# Sierra Leone: asylum outcomes in immigration court

In FY2025, 33.33% of 84 asylum grant-or-denial records in this EOIR nationality category were grants (national: 23.13%).

- EOIR nationality code: SL
- Recorded grant share, FY2025: 33.33% (28 grants, 56 denials, N 84); 95% interval 24.18%–43.95% — small sample
- United States, FY2025: 23.13% (N 124,581)
- FY2021–FY2025, pooled: 45.91% (101 grants, 119 denials, N 220); United States 37.33%
- By fiscal year: FY2021 35.29% (N 17); FY2022 67.50% (N 40); FY2023 52.50% (N 40); FY2024 48.72% (N 39); FY2025 33.33% (N 84)

## How to read these figures

- The nationality is the EOIR source category saved on the proceeding, not a verified citizenship.
- A recorded grant share is grants divided by grants plus denials; abandoned, withdrawn, administratively closed and other outcomes are outside the denominator.
- The distribution compares this nationality across courts; courts are never pooled.
- Past records do not predict an individual case.

## Sources

- Page: https://asylumcompass.com/nationality/sierra-leone-sl
- Structured data: https://asylumcompass.com/nationality/sierra-leone-sl.json
- EOIR CASE data: https://fileshare.eoir.justice.gov/EOIR%20Case%20Data.zip
- Counts and checks: https://asylumcompass.com/data/nationality-counts-2026-08.json
- Methodology: https://asylumcompass.com/methodology#historical-grant-share
- License: CC0 1.0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

Cite as: AsylumCompass. “Sierra Leone: asylum outcomes in immigration court.” https://asylumcompass.com/nationality/sierra-leone-sl. EOIR data through 2026-08-31.