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The '''Diversity Immigrant Visa''' program, also known as the '''green card lottery''', is a United States government [[lottery]] program for receiving an immigrant visa followed by a [[green card|permanent resident card]]. The [[Immigration Act of 1990]] established the current and permanent Diversity Visa (DV) program.

The lottery is administered by the [[Department of State]] and conducted under the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965|Immigration and Nationality Act]] (INA). It provides up to 55,000 immigrant visas annually and aims to diversify the immigrant population in the United States, by selecting applicants from countries with low numbers of immigrants in the previous five years. More than 22 million people apply for the lottery each year, which means that fewer than 1 in 400 applicants receive visas.

Applicants enter the lottery by completing a form on the Department of State website.

Attempts have been made to end the program since 2005. In December 2025, the U.S. government suspended the issuance of diversity visas and green cards, in response to a [[2025 Brown University shooting|shooting]] whose suspect had previously immigrated under the program.<ref name=suspension>{{cite web |author1=Kaanita Iyer |author2=Priscilla Alvarez |date=2025-12-19 |title=Why the US is targeting the diversity visa lottery and what it means for applicants |url=https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/politics/diversity-visa-lottery-green-card-trump-brown-suspect |publisher=CNN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Diversity Visa Issuance Updated Guidance |url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/diversity-visa-issuance-updated-guidance.html |access-date=2025-12-26 |website=US Department of State |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
===Legislative and administrative history=== 
Starting in 1986, the United States established several temporary immigrant visa programs outside of the usual immigration preferences (family members or by employment). The first program was NP-5, run from 1987 to 1989, where a limited number of visas was issued on a first-come, first-served basis. The second program was OP-1, run through a lottery from 1989 to 1991 and available for natives of countries with low levels of recent immigration to the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/01/diversity-visa-irish-history-215776/|title=The Irish Roots of the Diversity Visa Lottery|website=Politico.com|date=November 2017 |access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/11/diversity-visa-program/544646|title=The Diversity Visa Program Was Created to Help Irish Immigrants|first=Priscilla|last=Alvarez|website=The Atlantic|date=November 2017 |access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> The third program, AA-1, from 1992 to 1994, was available for natives from a select group of countries that had been "adversely affected" by earlier immigration laws. Intentionally and in practice, people from [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] and [[Northern Ireland]] benefited disproportionately from these programs. They were also known as the [[Brian J. Donnelly|Donnelly]], [[Howard Berman|Berman]] and [[Bruce Morrison|Morrison]] visas, respectively, after the sponsoring congressmen.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/green-card-lottery-invented-to-help-the-irish-under-trump-its-luck-may-have-run-out-35999211.html|title=Green card lottery invented to help the Irish - under Trump, its luck may have run out |website=Independent.ie|date=4 August 2017 |access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> The Government of Ireland has actively supported the various lottery bills and similar legislation since their inception.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://irishecho.com/2017/01/seeking-reform-in-an-era-of-walls-bars-and-bans|title=Seeking reform in an era of walls, bars and bans — Irish Echo|website=Irishecho.com|access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref>

The Donnelly visa benefited "several thousand Irish" (almost 4,000) and the Berman visa had some 500 Irish beneficiaries.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishabroad.com/Modules/CMS/Articles/DSSPrintArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2984|title=What's Happened?|website=Irishabroad.com|access-date=5 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107014911/http://www.irishabroad.com/Modules/CMS/Articles/DSSPrintArticle.aspx?ArticleID=2984|archive-date=7 November 2017}}</ref> Under the three-year Morrison program (1992–94), by far the largest in size, those born in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] or [[Northern Ireland]] received a set-aside of 40% of all diversity visas, for a total of 48,000 set aside visas out of 120,000. Natives or citizens of Poland, via the sheer volume of applicants, received the second largest number of visas. The United Kingdom came in a distant third with some 6,000 visas in the Morrison program.<ref name=timeline>[https://www.preceden.com/timelines/37474-dv-lottery-timeline DV Lottery Timeline], preceden.com; accessed November 5, 2017.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/01/us/immigrants-to-get-visas-by-lottery.html "Immigrants to get visas by lottery"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 1, 1989.</ref><ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1989/03/01/us/immigrants-to-get-visas-by-lottery.html "For illegal Irish immigrants, a time to test that luck"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 17, 1989.</ref><ref name=almeida>Linda Dowling Almeida [https://archive.org/details/irishimmigrantsi00alme Irish Immigrants in New York City, 1945–1995], Indiana University Press, 2001.<!--ISSN/ISBN needed--></ref>

The [[Immigration Act of 1990]] was passed with bipartisan support and signed by President George H. W. Bush.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/nov/01/donald-trump/was-diversity-visa-program-schumer-beauty-donald-t|title=Was Diversity Visa program ...|work=@politifact|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref> The legislation established the current and permanent Diversity Visa (DV) program, where 55,000 immigrant visas are available in an annual lottery. The lottery aims to diversify the immigrant population in the United States, by selecting applicants mostly from countries with low numbers of immigrants to the United States in the previous five years.<ref name=almeida/>

From fiscal year 1999, the number of visas in the DV program was reduced by up to 5,000, to partially compensate the number of immigrants under the [[NACARA]] program, and from fiscal year 2025, also to compensate the number of immigrants under the [[National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://fam.state.gov/FAM/09FAM/09FAM050206.html |title=9 FAM 502.6 |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=February 9, 2024}}</ref> As a result, the number of visas in the DV program was reduced to 50,000 from fiscal years 1999 to 2019, about 54,800 from 2020 to 2024, and about 51,600 in 2025 and 2026.<ref name=statistics/><ref name=results2026>{{cite web |url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2026/visa-bulletin-for-november-2025.html |title=Visa Bulletin For November 2025 |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=October 1, 2025}}</ref>

The first DV lottery, for fiscal year 1995, was named DV-1. For fiscal years 1996 to 1999, the name was in the format DV-YY, where YY was the last two digits of the year. Since fiscal year 2000 the lotteries have been named in the format DV-YYYY, with the full year number.<ref name=vb1991-2000>[https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pur1.32754081540936 Visa bulletin 1991–2000], U.S. Department of State, scans 199, 231, 299–301, 343–345, 357, 425, 533, 629.</ref> The year in the name refers to the fiscal year when the immigrant visas will be given, which starts in October of the previous calendar year, and the entry period for the lottery occurs almost a year earlier. Therefore, there is a two-year difference between the lottery name and its entry period. For example, for DV-2017 (fiscal year starting in October 2016), the entry period was in 2015.<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2017-Instructions-Translations/DV-2017%20Instructions%20and%20FAQs.pdf Instructions for the 2017 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2017)], [[United States Department of State]].</ref>

Initially, the DV lottery was administered entirely by mail, and only winners were notified. The entry form moved to an online system starting in DV-2005, but still only winners were notified, by mail.<ref name=timeline/> Starting in DV-2010, all applicants are able to verify online whether they were selected.<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/news/department-of-state-announces-diversity-visa-lottery--dv-2010--r.html Department of State Announces Diversity Visa Lottery (DV-2010) Registration], [[United States Department of State]], November 17, 2008.</ref> Notification of winners also by mail continued until DV-2011, but since DV-2012 it is done exclusively online.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://damascus.usembassy.gov/media/pdf/cons-pdf/dv-2012-instructions.pdf |title=Instructions for the 2012 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2012) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161229080012/https://damascus.usembassy.gov/media/pdf/cons-pdf/dv-2012-instructions.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-29 |publisher=[[United States Department of State]]}}</ref>

In DV-2012, a computer error caused a non-random selection of lottery applicants, leading the Department of State to cancel the initial result.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/computer-error-halts-immigration-lottery/2011/05/13/AFD1Hu2G_blog.html State Department computer error halts immigration lottery], Washington Post, 13 May 2011.</ref> About 22,000 applicants had already been notified and were disappointed to find that their selection was canceled. The Department of State later ran a new selection after correcting the error.<ref>[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-13673574 Green card lottery: US reviews 'diversity visa' glitch], BBC, 6 June 2011.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2011/05/166811.htm |title=Senior State Department Official on the Diversity Visa Program |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=May 13, 2011}}</ref>

Starting in 2019, for DV-2021, applicants had to hold a valid passport and provide its number on the lottery entry form. This requirement reduced the number of applicants by more than half compared to previous years. In 2022, the requirement was removed after a federal court found that the Department of State had not followed the proper procedure, with a public notice and comments, before implementing it.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.law.georgetown.edu/icap/our-press-releases/court-tosses-out-trump-era-passport-rule-for-diversity-visa-applicants/ |title=Court tosses out Trump-era "passport rule" for Diversity Visa applicants |publisher=Georgetown Law |date=February 7, 2022}}</ref> In 2025, the Department of State issued a public notice accepting comments to restore the passport requirement.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-14784 |title=Visas: Enhancing Vetting and Combatting Fraud in the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program |publisher=Federal Register |date=August 5, 2025}}</ref>

In DV-2025 and DV-2026, the lottery was initially run without updating the list of eligible countries, so it incorrectly excluded the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) from both years and incorrectly included Cuba in DV-2026. After an applicant filed a lawsuit complaining about the error,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://britsimonsays.com/gb-lawsuit-filed/ |title=GB Lawsuit Filed |publisher=BritSimonSays.com |date=June 16, 2025}}</ref> the Department of State selected applicants from the United Kingdom for both years, and notified selected applicants from Cuba in DV-2026 that they were ineligible.<ref name=gb2025>{{cite web |url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/update-on-diversity-visa-program-2025.html |title=Update on Diversity Visa (DV) Program 2025 |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=August 8, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/update-on-dv-program-2026.html |title=Update on Diversity Visa (DV) Program 2026 |publisher=U.S. Department of State |date=October 3, 2025}}</ref>

Initially there was no fee to enter the lottery, and only applicants selected in the lottery were charged to continue the process. In 2025, the Department of State added a fee of [[United States dollar|US$]]1 to enter the lottery, while maintaining the fee for selected applicants unchanged.<ref name=fee>{{cite web |url=https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-17851 |title=Schedule of Fees for Consular Services, Department of State and Overseas Embassies and Consulates-Visa Services Fee Changes |publisher=Federal Register |date=September 16, 2025}}</ref>

===Criticism and repeal efforts===
Criticism of the program has focused on instances of fraud, racism<ref name="time.com">{{cite magazine|url=https://time.com/4593985/immigration-visa-lotter-racism/|title=I'm a White Immigrant and I Benefited From a Racist Visa Lottery|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=8 December 2016 |access-date=5 November 2017}}</ref> and the random nature of the lottery, as well as criminal or terrorist actions perpetrated by certain lottery winners.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/may/02/green-card-lottery-us-immigration-trump-agenda|title=A one in a million chance at a better life: will the US green card lottery survive?|first=Amber|last=Jamieson|date=May 2, 2017|website=Theguardian.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.politico.com/story/2013/05/diversity-visas-feel-brunt-of-high-skilled-bill-091844|title=High-skill bill hits Diversity Visas|date=May 24, 2013 |publisher=Politico|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref>

In 2002, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet, an Egyptian immigrant who maintained residency in United States through his wife's diversity visa,<ref name="hadayet-latimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-oct-10-me-lax10-story.html|title=Panel Probes LAX Gunman|first=EDDY|last=RAMIREZ|date=10 October 2002|website=Los Angeles Times|access-date=5 November 2017|via=LA Times}}</ref> [[2002 Los Angeles International Airport shooting|killed two people and injured four others]] at [[Los Angeles International Airport]] before being shot to death by an El Al security guard.<ref name="Fox Diversity">{{cite news|title=Diversity Visa program: What you need to know|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/diversity-visa-program-what-you-need-to-know/|access-date=November 1, 2017|publisher=Fox News|date=November 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name="ScaahettiProgram">{{cite news|last1=Sacchetti|first1=Maria|title=Here's what you need to know about the Diversity Visa Lottery Program|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-diversity-visa-lottery-program/2017/11/01/69f3f422-bf15-11e7-97d9-bdab5a0ab381_story.html|access-date=November 1, 2017|newspaper=Washington Post|date=November 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name="DiversityVisa">{{cite news|title=Suspect entered US via Diversity Visa program|url=http://www.chron.com/news/politics/article/The-Latest-Schumer-responds-to-Trump-immigration-12322661.php|access-date=November 1, 2017|agency=Associated Press|newspaper=Houston Chronicle|date=November 1, 2017}}</ref> This led to criticism of the lottery as a security threat.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/ABC_Univision/News/diversity-lottery/story?id=17837545|title=The Diversity Lottery Do We Need It?|date=30 November 2012|website=ABC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/diversity-visa-program-what-you-need-to-know/|title=Diversity Visa program: What you need to know|date=November 1, 2017|publisher=[[Fox News]]|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref>

Several attempts have been made to eliminate the lottery. In December 2005, the [[United States House of Representatives]] voted 273–148 to add an amendment to the border enforcement bill [[H.R. 4437]] abolishing the DV. Opponents of the lottery said it was susceptible to fraud and was a way for terrorists to enter the country. The Senate never passed the bill. In March 2007, Congressman [[Bob Goodlatte]] (R-VA) introduced {{USBill|110|H.R.|1430}}, which would eliminate the Diversity Visa program. In June 2007, the U.S. House passed {{USBill|110|H.R.|2764}} to eliminate funding for the program, and the Senate did likewise in September.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-30-voa68.cfm |title=US Visa Lottery Underway Despite Uncertain Future |publisher=Voice of America |date=October 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071103065530/http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-10-30-voa68.cfm |archive-date=November 3, 2007}}</ref>

However, the final version of this bill with amendments, signed into law on December 26, 2007, did not include the removal of funds for the program. Although H.R. 2764 was an appropriation bill and could only cut funds for the lottery during one fiscal year, this was the first time that both the House and the Senate passed a bill to halt the Diversity Visa program.

