

1,561

1,222

550

1193

1239

ZAMBIA

85

59

56

67

12

41

68

ZIMBABWE

216

202

222

276

61

90

149

TOTAL WINNERS

142,947

119,262

119,021

132,404

83,884

87,610

97,640

 

 

 

       

 

 

 

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