Green Card Lottery Statistics

The chart below provides you a breakdown of eligible countries who participated in, using the USA Green Card Lottery Diversity Program for DV-2012 statistics as an example. The green card statistics includes:

Countries eligible to participate in the Green Card Lottery for DV-2024.
The number of DV lottery applicants by country.
The number of green card winners based on each country.
The percentage of winners based on Green Card Lottery applications submitted by country.
The odds of winning the Green Card Lottery based on the number of applications submitted and the number of selected winners.

NOTE:
Immigrants from the following countries are not eligible to participate in the Green Card Lottery DV-2024 Program: Bangladesh, Cuba, Brazil, Canada, China (mainland-born), Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, South Korea, United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) and its dependent territories, and Vietnam.

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Green Card Statistics by Country - Based on DV 2012 Green Card Lottery

Country	Applicants	Winners	Winning % By Country	Winning Chances
Afghanistan	12,456	109	0.88%	0.055
Albania	115,357	1,508	1.31%	0.767
Algeria	112,081	1,799	1.61%	0.914
Andorra	168	1	0.60%	0.001
Angola	3,055	42	1.37%	0.021
Antigua and Barbuda	714	9	1.26%	0.005
Argentina	10,936	101	0.92%	0.051
Armenia	92,352	998	1.08%	0.507
Aruba	717	4	0.56%	0.002
Australia	17,163	900	5.24%	0.457
Austria	8,139	130	1.60%	0.066
Azerbaijan	22,576	304	1.35%	0.155
Bahamas	3,717	15	0.40%	0.008
Bahrain	3,774	29	0.77%	0.015
Bangladesh	8,562,251	2,373	0.03%	1.206
Barbados	3,967	25	0.63%	0.013
Belarus	70,881	493	0.70%	0.251
Belgium	7,378	105	1.42%	0.053
Belize	1,059	9	0.85%	0.005
Benin	30,776	511	1.66%	0.26
Bhutan	890	5	0.56%	0.003
Bolivia	9,167	84	0.92%	0.043
Bosnia and Herzegovina	5,946	83	1.40%	0.042
Botswana	856	7	0.82%	0.004
Brunei	292	0	0.00%	0
Bulgaria	66,941	883	1.32%	0.449
Burkina Faso	12,241	226	1.85%	0.115
Burma	42,372	370	0.87%	0.188
Burundi	4,280	56	1.31%	0.028
Cambodia	72,829	596	0.82%	0.303
Cameroon	203,906	3,374	1.65%	1.715
Cape Verde	699	9	1.29%	0.005
Central African Republic	976	3	0.31%	0.002
Chad	2,174	33	1.52%	0.017
Chile	4,164	43	1.03%	0.022
China-Taiwan	0			0
Christmas Island	13	3	23.08%	0.002
Cocos Islands	10	1	10.00%	0.001
Comoros	295	9	3.05%	0.005
Congo (Democratic Republic)	208,775	3,445	1.65%	1.751
Congo (Republic)	7,711	105	1.36%	0.053
Cook Islands	30	6	20.00%	0.003
Costa Rica	4,718	43	0.91%	0.022
Cote d'Ivoire	33,501	553	1.65%	0.281
Croatia	5,523	107	1.94%	0.054
Cuba	32,696	292	0.89%	0.148
Curacao	0	19	0.00%	0.01
Cyprus	1,232	26	2.11%	0.013
Czech Republic	6,983	104	1.49%	0.053
Denmark	4,527	73	1.61%	0.037
Djibouti	2,971	38	1.28%	0.019
Dominica	1,648	18	1.09%	0.009
East Timor	0			0
Ecuador	0			0
Egypt	780,728	4,664	0.60%	2.371
Equatorial Guinea	605	4	0.66%	0.002
Eritrea	45,000	670	1.49%	0.341
Estonia	4,088	49	1.20%	0.025
Ethiopia	785,318	4,902	0.62%	2.492
Fiji	12,884	628	4.87%	0.319
Finland	5,154	91	1.77%	0.046
France	40,644	574	1.41%	0.292
French Guiana	149		0.00%	0
French Polynesia	588	7	1.19%	0.004
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	29		0.00%	0
Gabon	2,421	48	1.98%	0.024
Gambia	8,859	113	1.28%	0.057
Georgia	49,276	620	1.26%	0.315
Germany	102,375	1,709	1.67%	0.869
Ghana	774,557	5,832	0.75%	2.965
Greece	4,827	105	2.18%	0.053
Greenland	71		0.00%	0
Grenada	1,207	24	1.99%	0.012
Guadeloupe	623		0.00%	0
Guatemala	0			0
Guinea	68,856	899	1.31%	0.457
Guinea-Bissau	387	3	0.78%	0.002
Guyana	3,199	26	0.81%	0.013
Honduras	10,799	80	0.74%	0.041
Hong Kong	6,994	54	0.77%	0.027
Hungary	15,503	325	2.10%	0.165