Rep. Goodlatte reintroduced his Security and Fairness Enhancement for America Act (formerly H.R. 1430, now {{USBill|111|H.R.|2305}}) on May 7, 2009. The bill would have amended the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program completely, but did not pass. Rep. [[Sheila Jackson-Lee]] (D-TX) introduced the Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2009 ({{USBill|111|H.R.|264}}) on January 7, 2009. The bill would have doubled the number of diversity visas available to 110,000 yearly. This bill did not pass.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr264/BILLS-111hr264ih.xml#HF02E69AE9F244EDFABC13D65F0B123B5|title=Save America Comprehensive Immigration Act of 2009 (H.R. 264): Title X—Diversity Visas|date=January 7, 2009|publisher=[[Congress.gov]]|work=United States House of Representatives|access-date=May 24, 2010}}</ref> A comprehensive analysis of DV lottery issues was prepared in 2011 by Congressional Research Service.<ref name="Wasem">Ruth Ellen Wasem, [https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R41747.pdf Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery Issues], [[Congressional Research Service]] (April 1, 2011).</ref>

In 2013, the so-called "[[Gang of Eight (immigration)|Gang of Eight]]" - a [[bi-partisan]]&nbsp;group of eight&nbsp;[[United States Senators]] - introduced [[Border Security, Economic Opportunity, and Immigration Modernization Act of 2013|a bill that would have comprehensively reformed the immigration system]]. The bill would have repealed the Diversity Immigrant Visa program.<ref name=":2"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2017/11/01/nyc-terror-attack-sayfullo-saipov-here-diversity-visa-trump-says-what-that/820352001|title=NYC terror attack: Sayfullo Saipov was here on diversity visa, Trump says. What is that?|work=USA Today|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref> The legislation passed the Senate, but was defeated in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives amid Republican opposition.<ref name=":2"/>

In 2017, Sayfullo Habibullaevich Saipov, who had immigrated from [[Uzbekistan]] on a diversity visa in 2010, [[2017 New York City truck attack|killed eight and injured eleven]] when he drove his truck down a bike path in [[Lower Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/31/nyregion/police-shooting-lower-manhattan.html|title=Terror Attack Kills 8 and Injures 11 in Manhattan|first1=Benjamin|last1=Mueller|first2=William K.|last2=Rashbaum|first3=Al|last3=Baker|date=31 October 2017|access-date=5 November 2017|website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2017/11/01/561334548/fact-check-trump-points-blame-at-chuck-schumer-after-n-y-terror-attack|title=FACT CHECK: Trump Points Blame At Chuck Schumer After N.Y. Terror Attack|first=Brian|last=Naylor|publisher=NPR}}</ref> In response, President [[Donald Trump]], who had earlier [[Immigration policy of the first Donald Trump administration|called for a return to a "merit-based" immigration system]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://money.cnn.com/2017/03/03/news/economy/merit-based-immigration-trump/index.html|title=Trump's merit-based immigration system: Who would get in?|first1=Octavio|last1=Blanco|first2=Tal|last2=Kopan|date=3 March 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-suspect-entered-u-s-diversity-visa-lottery-blames-schumer-n816346|title=Trump: Suspect Entered U.S. in 'Diversity Visa Lottery', Blames Schumer|date=November 2017 |publisher=nbcnews.com|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref> called for an end to the program.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/01/politics/diversity-visa-lottery-schumer-trump/index.html|title=What is the Diversity Visa lottery?|author=[[Tal Kopan]]|publisher=CNN|date=November 1, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/11/01/extreme-right-gins-up-a-culprit-for-n-y-terror-attack-chuck-schumer|title='A Chuck Schumer beauty': Trump calls for end to Diversity Visa program|first1=Derek|last1=Hawkins|first2=Samantha|last2=Schmidt|first3=J. Freedom du|last3=Lac|date=1 November 2017|newspaper=Washington Post}}</ref> Following Trump's call to end the program, White House Press Secretary [[Sarah Huckabee Sanders]], indicated that diversity visa lottery recipients lack thorough vetting, something Politifact rated as false, noting that all recipients of the visa undergo [[background check]]s, security screenings, and interviews by consular officers before arrival in the United States.<ref name="Sanders-PolitiFact">{{Cite news|author=Miriam Valverde|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2017/nov/02/sarah-huckabee-sanders/white-house-press-secretary-claims-diversity-visa-|title=Diversity visa applicants are vetted, despite contrary claim from White House press secretary|work=PolitiFact|date=November 2, 2017}}</ref>

In December 2025, by order from President Trump, [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] [[Marco Rubio]] and [[United States Secretary of Homeland Security|Secretary of Homeland Security]] [[Kristi Noem]] suspended the issuance of diversity visas and green cards, in response to a [[2025 Brown University shooting|shooting at Brown University]], whose suspect had previously immigrated under the program.<ref name=suspension/> However, previous litigation had confirmed that the government did not have the authority to suspend the issuance of diversity visas without the approval of Congress.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/us-dis-crt-dis-col/2085384.html |title=Gomez v. Trump |date=2020 |author=[[United States District Court for the District of Columbia]] |work=[[FindLaw]]}}</ref>

==Process==
===Requirements===
To enter the lottery, applicants must be chargeable to an eligible country. The country of chargeability is the applicant's country of birth, with two exceptions: the applicant may claim the spouse's country of birth instead if desired, or a parent's country of birth if neither parent was born in the applicant's country of birth and neither parent legally resided there when the applicant was born. The applicant's country of residence or nationality is irrelevant to the lottery. In addition, applicants must have completed at least a high school education or at least two years of work experience in an occupation which requires at least two other years of training or experience.<ref name=instructions>[https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Diversity-Visa/DV-Instructions-Translations/DV-2026-Instructions-Translations/DV%202026%20Plain%20Language%20Instructions%20and%20FAQs.pdf Instructions for the 2026 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2026)], U.S. Department of State.</ref>

Applicants enter the lottery by completing a form on the Department of State website.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-instructions.html|title=Diversity Visa Instructions|website=travel.state.gov|access-date=2024-08-08}}</ref> The form asks for the applicant's name, gender, date and place of birth, country of chargeability, digital photograph, mailing address, country of residence, telephone number, email address, education level, and marital status; as well as the name, gender, date and place of birth, and digital photograph of the applicant's spouse and unmarried children under age 21 who are not U.S. citizens or U.S. permanent residents.<ref name=instructions/> In 2025, the Department of State added a fee of US$1 to enter the lottery.<ref name=fee/>

Applicants selected in the lottery must also pay a fee to continue the process.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Prepare for the Interview|url=https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry/diversity-visa-interview/diversity-visa-prepare-for-interview.html|access-date=2024-08-08|website=travel.state.gov}}</ref> To qualify for the immigrant visa, they must also satisfy general requirements applicable to all immigrants, mainly related to health, criminal background and means of support.<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/waivers.html Ineligibilities and waivers: laws], U.S. Department of State.</ref>

===Ineligible countries===
Those chargeable to a country that was the origin of more than 50,000 immigrants to the United States via family and employment categories in the previous five years are not eligible to receive a diversity visa. For DV-2026 (the most recent lottery, with entry period in 2024), those chargeable to the following countries were ineligible: [[Bangladesh]], [[Brazil]], [[Canada]], [[China]] ([[Mainland China|mainland]] and [[Hong Kong]]), [[Colombia]], [[Cuba]], [[Dominican Republic]], [[El Salvador]], [[Haiti]], [[Honduras]], [[India]], [[Jamaica]], [[Mexico]], [[Nigeria]], [[Pakistan]], [[Philippines]], [[South Korea]], [[Venezuela]], and [[Vietnam]].<ref name=instructions/>

The limit of 50,000 immigrants refers only to people who immigrated via family and employment categories, and does not include other categories such as refugees, asylum seekers, or previous diversity immigrants. For this reason, [[Afghanistan]], [[Guatemala]] and [[Ukraine]] were not on the ineligible list as of 2024, despite being the origin of over 50,000 total immigrants in the previous five years.<ref name=lpr/>

====Changes====
The first program was in fiscal year 1995, and the following 12 countries were ineligible from the start: Canada, China (mainland), Dominican Republic, El Salvador, India, Jamaica, Mexico, Philippines, South Korea, Taiwan, United Kingdom and its dependent territories (except Northern Ireland and Hong Kong), and Vietnam.<ref>[https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-1994-04-11/html/94-8752.htm Registration for the Diversity Immigrant (DV-1) Visa Program], ''[[Federal Register]]'', 11 April 1994.</ref> Since then, Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Cuba, Haiti, Honduras, Nigeria, Pakistan and Venezuela have been added to the ineligible list, Taiwan and the United Kingdom have been removed from it, and Ecuador, Guatemala, Peru, Poland and Russia have been added and later removed from the ineligible list, reflecting shifting levels of immigration from these countries.

Macau was ineligible as part of China only for DV-2002, whose entry period (October 2000) was after the transfer of sovereignty of Macau from Portugal to China (December 1999) but before enactment of the Macau Policy Act (December 2000), which specified that U.S. law would treat Macau as it did before the transfer.<ref>[https://www.federalregister.gov/a/00-19363 Registration for the Diversity Immigrant (DV-2002) Visa Program], ''[[Federal Register]]'', 31 July 2000.</ref> Hong Kong was considered as a separate country for the lottery and eligible from the start, but became ineligible as part of China from DV-2022.<ref>[https://www.natlawreview.com/article/hong-kong-executive-order-july-14-2020 Hong Kong Executive Order], National Law Review, 22 July 2020.</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.2"
|+style=line-height:1.5|Historical eligibility for the Diversity Immigrant Visa lottery, by fiscal year
!rowspan=2|Country!!style=padding:0|1995!!style=padding:0|1996!!style=padding:0|1997!!style=padding:0|1998!!style=padding:0|1999!!style=padding:0|2000!!style=padding:0|2001!!style=padding:0|2002!!style=padding:0|2003!!style=padding:0|2004!!style=padding:0|2005!!style=padding:0|2006!!style=padding:0|2007!!style=padding:0|2008!!style=padding:0|2009!!style=padding:0|2010!!style=padding:0|2011!!style=padding:0|2012!!style=padding:0|2013!!style=padding:0|2014!!style=padding:0|2015!!style=padding:0|2016!!style=padding:0|2017!!style=padding:0|2018!!style=padding:0|2019!!style=padding:0|2020!!style=padding:0|2021!!style=padding:0|2022!!style=padding:0|2023!!style=padding:0|2024!!style=padding:0|2025!!style=padding:0|2026
|-style=font-size:50%
!&nbsp;!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !!
|-
|{{flag|Bangladesh}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Brazil}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
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|{{flag|Canada}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|China}}{{efn|Including [[Macau]] only for DV-2002, and [[Hong Kong]] only from DV-2022.}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Colombia}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Cuba}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Dominican Republic}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Ecuador}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
|-
|{{flag|El Salvador}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Guatemala}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
|-
|{{flag|Haiti}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Honduras}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|India}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Jamaica}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Mexico}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Nigeria}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Pakistan}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Peru}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
|-
|{{flag|Philippines}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Poland}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
|-
|{{flag|Russia}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
|-
|{{flag|South Korea}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Taiwan}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
|-
|{{flag|United Kingdom}}{{efn|Excluding [[Northern Ireland]]. Including dependent territories except [[British Hong Kong|Hong Kong]].}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
|-
|{{flag|Venezuela}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|{{flag|Vietnam}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}||{{no}}
|-
|Others||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}||{{yes}}
|}

===Geographical distribution===
[[File:DV eligible countries.svg|thumb|400px|Regions and eligible countries for the Diversity Visa lottery
{|style="border-spacing:0"
|align=right style="word-break: normal"|Eligible || colspan=2|Ineligible || align=right style="word-break: normal"|Eligible || colspan=2|Ineligible
|-
|align=right|{{legend inline|#00FF00|}}||{{legend inline|#008000|}}|| North America || align=right|{{legend inline|#FF8000|}}||{{legend inline|#804000|}}|| Asia
|-
|align=right|{{legend inline|#FF0000|}} || {{legend inline|#800000|}} || South America || align=right|{{legend inline|#FF00FF|}} || || Oceania
|-
|align=right|{{legend inline|#00C0FF|}} || || Europe || || {{legend inline|#808080|}} || United States and its territories
|-
|align=right|{{legend inline|#FFF000|}} || {{legend inline|#808000|}} || Africa || || ||
|}]]