Iceland	2,467	56	2.27%	0.028
Indonesia	29,949	256	0.85%	0.13
Iran	547,735	4,453	0.81%	2.264
Iraq	18,940	153	0.81%	0.078
Ireland	11,666	213	1.83%	0.108
Israel	20,854	175	0.84%	0.089
Italy	30,371	529	1.74%	0.269
Japan	46,554	435	0.93%	0.221
Jordan	22,535	152	0.67%	0.077
Kazakhstan	29,032	434	1.49%	0.221
Kenya	304,083	4,720	1.55%	2.399
Kiribati	175	14	8.00%	0.007
Kosovo	11,898	137	1.15%	0.07
Kuwait	15,099	108	0.72%	0.055
Kyrgyzstan	17,351	321	1.85%	0.163
Laos	488	1	0.20%	0.001
Latvia	9,596	83	0.86%	0.042
Lebanon	31,594	274	0.87%	0.139
Lesotho	234	8	3.42%	0.004
Liberia	141,749	2,101	1.48%	1.068
Libya	8,904	136	1.53%	0.069
Liechtenstein	82	0	0.00%	0
Lithuania	23,739	258	1.09%	0.131
Luxembourg	465	8	1.72%	0.004
Macau	837	19	2.27%	0.01
Macedonia	12,432	160	1.29%	0.081
Madagascar	1,962	17	0.87%	0.009
Malawi	1,731	16	0.92%	0.008
Malaysia	13,544	118	0.87%	0.06
Maldives	332	0	0.00%	0
Mali	5,891	76	1.29%	0.039
Malta	577	20	3.47%	0.01
Marshall Islands	33	4	12.12%	0.002
Martinique	394		0.00%	0
Mauritania	1,757	29	1.65%	0.015
Mauritius	2,833	59	2.08%	0.03
Micronesia	40	2	5.00%	0.001
Moldova	75,886	1,238	1.63%	0.629
Monaco	98	3	3.06%	0.002
Mongolia	27,866	209	0.75%	0.106
Montenegro	970	18	1.86%	0.009
Morocco	110,573	1,890	1.71%	0.961
Mozambique	622	13	2.09%	0.007
Namibia	985	10	1.02%	0.005
Nauru	63	5	7.94%	0.003
Nepal	397,036	3,258	0.82%	1.656
Netherlands	9,889	149	1.51%	0.076
Netherlands Antilles	1,014		0.00%	0
New Caledonia	195	1	0.51%	0.001
New Zealand	5,707	309	5.41%	0.157
Nicaragua	5,751	49	0.85%	0.025
Niger	3,459	32	0.93%	0.016
Nigeria	2,005,876	6,024	0.30%	3.062
Niue	322	14	4.35%	0.007
North Korea	348	0	0.00%	0
Northern Ireland	2,560	59	2.30%	0.03
Norway	3,934	84	2.14%	0.043
Oman	868	11	1.27%	0.006
Palau	66	5	7.58%	0.003
Panama	2,423	21	0.87%	0.011
Papua New Guinea	269	0	0.00%	0
Paraguay	1,223	17	1.39%	0.009
Peru	0			0
Portugal	3,856	66	1.71%	0.034
Qatar	3,128	19	0.61%	0.01
Reunion	181		0.00%	0
Romania	76,594	1,327	1.73%	0.675
Russia	167,600	2,353	1.40%	1.196
Rwanda	20,524	333	1.62%	0.169
Saint Kitts and Nevis	579	7	1.21%	0.004
Saint Lucia	1,667	4	0.24%	0.002
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	840	16	1.90%	0.008
Samoa	468	0	0.00%	0
San Marino	14	1	7.14%	0.001
Sao Tome and Principe	48	0	0.00%	0
Saudi Arabia	26,646	217	0.81%	0.11
Senegal	16,879	270	1.60%	0.137
Serbia	19,180	298	1.55%	0.151
Seychelles	246	6	2.44%	0.003
Sierra Leone	315,741	3,397	1.08%	1.727
Singapore	5,503	45	0.82%	0.023
Slovakia	6,442	80	1.24%	0.041
Slovenia	1,231	16	1.30%	0.008
Solomon Islands	102	0	0.00%	0
Somalia	14,805	175	1.18%	0.089
South Africa	48,570	833	1.72%	0.423
Spain	12,922	232	1.80%	0.118
Sri Lanka	83,772	708	0.85%	0.36
St. Pierre and Miquelon	25	2	8.00%	0.001
Sudan	96,210	757	0.79%	0.385
Suriname	905	15	1.66%	0.008
Swaziland	286	0	0.00%	0
Sweden	10,980	200	1.82%	0.102
Switzerland	11,590	229	1.98%	0.116
Syria	18,749	160	0.85%	0.081
Taiwan	47,398	391	0.82%	0.199
Tajikistan	18,917	270	1.43%	0.137
Tanzania	10,075	175	1.74%	0.089
Thailand	9,025	73	0.81%	0.037
Timor-Leste	82	9	10.98%	0.005
Togo	52,587	845	1.61%	0.43
Tonga	1,470	93	6.33%	0.047
Trinidad and Tobago	15,761	175	1.11%	0.089
Tunisia	7,621	113	1.48%	0.057
Turkey	176,711	3,077	1.74%	1.564
Turkmenistan	9,212	143	1.55%	0.073
Tuvalu	23	0	0.00%	0
Uganda	24,851	418	1.68%	0.212
Ukraine	1,122,086	5,799	0.52%	2.948
United Arab Emirates	10,676	92	0.86%	0.047
Uruguay	1,877	19	1.01%	0.01
Uzbekistan	507,361	4,800	0.95%	2.44
Vanuatu	124	8	6.45%	0.004
Vatican City	51	0	0.00%	0
Venezuela	85,412	925	1.08%	0.47
Wallis and Futuna	20		0.00%	0
Western Sahara	33		0.00%	0
Western Samoa		9		0.005
Yemen	21,606	149	0.69%	0.076
Zambia	5,418	79	1.46%	0.04
Zimbabwe	8,638	123	1.42%	0.063
Total	#######	100,021