The visas are distributed among six regions: [[Africa]], [[Asia]], [[Europe]], [[North America]], [[Oceania]], and [[South America]]. [[Cyprus]], [[Turkey]], and all [[post-Soviet states]] are included in the region of Europe, even though some of them are geographically in Asia. The region of North America consists only of [[Canada]] and the [[Bahamas]]. [[Mexico]], [[Central America]] and other [[Caribbean]] countries are included in the region of South America.<ref name=instructions/><ref name="law">{{USC|8|1153}}(c) Diversity immigrants.</ref>

Dependent territories are treated as part of their respective sovereign countries, and disputed territories are allocated as recognized by the United States. For example, [[Bermuda]] is treated as part of the [[United Kingdom]] under Europe, the [[Gaza Strip]] is considered part of [[Egypt]] under Africa, and the [[West Bank]] is considered part of [[Jordan]] under Asia. However, there are some exceptions: [[Northern Ireland]] and [[Taiwan]] are treated as separate countries, and [[Macau]] is considered part of [[Portugal]] under Europe (even after its [[Transfer of sovereignty over Macau|sovereignty returned to China in 1999]]).<ref name=instructions/>

Each region that was the origin of more than one sixth of the total number of immigrants to the United States via family and employment categories in the previous five years is considered a "high-admission region" (currently South America and Asia), and each region that was the origin of less than one sixth is a "low-admission region" (currently North America, Europe, Africa and Oceania). The proportion of diversity visas given to the group of low-admission regions is set as the proportion of recent immigrants from the group of high-admission regions (currently about 80%),<ref name=lpr>[https://ohss.dhs.gov/topics/immigration/lawful-permanent-residents Lawful Permanent Residents], [[United States Department of Homeland Security]].</ref> and vice versa. Among regions of the same group, the diversity visas are allocated proportionally to their population, excluding ineligible countries (those that were the origin of more than 50,000 immigrants in the previous five years).<ref name="law"/>

Within each region, the visas are not allocated among individual countries. All applicants from the same region are selected randomly as a whole, for the number of visas allocated for that region, but with the limitation that no single country may receive more than 7% of the total diversity visas (3,850).<ref name=instructions/>

Although only up to 55,000 diversity visas are available each year, the lottery selects more than 100,000 applicants. The reason for the larger selection is to ensure that all available diversity visas are eventually given each year, as some applicants are expected to fail general immigration requirements or may decide to withdraw and not to continue the process. As a result, some lottery winners who have received notifications might not obtain visas.<ref name=statistics>[https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/diversity-visa/diversity-visa-program-statistics.html Diversity Visa Program Statistics], [[United States Department of State]].</ref>

It is also possible that some visas remain available after all initially selected applicants are reviewed. In this case, additional applicants are selected later. For this reason, applicants who were not initially selected in the lottery should keep checking their status online periodically, until the end of the respective fiscal year.<ref name=dv2017>{{cite web |url=https://ro.usembassy.gov/important-notice-dv-2017/ |title=Important Notice For Diversity Visa (DV) 2017 Entrants |publisher=U.S. Embassy in Romania |date=9 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211172430/https://ro.usembassy.gov/important-notice-dv-2017/ |archive-date=11 February 2017}}</ref>

==Statistics==
[[File:DV applicants.png|thumb|400px|Applicants (including dependents) to the Diversity Visa lottery (for most recent eligible year with available data), as a percentage of each country's population
{|
|style="width:130px"|
{{legend|#ED1C24|>2.0%}}
{{legend|#FFA41E|1.0–2.0%}}
{{legend|#B5E61D|0.5–1.0%}}
{{legend|#22B14C|0.2–0.5%}}
|valign=top|
{{legend|#0080C0|0.1–0.2%}}
{{legend|#004080|<0.1%}}
{{legend|#C0C0C0|United States and its territories}}
{{legend|#808080|Not eligible for any year with available data}}
|}]]

{| class="wikitable sortable nowrap collapsible collapsed" style="font-size:85%; text-align:right; line-height:1.2"
|+style=line-height:1.5|Applicants (not including dependents)<ref name=statistics/>
! rowspan=2|DV<br>year !! colspan=7|Qualified entries !! rowspan=2|Disqualified<br>entries
|-
! Africa !! Asia !! Europe !! North<br>America !! Oceania !! South<br>America !! Total
|-
|align=left|2026<ref name=results2026/> || || || || || || || 20,822,624 ||
|-
|align=left|2025 || || || || || || || 19,927,656 ||
|-
|align=left|2024 || || || || || || || 22,185,619 ||
|-
|align=left|2023 || || || || || || || 9,570,291 ||
|-
|align=left|2022 || || || || || || || 7,336,302 ||
|-
|align=left|2021 || 3,100,982 || 1,281,046 || 2,014,089 || 937 || 16,672 || 327,402 || 6,741,128 ||
|-
|align=left|2020 || 8,145,390 || 1,952,489 || 4,072,324 || 1,445 || 22,722 || 528,428 || 14,722,798 ||
|-
|align=left|2019 || 7,832,894 || 1,871,824 || 4,349,555 || 1,506 || 23,201 || 273,033 || 14,352,013 ||
|-
|align=left|2018 || 7,746,722 || 2,505,838 || 4,029,967 || 1,898 || 29,845 || 377,988 || 14,692,258 ||
|-
|align=left|2017 || 6,672,971 || 2,200,641 || 3,284,670 || 1,951 || 30,133 || 246,824 || 12,437,190 ||
|-
|align=left|2016 || 5,936,031 || 2,014,130 || 3,069,646 || 2,170 || 28,641 || 340,528 || 11,391,146 ||
|-
|align=left|2015 || 4,818,431 || 1,564,534 || 2,835,004 || 1,830 || 24,110 || 145,189 || 9,389,098 ||
|-
|align=left|2014 || 5,272,185 || 1,339,518 || 2,614,381 || 1,832 || 26,380 || 119,996 || 9,374,292 ||
|-
|align=left|2013 || 4,657,512 || 1,055,433 || 2,103,591 || 1,752 || 22,410 || 100,634 || 7,941,332 ||
|-
|align=left|2012 || 4,405,638 || 8,515,565 || 1,728,796 || 2,134 || 23,571 || 92,955 || 14,768,659 ||
|-
|align=left|2011 || 4,209,668 || 6,166,632 || 1,510,874 || 2,204 || 22,182 || 90,018 || 12,001,578 ||
|-
|align=left|2010 || 3,539,362 || 4,663,357 || 1,250,553 || 1,596 || 19,613 || 59,530 || 9,534,011 ||
|-
|align=left|2009 || 2,780,946 || 4,996,568 || 1,255,078 || 1,778 || 22,425 || 90,545 || 9,147,340 ||
|-
|align=left|2008 || 2,590,647 || 2,473,602 || 1,251,859 || 1,489 || 22,133 || 115,437 || 6,455,167 ||
|-
|align=left|2007 || 2,472,729 || 1,725,702 || 1,099,703 || 1,184 || 19,491 || 246,753 || 5,565,562 ||
|-
|align=left|2006<ref name=results2006>[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2005/visa-bulletin-for-august-2005.html Visa bulletin for August 2005], U.S. Department of State, 11 July 2005.</ref> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=6300000|6.3 million ||
|-
|align=left|2005<ref name=results2005>[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2004/visa-bulletin-for-august-2004.html Visa bulletin for August 2004], U.S. Department of State, 13 July 2004.</ref> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=5900000|5.9 million ||
|-
|align=left|2004<ref name=results2004>[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2003/visa-bulletin-for-august-2003.html Visa bulletin for August 2003], U.S. Department of State, 9 July 2003.</ref> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=7300000|7.3 million || data-sort-value=2900000|2.9 million
|-
|align=left|2003<ref name=results2003>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2002/11248.htm Results of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery (DV-2003)], U.S. Department of State, 18 June 2002.</ref> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=6200000|6.2 million || data-sort-value=2500000|2.5 million
|-
|align=left|2002<ref name=results2002>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2001/2850.htm Diversity Visa Lottery 2002 (DV-2002) Results], U.S. Department of State, 11 May 2001.</ref> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=10000000|10 million || data-sort-value=3000000|3 million
|-
|align=left|2001<ref name=results2001>[https://1997-2001.state.gov/briefings/statements/2000/ps000623b.html Results of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2001)], U.S. Department of State, 23 June 2000.</ref> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=11000000|11 million || data-sort-value=2000000|2 million
|-
|align=left|2000<ref name=results2000>[https://1997-2001.state.gov/briefings/statements/1999/ps990524b.html Results of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2000)], U.S. Department of State, 24 May 1999.</ref> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=8000000|8 million || data-sort-value=2500000|2.5 million
|-
|align=left|1999<ref name=results1999>[https://1997-2001.state.gov/briefings/statements/1998/ps980506.html Results of the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-99)], U.S. Department of State, 6 May 1998.</ref> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=3400000|3.4 million || data-sort-value=2400000|2.4 million
|-
|align=left|1998<ref name=results1998>[https://1997-2001.state.gov/briefings/statements/970910.html Diversity Immigrant Visa Lottery (DV-98) Results], U.S. Department of State, 10 September 1997.</ref> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=4700000|4.7 million || data-sort-value=1300000|1.3 million
|-
|align=left|1997<ref name=vb1991-2000/> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=6500000|6.5 million || data-sort-value=1100000|1.1 million
|-
|align=left|1996<ref name=vb1991-2000/> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=4500000|4.5 million || data-sort-value=2200000|2.2 million
|-
|align=left|1995<ref name=vb1991-2000/> || || || || || || || data-sort-value=6500000|6.5 million || data-sort-value=1500000|1.5 million
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{| class="wikitable sortable nowrap collapsible" style="font-size:85%; text-align:right; line-height:1.2"
|+style=line-height:1.5|Applicants (including dependents)<ref name=statistics/>
! DV<br>year !! Africa !! Asia !! Europe !! North<br>America !! Oceania !! South<br>America !! Total
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|align=left|2022 || || || || || || || 13,191,296
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|align=left|2021 || 4,877,931 || 2,353,280 || 3,915,557 || 1,672 || 28,072 || 654,195 || 11,830,707
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|align=left|2020 || 11,315,826 || 3,548,165 || 7,185,456 || 2,748 || 39,608 || 1,090,751 || 23,182,554
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|align=left|2019 || 10,877,791 || 3,289,665 || 7,620,677 || 2,864 || 39,102 || 594,954 || 22,425,053
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|align=left|2018 || 10,714,881 || 4,445,328 || 7,068,792 || 3,541 || 48,988 || 807,083 || 23,088,613
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|align=left|2017 || 9,063,669 || 3,867,613 || 5,820,808 || 3,581 || 49,517 || 539,398 || 19,344,586
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|align=left|2016 || 8,161,205 || 3,516,123 || 5,111,888 || 4,263 || 48,155 || 731,730 || 17,573,364
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|align=left|2015 || 6,586,302 || 2,720,578 || 4,731,871 || 3,585 || 39,884 || 315,667 || 14,397,887
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|align=left|2014 || 7,500,543 || 2,384,168 || 4,434,210 || 3,657 || 45,120 || 266,272 || 14,633,970
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|align=left|2013 || 6,783,699 || 1,863,169 || 3,672,464 || 3,356 || 37,224 || 217,443 || 12,577,355
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|align=left|2012 || 6,304,219 || 10,102,185 || 3,022,473 || 3,717 || 38,962 || 200,712 || 19,672,268
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|align=left|2011 || 5,812,174 || 7,870,896 || 2,593,039 || 3,793 || 37,674 || 193,932 || 16,511,508
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|align=left|2010 || 5,105,302 || 6,175,452 || 2,154,539 || 2,624 || 33,743 || 126,168 || 13,597,828
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|align=left|2009 || 4,372,560 || 6,401,172 || 2,174,677 || 3,193 || 40,964 || 192,447 || 13,185,013
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|align=left|2008 || 4,150,759 || 3,506,073 || 2,120,883 || 2,647 || 40,260 || 243,694 || 10,064,316
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|align=left|2007 || 3,901,093 || 2,732,805 || 1,910,383 || 1,968 || 34,834 || 489,144 || 9,070,227
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{| class="wikitable sortable nowrap collapsible" style="font-size:85%; text-align:right; line-height:1.2"
|+style=line-height:1.5|Selected applicants (including dependents)<ref name=statistics/>
! DV<br>year !! Africa !! Asia !! Europe !! North<br>America !! Oceania !! South<br>America !! Total
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|align=left|2026<ref name=results2026/> || 53,939 || 23,381 || 44,733 || 23 || 3,178 || 4,262 || 129,516
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|align=left|2025 || 55,942 || 23,198 || 43,197{{efn|name=gb2025|Additional applicants from the United Kingdom (except Northern Ireland) were selected later.<ref name=gb2025/>}} || 19 || 4,053 || 4,651 || 131,060{{efn|name=gb2025}}
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|align=left|2024 || 55,030 || 27,960 || 50,161 || 15 || 4,450 || 5,331 || 142,947
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|align=left|2023 || 49,119 || 24,044 || 40,065 || 16 || 2,503 || 3,515 || 119,262
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|align=left|2022 || 49,003 || 24,001 || 39,999 || 16 || 2,501 || 3,501 || 119,021
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|align=left|2021 || 53,649 || 25,408 || 45,002 || 29 || 2,815 || 5,501 || 132,404
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|align=left|2020 || 31,562 || 15,941 || 30,794 || 20 || 1,378 || 4,189 || 83,884
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|align=left|2019 || 38,247 || 15,619 || 30,006 || 18 || 1,538 || 2,182 || 87,610
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|align=left|2018 || 49,392 || 15,997 || 41,706 || 15 || 3,863 || 4,995 || 115,968
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|align=left|2017 || 38,500 || 13,499 || 28,500 || 10 || 1,450 || 1,951 || 83,910{{efn|Additional 7,700 applicants were selected later.<ref name=dv2017/>}}
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|align=left|2016 || 45,034 || 15,002 || 27,011 || 16 || 1,500 || 3,000 || 91,563
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|align=left|2015 || 58,000 || 20,002 || 40,000 || 14 || 3,499 || 3,999 || 125,514
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|align=left|2014 || 61,943 || 23,270 || 46,588 || 23 || 4,215 || 4,620 || 140,659
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|align=left|2013 || 52,080 || 16,045 || 33,088 || 16 || 2,193 || 2,206 || 105,628
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|align=left|2012 || 50,000 || 15,002 || 31,001 || 15 || 2,001 || 2,002 || 100,021
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|align=left|2011 || 51,004 || 14,999 || 30,999 || 18 || 1,600 || 2,001 || 100,621
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|align=left|2010<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2009/visa-bulletin-for-august-2009.html Visa bulletin for August 2009], U.S. Department of State, 9 July 2009.</ref> || 54,003 || 15,001 || 29,803 || 18 || 1,803 || 1,982 || 102,610
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|align=left|2009<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2008/visa-bulletin-for-july-2008.html Visa bulletin for July 2008], U.S. Department of State, 6 June 2008.</ref> || 53,979 || 14,002 || 27,921 || 12 || 1,801 || 1,893 || 99,608
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|align=left|2008<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2007/visa-bulletin-for-september-2007.html Visa bulletin for September 2007], U.S. Department of State, 13 August 2007.</ref> || 52,824 || 14,142 || 26,149 || 17 || 1,713 || 1,845 || 96,690
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|align=left|2007<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/legal/visa-law0/visa-bulletin/2006/visa-bulletin-for-august-2006.html Visa bulletin for August 2006], U.S. Department of State, 10 July 2006.</ref> || 43,999 || 11,929 || 21,938 || 12 || 1,398 || 3,097 || 82,373
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|align=left|2006<ref name=results2006/> || 44,415 || 11,473 || 24,980 || 12 || 2,115 || 4,438 || 87,433
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|align=left|2005<ref name=results2005/> || 45,143 || 13,804 || 34,610 || 14 || 1,720 || 4,991 || 100,282
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|align=left|2004<ref name=results2004/> || 50,547 || 19,628 || 35,868 || 12 || 1,312 || 3,790 || 111,157
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|align=left|2003<ref name=results2003/> || 39,138 || 14,169 || 29,226 || 13 || 1,200 || 3,407 || 87,153
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|align=left|2002<ref name=results2002/> || 40,141 || 15,337 || 30,003 || 15 || 1,223 || 3,272 || 89,991
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|align=left|2001<ref name=results2001/> || 39,028 || 14,773 || 31,496 || 19 || 1,300 || 3,813 || 90,429
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|align=left|2000<ref name=results2000/> || 42,422 || 15,990 || 46,051 || 36 || 2,302 || 6,621 || 113,422
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|align=left|1999<ref name=results1999/> || 34,371 || 11,819 || 37,993 || 14 || 1,444 || 4,105 || 89,746
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|align=left|1998<ref name=results1998/> || 38,477 || 13,126 || 39,272 || 15 || 1,533 || 4,496 || 96,919
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|align=left|1997<ref name=vb1991-2000/> || 37,920 || 10,038 || 42,747 || 17 || 1,490 || 4,471 || 96,683
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|align=left|1996<ref name=vb1991-2000/> || 36,458 || 12,777 || 44,440 || 37 || 1,586 || 4,411 || 99,709
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|align=left|1995<ref>[https://www.visalaw.com/blog-archive/9411-dv-1-lottery-update/ DV-1 lottery update], Siskind Susser.</ref> || 64,189 || 25,354 || 92,716 || 23 || 2,787 || 9,475 || 194,544
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{| class="wikitable sortable nowrap collapsible" style="font-size:85%; text-align:right; line-height:1.2"
|+style=line-height:1.5|Portion of applicants who were selected
! DV<br>year !! Africa !! Asia !! Europe !! North<br>America !! Oceania !! South<br>America !! Total
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|align=left|2022 || || || || || || || 0.90%
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|align=left|2021 || 1.10% || 1.08% || 1.15% || 1.73% || 10.03% || 0.84% || 1.12%
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|align=left|2020 || 0.28% || 0.45% || 0.43% || 0.73% || 3.48% || 0.38% || 0.36%
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|align=left|2019 || 0.35% || 0.47% || 0.39% || 0.63% || 3.93% || 0.37% || 0.39%
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|align=left|2018 || 0.46% || 0.36% || 0.59% || 0.42% || 7.89% || 0.62% || 0.50%
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|align=left|2017 || 0.42% || 0.35% || 0.49% || 0.28% || 2.93% || 0.36% || 0.43%
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|align=left|2016 || 0.55% || 0.43% || 0.53% || 0.38% || 3.11% || 0.41% || 0.52%
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|align=left|2015 || 0.88% || 0.74% || 0.85% || 0.39% || 8.77% || 1.27% || 0.87%
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|align=left|2014 || 0.83% || 0.98% || 1.05% || 0.63% || 9.34% || 1.74% || 0.96%
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|align=left|2013 || 0.77% || 0.86% || 0.90% || 0.48% || 5.89% || 1.01% || 0.84%
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|align=left|2012 || 0.79% || 0.15% || 1.03% || 0.40% || 5.14% || 1.00% || 0.51%
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|align=left|2011 || 0.88% || 0.19% || 1.20% || 0.47% || 4.25% || 1.03% || 0.61%
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|align=left|2010 || 1.06% || 0.24% || 1.38% || 0.69% || 5.34% || 1.57% || 0.75%
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|align=left|2009 || 1.23% || 0.22% || 1.28% || 0.38% || 4.40% || 0.98% || 0.76%
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|align=left|2008 || 1.27% || 0.40% || 1.23% || 0.64% || 4.25% || 0.76% || 0.96%
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|align=left|2007 || 1.13% || 0.44% || 1.15% || 0.61% || 4.01% || 0.63% || 0.91%
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{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible collapsed nowrap" style="font-size:90%; text-align:right; line-height:1.2"
|+ class="nowrap" style=line-height:1.5|Diversity visas issued and adjustments of status<ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2024AnnualReport/Table%20VII.pdf Immigrant number use for visa issuances and adjustments of status in the diversity immigrant category, fiscal years 2015–2024], U.S. Department of State.</ref><ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2023AnnualReport/FY2023_AR_TableVII.pdf Immigrant number use for visa issuances and adjustments of status in the diversity immigrant category, fiscal years 2014–2023], U.S. Department of State.</ref><ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2013AnnualReport/FY13AnnualReport-TableVII.pdf Immigrant number use for visa issuances and adjustments of status in the diversity immigrant category, fiscal years 2004–2013], U.S. Department of State.</ref><ref>[https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/FY2003%20table%20VII.pdf Immigrant number use for visa issuances and adjustments of status in the diversity immigrant category, fiscal years 1995–2003], U.S. Department of State.</ref>
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!''Region'', country or territory 
! 2024 !! 2023 !! 2022 !! 2021 !! 2020 !! 2019 !! 2018 !! 2017 !! 2016 !! 2015 !! 2014 !! 2013 !! 2012 !! 2011 !! 2010 !! 2009 !! 2008 !! 2007 !! 2006 !! 2005 !! 2004 !! 2003 !! 2002 !! 2001 !! 2000 !! 1999 !! 1998 !! 1997 !! 1996 !! 1995
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|align=left|''Africa'' || 22,632 || 21,176 || 19,215 || 5,801 || 6,017 || 20,336 || 20,532 || 19,211 || 20,706 || 19,686 || 22,703 || 23,607 || 13,582 || 24,015 || 24,745 || 24,648 || 22,960 || 18,046 || 19,548 || 19,118 || 17,146 || 19,227 || 16,404 || 18,081 || 16,998 || 18,413 || 16,727 || 18,928 || 20,512 || 20,314
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|align=left|''Asia'' || 9,851 || 9,804 || 11,693 || 4,498 || 4,055 || 6,079 || 6,290 || 7,650 || 8,898 || 7,570 || 8,500 || 9,785 || 6,481 || 9,167 || 8,824 || 7,759 || 7,335 || 7,151 || 7,402 || 6,462 || 6,310 || 6,557 || 6,346 || 6,801 || 5,263 || 6,485 || 7,461 || 6,757 || 6,164 || 6,864
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|align=left|''Europe'' || 18,950 || 22,265 || 21,806 || 5,795 || 7,643 || 17,897 || 20,434 || 20,516 || 15,207 || 19,811 || 18,904 || 17,296 || 13,093 || 16,378 || 16,083 || 14,241 || 14,788 || 12,633 || 15,626 || 19,330 || 21,721 || 22,323 || 18,056 || 17,837 || 22,385 || 25,685 || 24,228 || 26,078 || 24,505 || 24,289
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|align=left|''North America''{{efn|name=NA|The only eligible country in North America is [[The Bahamas]]. Canada is not eligible for the program.}} || 10 || 7 || 12 || 21 || 13 || 8 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 7 || 2 || 16 || 3 || 2 || 13 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 9 || 10 || 12 || 6 || 8 || 16 || 17 || 4 || 7 || 9 || 10 || 6
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|align=left|''Oceania'' || 1,138 || 863 || 1,195 || 631 || 543 || 592 || 824 || 766 || 532 || 844 || 761 || 838 || 562 || 578 || 639 || 605 || 710 || 541 || 831 || 769 || 692 || 675 || 625 || 801 || 787 || 797 || 704 || 712 || 707 || 800
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|align=left|''South America''{{efn|name=SA|The region of South America also includes eligible countries in Central America and the Caribbean.}} || 1,973 || 1,878 || 1,961 || 2,166 || 854 || 977 || 1,631 || 1,830 || 1,370 || 1,459 || 1,472 || 1,029 || 742 || 978 || 1,008 || 782 || 835 || 1,699 || 2,729 || 2,462 || 2,163 || 2,024 || 1,929 || 1,914 || 2,265 || 2,731 || 2,438 || 2,543 || 2,264 || 2,785
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|align=left|''Total'' || 54,554 || 55,993 || 55,882 || 18,912 || 19,125 || 45,889 || 49,713 || 49,976 || 46,718 || 49,377 || 52,342 || 52,571 || 34,463 || 51,118 || 51,312 || 48,036 || 46,633 || 40,076 || 46,145 || 48,151 || 48,044 || 50,812 || 43,368 || 45,450 || 47,715 || 54,115 || 51,565 || 55,027 || 54,162 || 55,058
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|align=left|Afghanistan || 1,017 || 573 || 723 || 87 || 165 || 265 || 231 || 144 || 192 || 28 || 95 || 59 || 43 || 25 || 66 || 46 || 32 || 16 || 25 || 9 || 25 || 8 || 30 || 96 || 21 || 64 || 57 || 56 || 69 || 132
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|align=left|Albania || 1,161 || 1,568 || 2,054 || 270 || 1,296 || 2,284 || 2,630 || 2,436 || 1,506 || 1,910 || 1,571 || 994 || 528 || 965 || 1,645 || 2,033 || 2,057 || 1,229 || 1,564 || 2,279 || 2,207 || 2,035 || 2,086 || 3,483 || 3,428 || 3,850 || 3,706 || 3,850 || 2,487 || 672
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|align=left|Algeria || 2,408 || 3,846 || 2,380 || 814 || 783 || 1,649 || 1,346 || 996 || 1,277 || 1,093 || 971 || 1,058 || 343 || 846 || 797 || 798 || 823 || 338 || 476 || 420 || 300 || 343 || 572 || 441 || 501 || 673 || 553 || 321 || 669 || 511
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|align=left|Andorra || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Angola || 199 || 255 || 293 || 17 || 9 || 60 || 20 || 12 || 37 || 8 || 10 || 13 || 7 || 15 || 6 || 14 || 4 || 4 || 6 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 11 || 10 || 19
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|align=left|Antigua and Barbuda || 1 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 6 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 6 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 2
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|align=left|Argentina || 55 || 84 || 106 || 92 || 11 || 49 || 32 || 36 || 30 || 52 || 73 || 32 || 37 || 57 || 91 || 62 || 60 || 45 || 58 || 69 || 102 || 143 || 96 || 59 || 139 || 147 || 85 || 94 || 92 || 49
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|align=left|Armenia || 1,093 || 2,328 || 1,308 || 133 || 373 || 1,313 || 1,662 || 1,566 || 1,000 || 1,556 || 1,272 || 903 || 644 || 1,013 || 1,001 || 950 || 837 || 567 || 484 || 581 || 531 || 449 || 329 || 363 || 378 || 530 || 472 || 1,090 || 1,331 || 766
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|align=left|Aruba || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 6 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2