The chart below provides you a breakdown of the top 40 countries with the highest winning chances - Based on DV 2012 Results

Country	Applicants	Winners	Winning % By Country	Winning Chances
Nigeria	2,005,876	6,024	0.30%	3.062
Ghana	774,557	5,832	0.75%	2.965
Ukraine	1,122,086	5,799	0.52%	2.948
Ethiopia	785,318	4,902	0.62%	2.492
Uzbekistan	507,361	4,800	0.95%	2.44
Kenya	304,083	4,720	1.55%	2.399
Egypt	780,728	4,664	0.60%	2.371
Iran	547,735	4,453	0.81%	2.264
Congo (Democratic Republic)	208,775	3,445	1.65%	1.751
Sierra Leone	315,741	3,397	1.08%	1.727
Cameroon	203,906	3,374	1.65%	1.715
Nepal	397,036	3,258	0.82%	1.656
Turkey	176,711	3,077	1.74%	1.564
Bangladesh	8,562,251	2,373	0.03%	1.206
Russia	167,600	2,353	1.40%	1.196
Liberia	141,749	2,101	1.48%	1.068
Morocco	110,573	1,890	1.71%	0.961
Algeria	112,081	1,799	1.61%	0.914
Germany	102,375	1,709	1.67%	0.869
Albania	115,357	1,508	1.31%	0.767
Romania	76,594	1,327	1.73%	0.675
Moldova	75,886	1,238	1.63%	0.629
Armenia	92,352	998	1.08%	0.507
Venezuela	85,412	925	1.08%	0.47
Australia	17,163	900	5.24%	0.457
Guinea	68,856	899	1.31%	0.457
Bulgaria	66,941	883	1.32%	0.449
Togo	52,587	845	1.61%	0.43
South Africa	48,570	833	1.72%	0.423
Sudan	96,210	757	0.79%	0.385
Sri Lanka	83,772	708	0.85%	0.36
Eritrea	45,000	670	1.49%	0.341
Fiji	12,884	628	4.87%	0.319
Georgia	49,276	620	1.26%	0.315
Cambodia	72,829	596	0.82%	0.303
France	40,644	574	1.41%	0.292
Cote d'Ivoire	33,501	553	1.65%	0.281
Italy	30,371	529	1.74%	0.269
Benin	30,776	511	1.66%	0.26
Belarus	70,881	493	0.70%	0.251