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|align=left|Australia || 158 || 98 || 500 || 221 || 263 || 340 || 507 || 398 || 331 || 486 || 406 || 433 || 292 || 275 || 285 || 187 || 238 || 174 || 318 || 331 || 172 || 215 || 99 || 157 || 211 || 218 || 121 || 132 || 103 || 191
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|align=left|Austria || 6 || 8 || 18 || 15 || 9 || 4 || 14 || 34 || 10 || 48 || 24 || 42 || 34 || 69 || 56 || 54 || 30 || 30 || 29 || 38 || 35 || 43 || 36 || 46 || 61 || 75 || 84 || 97 || 86 || 139
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|align=left|Azerbaijan || 776 || 521 || 720 || 188 || 189 || 822 || 508 || 434 || 204 || 289 || 190 || 190 || 149 || 222 || 207 || 217 || 163 || 77 || 111 || 157 || 199 || 164 || 153 || 141 || 175 || 181 || 207 || 181 || 256 || 232
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|align=left|Bahamas || 10 || 7 || 12 || 21 || 13 || 8 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 7 || 2 || 16 || 3 || 2 || 13 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 9 || 10 || 12 || 6 || 8 || 16 || 17 || 4 || 7 || 9 || 10 || 6
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|align=left|Bahrain || 0 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 10 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 1 || 4 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 5
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|align=left|Bangladesh || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 295 || 3,090 || 3,017 || 2,663 || 2,286 || 3,518 || 3,421 || 2,542 || 1,837 || 755 || 1,101 || 1,556 || 1,559 || 1,882 || 3,347 || 3,362 || 2,943 || 3,288
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|align=left|Barbados || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 4 || 6 || 14 || 3 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 9 || 5 || 10 || 10
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|align=left|Belarus || 835 || 1,052 || 863 || 503 || 361 || 929 || 828 || 801 || 568 || 868 || 844 || 848 || 285 || 684 || 734 || 780 || 769 || 517 || 499 || 531 || 556 || 623 || 465 || 512 || 505 || 415 || 405 || 286 || 304 || 259
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|align=left|Belgium || 9 || 11 || 18 || 11 || 6 || 16 || 27 || 42 || 13 || 34 || 24 || 39 || 47 || 26 || 54 || 39 || 32 || 20 || 15 || 25 || 21 || 26 || 21 || 25 || 50 || 76 || 47 || 68 || 101 || 122
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|align=left|Belize || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 12 || 1 || 8 || 3 || 5 || 7 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 15 || 4 || 2 || 8 || 0 || 2
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|align=left|Benin || 432 || 274 || 266 || 58 || 92 || 364 || 237 || 237 || 282 || 193 || 182 || 230 || 82 || 220 || 223 || 198 || 183 || 121 || 139 || 84 || 43 || 59 || 22 || 26 || 25 || 21 || 30 || 29 || 14 || 7
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|align=left|Bhutan || 97 || 78 || 80 || 18 || 5 || 20 || 7 || 7 || 9 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 5 || 7 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Bolivia || 42 || 14 || 29 || 19 || 4 || 7 || 12 || 10 || 24 || 23 || 26 || 33 || 28 || 30 || 76 || 53 || 79 || 36 || 94 || 50 || 30 || 49 || 41 || 14 || 21 || 30 || 22 || 50 || 61 || 41
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|align=left|Bosnia and Herzegovina || 23 || 33 || 61 || 15 || 14 || 23 || 47 || 84 || 48 || 77 || 39 || 30 || 44 || 33 || 37 || 62 || 31 || 40 || 42 || 41 || 34 || 30 || 13 || 34 || 47 || 37 || 35 || 70 || 83 || 112
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|align=left|Botswana || 3 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 9 || 0 || 10 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 6 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 4
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|align=left|Brazil || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 232 || 160 || 231 || 107 || 206 || 99 || 211 || 300 || 232 || 219 || 213 || 219 || 194
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|align=left|Brunei || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Bulgaria || 44 || 87 || 142 || 82 || 109 || 230 || 343 || 540 || 614 || 834 || 1,026 || 965 || 456 || 653 || 571 || 753 || 1,093 || 1,328 || 1,711 || 2,583 || 2,470 || 2,796 || 1,925 || 2,416 || 2,818 || 3,733 || 3,545 || 2,224 || 772 || 1,355
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|align=left|Burkina Faso || 119 || 94 || 45 || 7 || 24 || 95 || 110 || 138 || 132 || 122 || 120 || 223 || 103 || 117 || 109 || 92 || 117 || 31 || 53 || 19 || 10 || 7 || 0 || 4 || 6 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 1 || 0
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|align=left|Burundi || 616 || 92 || 140 || 43 || 50 || 141 || 97 || 75 || 64 || 47 || 37 || 28 || 11 || 28 || 42 || 22 || 9 || 2 || 16 || 5 || 13 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 7 || 7
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|align=left|Cambodia || 96 || 66 || 166 || 51 || 69 || 86 || 121 || 198 || 266 || 152 || 334 || 399 || 188 || 168 || 132 || 120 || 92 || 89 || 52 || 35 || 56 || 47 || 49 || 75 || 50 || 34 || 10 || 5 || 26 || 32
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|align=left|Cameroon || 2,050 || 1,408 || 1,705 || 653 || 460 || 1,661 || 1,626 || 1,214 || 1,625 || 1,455 || 1,289 || 1,619 || 847 || 1,706 || 1,581 || 1,530 || 1,190 || 748 || 804 || 626 || 495 || 526 || 460 || 353 || 348 || 682 || 387 || 546 || 344 || 312
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|align=left|Cape Verde || 10 || 20 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 12 || 2 || 7 || 0 || 10 || 0 || 8 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 35 || 69 || 112 || 66
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|align=left|Central African Republic || 8 || 3 || 8 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 4 || 2 || 8 || 3 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 5 || 11 || 0
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|align=left|Chad || 215 || 102 || 136 || 25 || 12 || 22 || 18 || 10 || 18 || 15 || 9 || 10 || 3 || 16 || 6 || 10 || 7 || 7 || 3 || 9 || 6 || 3 || 5 || 17 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 8 || 7 || 5
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|align=left|Chile || 10 || 13 || 12 || 20 || 7 || 14 || 24 || 13 || 1 || 10 || 24 || 12 || 6 || 16 || 11 || 31 || 14 || 28 || 26 || 13 || 9 || 3 || 10 || 6 || 25 || 38 || 32 || 36 || 42 || 24
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|align=left|Cocos (Keeling) Islands || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Colombia || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 2 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 318
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|align=left|Comoros || 4 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1
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|align=left|Cook Islands || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Costa Rica || 22 || 27 || 3 || 15 || 6 || 8 || 10 || 13 || 10 || 6 || 25 || 20 || 2 || 12 || 17 || 2 || 3 || 6 || 12 || 18 || 7 || 8 || 1 || 9 || 42 || 29 || 19 || 16 || 6 || 26
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|align=left|Croatia || 10 || 6 || 14 || 17 || 13 || 12 || 23 || 27 || 22 || 30 || 41 || 20 || 34 || 20 || 29 || 36 || 18 || 29 || 22 || 27 || 43 || 52 || 19 || 36 || 68 || 111 || 92 || 119 || 169 || 213
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|align=left|Cuba || 1,129 || 809 || 612 || 517 || 361 || 103 || 187 || 384 || 536 || 474 || 302 || 193 || 70 || 231 || 140 || 190 || 256 || 109 || 364 || 294 || 402 || 314 || 503 || 456 || 579 || 1,123 || 880 || 1,014 || 358 || 166
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|align=left|Curaçao || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 1 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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|align=left|Cyprus || 3 || 4 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 8 || 8 || 8 || 7 || 3 || 2 || 2 || 8 || 14 || 5 || 5 || 9 || 7 || 3 || 15 || 5 || 8 || 29 || 22 || 14 || 24 || 28 || 32
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|align=left|Czech Republic || 16 || 10 || 7 || 11 || 10 || 28 || 41 || 20 || 28 || 38 || 41 || 30 || 23 || 34 || 42 || 37 || 81 || 26 || 42 || 75 || 85 || 125 || 53 || 58 || 91 || 79 || 82 || 115 || 108 || 124
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|align=left|Democratic Republic of the Congo || 488 || 973 || 903 || 592 || 478 || 3,096 || 2,874 || 2,669 || 2,778 || 2,641 || 2,442 || 2,235 || 1,221 || 1,522 || 924 || 601 || 511 || 317 || 354 || 296 || 67 || 288 || 169 || 154 || 141 || 112 || 88 || 76 || 86 || 97
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|align=left|Denmark || 2 || 5 || 6 || 2 || 1 || 8 || 11 || 21 || 14 || 17 || 21 || 20 || 17 || 17 || 34 || 12 || 23 || 14 || 16 || 17 || 17 || 20 || 8 || 27 || 31 || 50 || 48 || 53 || 60 || 108
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|align=left|Djibouti || 100 || 40 || 77 || 35 || 13 || 29 || 43 || 32 || 33 || 18 || 13 || 18 || 8 || 18 || 9 || 11 || 15 || 5 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 8 || 2 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 6 || 10 || 7
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|align=left|Dominica || 2 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 11 || 9 || 10 || 15 || 21 || 3 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 5 || 8 || 1 || 15 || 18 || 16 || 13 || 8 || 11 || 6
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|align=left|Ecuador || 221 || 219 || 163 || 102 || 62 || 82 || 287 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 113 || 75 || 138 || 131 || 391 || 181 || 176 || 348 || 137 || 131 || 140 || 224 || 234 || 281
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|align=left|Egypt || 2,627 || 2,714 || 2,147 || 447 || 1,297 || 3,312 || 3,466 || 3,580 || 2,855 || 3,456 || 3,500 || 3,383 || 2,013 || 3,268 || 3,253 || 3,651 || 3,310 || 3,527 || 3,538 || 3,511 || 1,726 || 982 || 1,106 || 1,284 || 1,525 || 1,952 || 1,910 || 1,930 || 2,087 || 3,081
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|align=left|Equatorial Guinea || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Eritrea || 53 || 35 || 57 || 15 || 11 || 116 || 139 || 81 || 149 || 186 || 173 || 245 || 144 || 381 || 368 || 392 || 302 || 194 || 162 || 168 || 94 || 142 || 96 || 311 || 113 || 130 || 354 || 652 || 279 || 484
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|align=left|Estonia || 8 || 12 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 9 || 24 || 13 || 10 || 21 || 17 || 23 || 12 || 21 || 13 || 16 || 19 || 16 || 14 || 19 || 26 || 33 || 21 || 22 || 49 || 65 || 26 || 46 || 51 || 60
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|align=left|Eswatini || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 1
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|align=left|Ethiopia || 1,373 || 585 || 621 || 67 || 339 || 1,696 || 2,106 || 2,560 || 2,143 || 2,469 || 2,543 || 2,393 || 1,419 || 3,536 || 3,774 || 3,690 || 3,549 || 3,248 || 3,502 || 3,492 || 3,659 || 3,784 || 3,222 || 3,464 || 1,482 || 2,728 || 2,163 || 3,051 || 3,272 || 3,539
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|align=left|Faroe Islands || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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|align=left|Fiji || 869 || 676 || 537 || 292 || 216 || 139 || 184 || 214 || 130 || 185 || 218 || 254 || 174 || 174 || 232 || 291 || 313 || 273 || 336 || 281 || 410 || 317 || 459 || 488 || 412 || 461 || 478 || 460 || 538 || 494
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|align=left|Finland || 12 || 13 || 15 || 5 || 4 || 18 || 21 || 29 || 22 || 29 || 16 || 25 || 35 || 40 || 34 || 22 || 9 || 13 || 31 || 26 || 29 || 15 || 15 || 14 || 25 || 61 || 80 || 77 || 189 || 157
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|align=left|France || 83 || 107 || 119 || 70 || 57 || 208 || 257 || 258 || 211 || 346 || 326 || 228 || 186 || 275 || 272 || 241 || 308 || 197 || 188 || 184 || 159 || 215 || 147 || 160 || 292 || 429 || 333 || 291 || 343 || 508
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|align=left|French Guiana || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
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|align=left|French Polynesia || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 2
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|align=left|French Southern and Antarctic Lands || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Gabon || 29 || 19 || 20 || 8 || 3 || 16 || 7 || 13 || 9 || 12 || 18 || 6 || 10 || 7 || 7 || 5 || 18 || 9 || 8 || 5 || 2 || 20 || 5 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 10 || 3
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|align=left|Gambia || 11 || 22 || 40 || 3 || 6 || 16 || 20 || 15 || 6 || 13 || 7 || 11 || 11 || 14 || 15 || 26 || 7 || 12 || 24 || 22 || 3 || 4 || 4 || 18 || 13 || 12 || 41 || 38 || 77 || 66
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|align=left|Georgia || 1,130 || 768 || 1,290 || 265 || 399 || 662 || 676 || 548 || 368 || 507 || 345 || 411 || 293 || 461 || 441 || 360 || 284 || 221 || 225 || 179 || 314 || 193 || 122 || 136 || 104 || 190 || 137 || 133 || 264 || 148
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|align=left|Germany || 127 || 245 || 309 || 88 || 92 || 203 || 311 || 284 || 293 || 535 || 497 || 584 || 595 || 860 || 964 || 910 || 817 || 536 || 540 || 572 || 510 || 472 || 454 || 757 || 1,191 || 1,617 || 1,195 || 1,074 || 1,038 || 998
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|align=left|Ghana || 576 || 659 || 355 || 229 || 111 || 640 || 777 || 803 || 432 || 526 || 1,460 || 1,895 || 1,689 || 2,460 || 2,660 || 1,912 || 1,868 || 978 || 1,209 || 1,134 || 805 || 1,610 || 1,809 || 1,125 || 1,972 || 1,798 || 2,057 || 2,720 || 3,850 || 2,265
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|align=left|Greece || 19 || 45 || 51 || 8 || 19 || 59 || 71 || 96 || 54 || 98 || 79 || 54 || 30 || 42 || 43 || 76 || 84 || 55 || 54 || 62 || 58 || 41 || 39 || 38 || 66 || 73 || 42 || 76 || 127 || 171
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|align=left|Grenada || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 6 || 1 || 7 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 8 || 2 || 6 || 6 || 13 || 31
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|align=left|Guadeloupe || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
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|align=left|Guatemala || 64 || 32 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 11 || 19 || 35 || 13 || 9 || 20 || 44 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 30 || 13 || 9 || 4 || 5 || 5 || 11 || 17 || 33 || 46 || 82 || 103 || 75 || 170
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|align=left|Guinea || 255 || 343 || 377 || 41 || 38 || 300 || 155 || 205 || 293 || 262 || 264 || 257 || 113 || 185 || 268 || 86 || 109 || 35 || 49 || 20 || 23 || 18 || 25 || 38 || 24 || 53 || 87 || 55 || 64 || 76
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|align=left|Guinea-Bissau || 3 || 8 || 10 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3
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|align=left|Guyana || 5 || 7 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 8 || 2 || 4 || 14 || 6 || 16 || 7 || 30 || 32 || 19 || 7 || 7 || 29 || 12 || 15 || 21 || 17 || 9 || 29 || 52 || 47 || 47 || 63 || 167
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|align=left|Haiti || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 87 || 69 || 46 || 72 || 181
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|align=left|Honduras || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 46 || 20 || 15 || 49 || 30 || 26 || 31 || 38 || 24 || 23 || 26 || 26 || 10 || 14 || 5 || 11 || 6 || 10 || 9 || 3 || 21 || 23 || 17 || 53 || 34 || 71 || 68
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|align=left|Hong Kong || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 153 || 58 || 46 || 56 || 18 || 55 || 34 || 46 || 40 || 10 || 27 || 23 || 32 || 48 || 37 || 49 || 50 || 88 || 113 || 109 || 79 || 101 || 203 || 215 || 375 || 250 || 328
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|align=left|Hungary || 36 || 29 || 65 || 50 || 33 || 38 || 84 || 83 || 79 || 121 || 103 || 112 || 80 || 125 || 65 || 138 || 82 || 67 || 87 || 118 || 71 || 122 || 57 || 93 || 100 || 144 || 168 || 172 || 251 || 226
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|align=left|Iceland || 0 || 0 || 5 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 9 || 1 || 11 || 10 || 15 || 15 || 13 || 30 || 9 || 4 || 7 || 6 || 1 || 7 || 9 || 8 || 7 || 20 || 10 || 22 || 29 || 51 || 32
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|align=left|Indonesia || 29 || 45 || 106 || 85 || 58 || 63 || 64 || 41 || 45 || 44 || 68 || 66 || 100 || 89 || 122 || 122 || 156 || 148 || 152 || 111 || 213 || 399 || 329 || 223 || 447 || 161 || 152 || 98 || 89 || 71
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|align=left|Iran || 1,823 || 1,049 || 2,024 || 244 || 131 || 298 || 318 || 2,106 || 2,788 || 2,661 || 2,386 || 3,802 || 2,428 || 2,023 || 1,854 || 1,117 || 841 || 839 || 543 || 450 || 363 || 365 || 785 || 525 || 313 || 334 || 383 || 326 || 280 || 281
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|align=left|Iraq || 314 || 412 || 650 || 30 || 86 || 264 || 297 || 150 || 146 || 23 || 49 || 66 || 36 || 57 || 37 || 50 || 88 || 48 || 32 || 19 || 37 || 16 || 57 || 61 || 34 || 57 || 41 || 45 || 34 || 41
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|align=left|Ireland || 4 || 2 || 15 || 10 || 3 || 21 || 37 || 31 || 36 || 50 || 44 || 52 || 76 || 87 || 61 || 51 || 51 || 50 || 55 || 76 || 113 || 157 || 65 || 86 || 204 || 318 || 367 || 459 || 518 || 481
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|align=left|Israel || 15 || 5 || 52 || 40 || 26 || 64 || 49 || 34 || 35 || 20 || 58 || 74 || 45 || 41 || 30 || 43 || 47 || 38 || 50 || 40 || 109 || 66 || 87 || 58 || 28 || 68 || 45 || 24 || 56 || 36
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|align=left|Italy || 66 || 77 || 161 || 120 || 66 || 141 || 162 || 244 || 194 || 289 || 282 || 157 || 207 || 186 || 167 || 161 || 128 || 86 || 91 || 90 || 74 || 126 || 50 || 56 || 128 || 280 || 274 || 262 || 282 || 413
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|align=left|Ivory Coast || 241 || 272 || 383 || 144 || 76 || 424 || 386 || 442 || 510 || 377 || 376 || 325 || 156 || 297 || 230 || 215 || 194 || 138 || 103 || 89 || 62 || 117 || 42 || 70 || 72 || 58 || 133 || 119 || 140 || 102
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|align=left|Japan || 81 || 104 || 331 || 237 || 135 || 223 || 164 || 117 || 194 || 143 || 269 || 287 || 216 || 177 || 199 || 207 || 282 || 231 || 246 || 264 || 450 || 633 || 447 || 259 || 293 || 431 || 322 || 297 || 230 || 134
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|align=left|Jordan || 417 || 480 || 713 || 542 || 266 || 330 || 254 || 96 || 176 || 72 || 181 || 122 || 62 || 87 || 72 || 95 || 25 || 37 || 52 || 29 || 27 || 51 || 79 || 43 || 47 || 104 || 72 || 28 || 46 || 71
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|align=left|Kazakhstan || 981 || 1,310 || 865 || 325 || 392 || 576 || 514 || 460 || 243 || 460 || 325 || 316 || 237 || 236 || 201 || 200 || 172 || 108 || 135 || 159 || 251 || 242 || 268 || 263 || 255 || 259 || 256 || 129 || 217 || 82
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|align=left|Kenya || 2,651 || 812 || 1,157 || 278 || 393 || 1,207 || 1,220 || 1,014 || 1,116 || 903 || 1,216 || 1,281 || 752 || 1,918 || 2,420 || 2,365 || 2,187 || 1,333 || 1,807 || 1,786 || 1,993 || 2,272 || 1,487 || 1,014 || 897 || 884 || 835 || 505 || 544 || 862
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|align=left|Kiribati || 8 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Kosovo || 208 || 342 || 295 || 114 || 113 || 232 || 230 || 318 || 164 || 146 || 95 || 126 || 71 || 83 || 91 || 50 || 2 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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|align=left|Kuwait || 61 || 64 || 106 || 52 || 37 || 51 || 81 || 45 || 59 || 29 || 58 || 66 || 31 || 25 || 29 || 10 || 22 || 14 || 5 || 13 || 14 || 16 || 19 || 22 || 20 || 24 || 12 || 14 || 19 || 16
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|align=left|Kyrgyzstan || 1,848 || 1,888 || 1,394 || 358 || 149 || 383 || 383 || 223 || 135 || 286 || 235 || 189 || 182 || 147 || 130 || 122 || 132 || 81 || 80 || 94 || 116 || 138 || 61 || 67 || 60 || 81 || 46 || 24 || 33 || 34
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|align=left|Laos || 4 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 7 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 3 || 7 || 6 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 9 || 1 || 4 || 1
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|align=left|Latvia || 32 || 29 || 26 || 23 || 19 || 23 || 34 || 22 || 31 || 30 || 57 || 57 || 22 || 70 || 36 || 41 || 19 || 35 || 53 || 58 || 88 || 98 || 98 || 96 || 120 || 112 || 110 || 97 || 82 || 118
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|align=left|Lebanon || 18 || 107 || 209 || 107 || 26 || 77 || 44 || 41 || 72 || 52 || 58 || 87 || 94 || 56 || 46 || 83 || 77 || 54 || 54 || 44 || 27 || 34 || 49 || 56 || 34 || 43 || 53 || 37 || 38 || 56
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|align=left|Lesotho || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Liberia || 546 || 393 || 531 || 46 || 89 || 653 || 1,249 || 997 || 1,553 || 1,744 || 1,754 || 1,231 || 786 || 1,003 || 848 || 831 || 580 || 507 || 388 || 309 || 488 || 439 || 461 || 314 || 539 || 503 || 663 || 570 || 423 || 320
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|align=left|Libya || 93 || 286 || 192 || 59 || 24 || 72 || 47 || 115 || 127 || 72 || 51 || 82 || 60 || 44 || 70 || 56 || 23 || 11 || 19 || 16 || 2 || 55 || 13 || 16 || 28 || 19 || 43 || 11 || 40 || 56
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|align=left|Liechtenstein || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 0
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|align=left|Lithuania || 29 || 60 || 73 || 43 || 35 || 109 || 106 || 96 || 91 || 167 || 156 || 141 || 129 || 167 || 133 || 106 || 128 || 192 || 353 || 638 || 1,385 || 2,039 || 1,139 || 958 || 901 || 823 || 1,020 || 484 || 525 || 436
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|align=left|Luxembourg || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 9 || 2
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|align=left|Macau || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 8 || 17 || 3 || 4 || 6 || 2 || 8 || 3 || 11 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 1 || 2 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 2 || 7 || 54 || 53 || 85 || 157 || 141
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|align=left|Madagascar || 12 || 7 || 14 || 7 || 3 || 16 || 9 || 2 || 29 || 9 || 17 || 23 || 3 || 17 || 15 || 27 || 13 || 5 || 10 || 4 || 10 || 10 || 0 || 8 || 4 || 15 || 4 || 19 || 14 || 13
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|align=left|Malawi || 13 || 16 || 12 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 5 || 10 || 0 || 11 || 15 || 16 || 1 || 13 || 17 || 13 || 20 || 4 || 13 || 12 || 15 || 15 || 16 || 10 || 17 || 34 || 14 || 46 || 23 || 17
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|align=left|Malaysia || 24 || 17 || 34 || 18 || 21 || 30 || 38 || 30 || 48 || 14 || 38 || 20 || 27 || 48 || 41 || 30 || 39 || 31 || 22 || 48 || 57 || 98 || 68 || 43 || 40 || 45 || 58 || 36 || 60 || 45
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|align=left|Maldives || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Mali || 24 || 35 || 46 || 6 || 5 || 25 || 34 || 15 || 39 || 23 || 21 || 29 || 20 || 23 || 38 || 43 || 34 || 22 || 20 || 8 || 6 || 11 || 6 || 11 || 20 || 19 || 44 || 53 || 51 || 60
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|align=left|Malta || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 2 || 9 || 6 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 15
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|align=left|Marshall Islands || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Martinique || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0
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|align=left|Mauritania || 54 || 98 || 86 || 6 || 7 || 17 || 13 || 13 || 6 || 6 || 0 || 7 || 3 || 12 || 2 || 8 || 3 || 1 || 7 || 3 || 6 || 2 || 8 || 10 || 11 || 7 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 4
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|align=left|Mauritius || 0 || 0 || 6 || 1 || 2 || 5 || 3 || 2 || 11 || 16 || 6 || 4 || 7 || 24 || 20 || 21 || 22 || 3 || 2 || 4 || 15 || 11 || 8 || 10 || 16 || 20 || 22 || 15 || 27 || 32
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|align=left|Micronesia || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Moldova || 238 || 358 || 481 || 168 || 226 || 626 || 574 || 1,369 || 1,189 || 1,566 || 1,211 || 906 || 684 || 582 || 399 || 273 || 279 || 163 || 152 || 193 || 325 || 244 || 173 || 151 || 198 || 185 || 166 || 102 || 192 || 153
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|align=left|Monaco || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1
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|align=left|Mongolia || 84 || 153 || 196 || 197 || 114 || 143 || 160 || 97 || 157 || 55 || 79 || 116 || 91 || 209 || 108 || 129 || 199 || 70 || 112 || 42 || 19 || 34 || 40 || 16 || 4 || 9 || 13 || 0 || 0 || 3
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|align=left|Montenegro || 10 || 17 || 33 || 5 || 10 || 20 || 14 || 13 || 7 || 6 || 11 || 11 || 5 || 4 || 11 || 4 || 8 || 29 || 1 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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|align=left|Morocco || 2,358 || 2,773 || 2,559 || 1,126 || 719 || 1,132 || 1,011 || 1,080 || 1,115 || 912 || 864 || 894 || 376 || 987 || 1,782 || 2,004 || 2,129 || 1,672 || 1,831 || 2,243 || 1,753 || 2,045 || 1,205 || 3,365 || 2,180 || 2,294 || 1,255 || 1,270 || 383 || 769
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|align=left|Mozambique || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 2 || 6 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 7 || 11
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|align=left|Myanmar || 531 || 662 || 422 || 96 || 82 || 210 || 125 || 148 || 140 || 88 || 200 || 267 || 197 || 253 || 282 || 371 || 113 || 95 || 463 || 292 || 192 || 237 || 462 || 384 || 329 || 276 || 232 || 204 || 140 || 141
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|align=left|Namibia || 4 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 7 || 0 || 7 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 10 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 3 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 4
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|align=left|Nauru || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Nepal || 3,036 || 3,375 || 3,345 || 1,372 || 2,085 || 2,795 || 3,307 || 3,477 || 3,247 || 3,370 || 3,504 || 3,377 || 1,953 || 2,017 || 1,936 || 1,615 || 2,073 || 1,191 || 1,457 || 1,789 || 1,775 || 1,754 || 521 || 283 || 87 || 159 || 168 || 102 || 82 || 74
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|align=left|Netherlands || 5 || 5 || 14 || 13 || 17 || 27 || 19 || 31 || 40 || 46 || 71 || 35 || 61 || 52 || 80 || 103 || 68 || 45 || 52 || 51 || 40 || 52 || 25 || 27 || 61 || 102 || 100 || 124 || 186 || 241
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|align=left|Netherlands Antilles || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || 0 || 1 || 12 || 3 || 2 || 6 || 11 || 1 || 3 || 5 || 0 || 6 || 7 || 1 || 6 || 6 || 7
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|align=left|New Caledonia || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|New Zealand || 37 || 58 || 119 || 104 || 53 || 92 || 115 || 127 || 66 || 149 || 132 || 131 || 87 || 109 || 80 || 84 || 117 || 70 || 118 || 131 || 79 || 118 || 62 || 132 || 113 || 93 || 82 || 80 || 51 || 79
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|align=left|Nicaragua || 33 || 58 || 14 || 53 || 7 || 5 || 4 || 3 || 5 || 4 || 2 || 28 || 7 || 22 || 20 || 26 || 14 || 8 || 7 || 9 || 10 || 15 || 0 || 9 || 8 || 22 || 48 || 75 || 135 || 116
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|align=left|Niger || 28 || 10 || 33 || 7 || 8 || 22 || 21 || 6 || 15 || 15 || 18 || 18 || 3 || 20 || 20 || 21 || 42 || 20 || 26 || 13 || 11 || 18 || 15 || 12 || 8 || 10 || 2 || 6 || 10 || 2
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|align=left|Nigeria || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 2,467 || 3,274 || 1,887 || 2,810 || 2,834 || 3,275 || 3,425 || 3,183 || 3,271 || 2,528 || 3,335 || 3,386 || 2,694 || 2,854 || 3,262 || 3,008 || 3,008 || 3,750 || 3,858 || 3,852
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|align=left|Norfolk Island || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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|align=left|North Korea || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 12
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|align=left|North Macedonia || 114 || 188 || 224 || 61 || 61 || 194 || 284 || 235 || 206 || 263 || 183 || 148 || 68 || 177 || 150 || 205 || 219 || 163 || 151 || 183 || 106 || 123 || 111 || 133 || 169 || 210 || 209 || 172 || 256 || 106
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|align=left|Northern Ireland || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 15 || 18 || 14 || 15 || 17 || 10 || 13 || 3 || 16 || 20 || 31 || 24 || 26 || 5 || 18 || 27 || 52 || 54 || 47 || 79 || 100
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|align=left|Norway || 3 || 4 || 8 || 0 || 3 || 2 || 12 || 9 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 16 || 9 || 12 || 12 || 11 || 10 || 17 || 19 || 9 || 8 || 14 || 5 || 8 || 23 || 32 || 35 || 23 || 90 || 100
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|align=left|Oman || 5 || 15 || 17 || 3 || 2 || 8 || 5 || 6 || 4 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 1 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 3 || 1
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|align=left|Pakistan || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 2,484 || 1,469 || 2,109 || 1,772 || 1,365 || 1,426 || 1,823
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|align=left|Palau || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Panama || 2 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 6 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 7 || 5 || 7 || 5 || 17 || 9 || 5 || 6 || 10 || 4 || 13 || 3 || 5 || 6 || 27 || 17 || 9 || 10 || 15 || 13
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|align=left|Papua New Guinea || 0 || 6 || 10 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 9 || 0 || 1 || 8 || 12 || 2 || 5 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 7 || 3 || 1 || 6 || 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1
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|align=left|Paraguay || 7 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 5 || 1 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 1 || 4 || 6 || 4 || 17 || 3 || 5 || 7 || 2 || 7 || 8 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 2 || 19 || 12 || 3 || 11 || 7
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|align=left|Peru || 345 || 575 || 119 || 653 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 922 || 1,566 || 1,406 || 863 || 810 || 813 || 571 || 401 || 411 || 355 || 293 || 434 || 468
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|align=left|Poland || 95 || 120 || 192 || 92 || 37 || 215 || 277 || 287 || 327 || 412 || 500 || 829 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 2,090 || 2,957 || 3,256 || 2,899 || 2,631 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 3,838 || 3,849 || 3,851
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|align=left|Portugal || 2 || 7 || 13 || 7 || 4 || 5 || 25 || 15 || 11 || 29 || 27 || 20 || 16 || 17 || 9 || 16 || 12 || 8 || 6 || 15 || 22 || 28 || 9 || 16 || 24 || 36 || 74 || 168 || 227 || 576
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|align=left|Qatar || 35 || 43 || 60 || 11 || 5 || 24 || 26 || 9 || 16 || 15 || 15 || 14 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 2 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0
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|align=left|Republic of the Congo || 67 || 77 || 136 || 50 || 37 || 166 || 100 || 42 || 50 || 49 || 55 || 47 || 12 || 45 || 34 || 20 || 43 || 27 || 25 || 18 || 3 || 6 || 5 || 8 || 5 || 10 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 6
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|align=left|Réunion || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Romania || 78 || 127 || 188 || 106 || 94 || 242 || 199 || 321 || 342 || 539 || 498 || 423 || 589 || 482 || 366 || 343 || 876 || 893 || 1,258 || 1,515 || 1,147 || 1,425 || 953 || 1,899 || 2,460 || 3,268 || 3,026 || 2,667 || 1,933 || 2,727
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|align=left|Russia || 2,436 || 2,988 || 2,784 || 414 || 947 || 2,506 || 2,175 || 1,812 || 1,401 || 2,028 || 1,928 || 1,680 || 1,096 || 1,552 || 1,095 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 1,333 || 1,521 || 1,275 || 1,494 || 2,564 || 2,209 || 2,013 || 1,937 || 2,165 || 2,581
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|align=left|Rwanda || 379 || 658 || 661 || 155 || 115 || 338 || 277 || 161 || 242 || 199 || 139 || 158 || 43 || 64 || 65 || 32 || 44 || 19 || 16 || 15 || 8 || 5 || 6 || 40 || 5 || 42 || 17 || 15 || 20 || 10
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|align=left|Saint Kitts and Nevis || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Saint Lucia || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 9 || 10 || 1 || 5 || 15 || 9 || 1 || 9 || 7 || 4 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 5 || 7 || 3 || 6 || 4
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|align=left|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 5 || 9 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 7
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|align=left|Samoa || 0 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 4 || 9 || 2 || 11 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 6 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 6 || 4 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 2
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|align=left|São Tomé and Príncipe || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Saudi Arabia || 229 || 205 || 450 || 117 || 143 || 262 || 218 || 111 || 124 || 89 || 109 || 88 || 56 || 41 || 34 || 37 || 29 || 13 || 18 || 19 || 7 || 16 || 25 || 34 || 43 || 40 || 17 || 5 || 12 || 13
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|align=left|Senegal || 62 || 117 || 109 || 10 || 13 || 83 || 94 || 98 || 139 || 104 || 109 || 91 || 51 || 128 || 128 || 163 || 104 || 71 || 74 || 66 || 33 || 60 || 58 || 98 || 47 || 120 || 142 || 181 || 264 || 392
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|align=left|Serbia || 110 || 104 || 152 || 23 || 67 || 213 || 245 || 314 || 213 || 216 || 206 || 171 || 120 || 156 || 158 || 211 || 351 || 261 || 13 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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|align=left|Serbia and Montenegro || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || 252 || 201 || 205 || 208 || 109 || 279 || 373 || 304 || 407 || 400 || 489 || 812
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|align=left|Seychelles || 0 || 0 || 4 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Sierra Leone || 251 || 293 || 207 || 70 || 13 || 172 || 119 || 340 || 383 || 354 || 449 || 719 || 287 || 317 || 314 || 547 || 438 || 206 || 175 || 138 || 159 || 146 || 810 || 776 || 830 || 373 || 500 || 867 || 1,026 || 429
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|align=left|Singapore || 5 || 6 || 17 || 6 || 8 || 11 || 8 || 9 || 12 || 2 || 32 || 6 || 14 || 12 || 11 || 14 || 21 || 8 || 17 || 13 || 27 || 45 || 37 || 26 || 20 || 15 || 10 || 10 || 13 || 1
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|align=left|Sint Maarten || 0 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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|align=left|Slovakia || 10 || 8 || 21 || 4 || 8 || 13 || 26 || 31 || 26 || 44 || 36 || 36 || 17 || 37 || 43 || 45 || 67 || 96 || 128 || 213 || 217 || 290 || 190 || 228 || 194 || 277 || 253 || 465 || 419 || 406
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|align=left|Slovenia || 2 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 12 || 8 || 5 || 1 || 4 || 2 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 6 || 4 || 1 || 1 || 9 || 2 || 4 || 1 || 8 || 10 || 5 || 18 || 17 || 16
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|align=left|Solomon Islands || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Somalia || 501 || 253 || 82 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 11 || 56 || 104 || 59 || 46 || 78 || 28 || 52 || 71 || 70 || 40 || 21 || 42 || 61 || 38 || 98 || 211 || 376 || 644 || 347 || 285 || 226 || 301 || 351
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|align=left|South Africa || 91 || 116 || 266 || 106 || 38 || 180 || 175 || 215 || 182 || 197 || 217 || 319 || 225 || 309 || 303 || 301 || 235 || 151 || 164 || 161 || 132 || 342 || 265 || 201 || 406 || 367 || 467 || 369 || 694 || 953
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|align=left|South Sudan || 14 || 3 || 18 || 3 || 2 || 4 || 10 || 6 || 11 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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|align=left|Spain || 25 || 31 || 96 || 47 || 38 || 77 || 85 || 108 || 101 || 183 || 183 || 95 || 75 || 86 || 80 || 75 || 56 || 49 || 35 || 61 || 29 || 52 || 25 || 17 || 56 || 80 || 96 || 107 || 151 || 222
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|align=left|Sri Lanka || 391 || 883 || 583 || 438 || 225 || 331 || 360 || 160 || 324 || 201 || 301 || 296 || 217 || 336 || 441 || 548 || 466 || 299 || 259 || 286 || 287 || 592 || 403 || 261 || 162 || 270 || 312 || 281 || 187 || 200
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|align=left|Sudan || 1,814 || 1,980 || 1,704 || 249 || 403 || 1,548 || 1,680 || 1,174 || 1,833 || 1,191 || 965 || 436 || 308 || 569 || 557 || 592 || 502 || 279 || 359 || 384 || 223 || 511 || 611 || 861 || 1,133 || 1,425 || 888 || 699 || 1,002 || 692
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|align=left|Suriname || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7 || 1 || 4 || 7 || 9 || 3 || 6 || 5 || 25
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|align=left|Sweden || 4 || 8 || 11 || 9 || 8 || 11 || 33 || 53 || 46 || 48 || 35 || 62 || 62 || 43 || 54 || 46 || 50 || 61 || 50 || 46 || 43 || 72 || 35 || 56 || 115 || 160 || 126 || 140 || 284 || 234
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|align=left|Switzerland || 4 || 14 || 20 || 15 || 10 || 13 || 20 || 35 || 31 || 56 || 61 || 40 || 50 || 69 || 79 || 96 || 71 || 44 || 72 || 58 || 78 || 93 || 50 || 79 || 176 || 251 || 272 || 394 || 202 || 209
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|align=left|Syria || 143 || 137 || 240 || 84 || 36 || 83 || 55 || 128 || 164 || 134 || 138 || 91 || 72 || 67 || 37 || 53 || 40 || 16 || 20 || 17 || 10 || 28 || 31 || 43 || 22 || 23 || 49 || 26 || 56 || 23
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|align=left|Taiwan || 77 || 114 || 301 || 178 || 142 || 180 || 174 || 160 || 167 || 103 || 215 || 160 || 158 || 214 || 231 || 251 || 275 || 275 || 266 || 252 || 577 || 1,091 || 1,344 || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}}
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|align=left|Tajikistan || 1,596 || 1,676 || 723 || 243 || 159 || 919 || 698 || 419 || 239 || 339 || 248 || 209 || 152 || 182 || 121 || 80 || 66 || 33 || 27 || 32 || 54 || 35 || 63 || 26 || 80 || 56 || 44 || 42 || 26 || 51
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|align=left|Tanzania || 72 || 122 || 66 || 21 || 10 || 50 || 39 || 46 || 32 || 60 || 28 || 51 || 62 || 81 || 65 || 137 || 72 || 81 || 122 || 104 || 83 || 191 || 137 || 115 || 137 || 197 || 106 || 185 || 214 || 322
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|align=left|Thailand || 176 || 444 || 142 || 51 || 36 || 60 || 32 || 19 || 31 || 26 || 19 || 31 || 22 || 36 || 32 || 49 || 45 || 37 || 46 || 60 || 63 || 119 || 155 || 90 || 69 || 65 || 64 || 31 || 45 || 20
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|align=left|Timor-Leste || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}} || {{N/A}}
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|align=left|Togo || 888 || 871 || 838 || 186 || 208 || 757 || 664 || 504 || 688 || 547 || 565 || 514 || 281 || 526 || 507 || 483 || 469 || 468 || 458 || 1,084 || 1,314 || 1,434 || 564 || 441 || 328 || 199 || 256 || 120 || 100 || 40
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|align=left|Tonga || 65 || 18 || 28 || 11 || 8 || 15 || 13 || 24 || 1 || 15 || 2 || 11 || 1 || 9 || 22 || 27 || 27 || 14 || 51 || 21 || 23 || 16 || 2 || 20 || 37 || 18 || 19 || 40 || 14 || 33
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|align=left|Trinidad and Tobago || 25 || 23 || 16 || 18 || 8 || 6 || 29 || 17 || 20 || 53 || 62 || 45 || 43 || 53 || 103 || 76 || 48 || 55 || 60 || 34 || 32 || 28 || 30 || 52 || 209 || 139 || 184 || 106 || 164 || 253
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|align=left|Tunisia || 94 || 102 || 136 || 60 || 38 || 47 || 62 || 63 || 100 || 38 || 40 || 49 || 26 || 42 || 68 || 53 || 43 || 46 || 47 || 46 || 38 || 33 || 60 || 42 || 74 || 66 || 81 || 50 || 95 || 88
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|align=left|Turkey || 1,186 || 1,476 || 1,330 || 588 || 708 || 1,387 || 1,821 || 1,386 || 796 || 1,245 || 1,084 || 712 || 899 || 993 || 1,058 || 1,041 || 972 || 755 || 709 || 826 || 1,192 || 1,180 || 702 || 590 || 669 || 931 || 1,520 || 1,613 || 1,556 || 1,404
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|align=left|Turkmenistan || 492 || 381 || 547 || 235 || 61 || 177 || 157 || 93 || 75 || 105 || 106 || 70 || 72 || 85 || 77 || 59 || 78 || 40 || 44 || 46 || 50 || 41 || 18 || 22 || 23 || 26 || 45 || 21 || 23 || 5
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|align=left|Tuvalu || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Uganda || 647 || 218 || 206 || 69 || 64 || 133 || 177 || 92 || 166 || 171 || 184 || 204 || 111 || 211 || 158 || 170 || 152 || 122 || 96 || 98 || 73 || 100 || 100 || 66 || 62 || 112 || 113 || 143 || 189 || 196
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|align=left|Ukraine || 1,142 || 1,787 || 2,636 || 938 || 1,101 || 2,062 || 2,653 || 2,040 || 1,787 || 1,313 || 1,770 || 1,844 || 1,439 || 1,676 || 1,807 || 1,714 || 1,914 || 3,333 || 3,119 || 3,309 || 3,191 || 2,935 || 3,395 || 2,443 || 3,491 || 3,461 || 2,657 || 1,982 || 2,195 || 2,147
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|align=left|United Arab Emirates || 51 || 95 || 85 || 50 || 71 || 78 || 64 || 31 || 28 || 40 || 36 || 40 || 41 || 22 || 5 || 11 || 3 || 13 || 10 || 6 || 11 || 7 || 22 || 33 || 29 || 15 || 8 || 2 || 18 || 6
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|align=left|Uruguay || 5 || 4 || 0 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 9 || 8 || 8 || 5 || 9 || 1 || 3 || 4 || 8 || 7 || 12 || 2 || 4 || 3 || 21 || 20 || 13 || 5 || 16 || 8 || 5 || 10 || 18 || 19
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|align=left|Uzbekistan || 2,830 || 2,398 || 2,413 || 89 || 314 || 823 || 2,058 || 3,199 || 2,378 || 2,524 || 3,032 || 3,385 || 3,212 || 3,596 || 3,356 || 2,388 || 2,274 || 1,067 || 958 || 926 || 975 || 787 || 614 || 442 || 449 || 338 || 256 || 183 || 232 || 177
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|align=left|Vanuatu || 0 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
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|align=left|Venezuela || {{N/A|ineligible}} || {{N/A|ineligible}} || 881 || 621 || 340 || 645 || 929 || 1,274 || 684 || 735 || 802 || 560 || 476 || 448 || 391 || 253 || 155 || 125 || 169 || 158 || 126 || 187 || 101 || 85 || 208 || 133 || 129 || 126 || 140 || 137
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|align=left|Yemen || 1,092 || 662 || 625 || 228 || 13 || 70 || 28 || 267 || 397 || 171 || 200 || 195 || 66 || 40 || 33 || 51 || 22 || 21 || 22 || 23 || 17 || 12 || 91 || 37 || 28 || 45 || 36 || 20 || 34 || 10
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|align=left|Zambia || 49 || 37 || 30 || 11 || 4 || 12 || 14 || 17 || 20 || 33 || 18 || 39 || 18 || 48 || 41 || 38 || 65 || 42 || 27 || 26 || 39 || 60 || 55 || 61 || 56 || 47 || 77 || 98 || 55 || 60
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|align=left|Zimbabwe || 99 || 132 || 142 || 70 || 3 || 28 || 54 || 44 || 85 || 47 || 32 || 68 || 42 || 89 || 65 || 96 || 47 || 29 || 84 || 69 || 47 || 47 || 51 || 43 || 37 || 44 || 30 || 66 || 117 || 117
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==Deceptive agencies==
The only way to enter the Diversity Visa lottery is by completing and sending the electronic form available at the U.S. Department of State website during the registration period. There are numerous companies and websites that charge a fee in order to complete the form for the applicant. The Department of State and the [[Federal Trade Commission]] have warned that some of these businesses falsely claim to increase someone's chances of winning the lottery, or that they are affiliated with the U.S. government.<ref>[https://www.consumer.ftc.gov/articles/0080-diversity-visa-lottery-scams Diversity Visa Lottery Scams], U.S. Federal Trade Commission.</ref>

There have also been numerous cases of fraudulent emails and letters which falsely claim to have been sent by the Department of State and that the recipient has been granted a permanent resident card. These messages prompt the recipients to transfer a "visa processing fee" as a prerequisite for obtaining a "guaranteed" green card. The messages are sometimes sent to people who never participated in the lottery and can look trustworthy as they contain the recipient's exact name and contact details and what appears to be a legal notice.

The Department of State has issued a warning against the scammers. It notes that any email claiming the recipient to be a winner of the lottery is fake because the Department has never notified and will not notify winners by email. The Department has urged recipients of such messages to notify the [[Internet Crime Complaint Center]] about the scam.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/fraud.html|title=Department of State warning of scam emails|website=Travel.state.gov|access-date=November 5, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171113064636/https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/general/fraud.html|archive-date=November 13, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

The office of inspector general has identified multiple problems with DV lottery in several countries, including Ukraine, Ghana, Albania in embassy inspection reports.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oig.state.gov/system/files/216083.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180601073211/https://oig.state.gov/system/files/216083.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-06-01|title=Report of Inspection, Embassy of Ukraine, Kyiv, 2013|website=Oig.state.gov}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oig.state.gov/system/files/126064.pdf|title=Report of Inspection, Embassy of Ghana, Accra, 2009|website=Oig.state.gov|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://oig.state.gov/system/files/141120.pdf|title=Report of Inspection, Embassy of Albania, Tirana, 2010|website=Oig.state.gov|access-date=November 5, 2017}}</ref>

According to testimony from Stephen A. Edson before the House Judiciary Committee, "in Bangladesh, for example, one agent is reported to have enrolled an entire phone book so that he could then either extort money from winning applicants who had never entered the program to begin with or sell their winning slots to others."<ref>{{cite web|title=Testimony of Stephen A Edson Before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement Hearing on the Diversity Visa Program|url=http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Edson04052011.pdf|website=Judiciary.house.gov|access-date=16 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121212192338/http://judiciary.house.gov/hearings/pdf/Edson04052011.pdf|archive-date=12 December 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Impact==
===Economic===
[[Labor economics|Labor economists]] and others have credited the Diversity Visa program for providing economic benefits to the United States and enhancing the [[Competition (companies)|competitiveness]] of the U.S. labor force.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://theconversation.com/us-shouldnt-give-up-benefits-of-green-card-lottery-over-low-risk-of-terrorism-86745|title=US shouldn't give up benefits of 'green card lottery' over low risk of terrorism|last=Lewis|first=Ethan G.|work=The Conversation|access-date=2017-11-03|language=en}}</ref><ref>Patrick Kennedy, [https://www.stanfordlawreview.org/online/the-labor-economics-case-for-the-diversity-visa-lottery/ The Labor Economics Case for the Diversity Visa Lottery], 71 Stan. L. Rev. Online 159 (2018).</ref><ref>Jeremy L. Neufeld, [https://www.niskanencenter.org/diversity-visa-myths/ The Myth of the Unskilled Diversity Visa Immigrant], [[Niskanen Center]] (November 20, 2019).</ref>

Research by Lewis and several other economists shows that diverse and low-skilled immigrants lift the wages of native-born workers, as those immigrants are less substitutable to native-born workers.<ref name=":0"/>

Charles Kenny, an economist at the [[Center for Global Development]], noted that research by Harvard economist [[Alberto Alesina]] found that countries with a higher share of foreign-born populations tended to have more innovation and higher incomes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2013-11-04/immigration-reform-congress-should-preserve-the-visa-lottery|title=The U.S. Can't Afford to Scrap the Visa Lottery|date=2013-11-04|work=Bloomberg|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref>

===Security===
In 2004, the State Department's deputy inspector general warned that there were security risks to granting visas to winners from countries with ties to terrorism.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/01/us/diversity-visa-lottery.html|title=Diversity Visa Lottery: Inside the Program That Admitted a Terror Suspect|last=Jordan|first=Miriam|date=2017-11-01|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-11-03|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> A 2007 Government Accountability Office report however found no evidence that recipients of diversity visas posed a threat.<ref name=":1"/>

According to PolitiFact, "there is at least one documented example of an individual who migrated through the diversity visa system and was later arrested on terrorism-related charges. But it is unclear that the diversity lottery has historically been used as a strategic entry point for terrorists."<ref name=":3">{{Cite news|url=http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2017/nov/01/what-connection-between-diversity-visa-lottery-ter|title=Is the diversity visa program a tool for terrorists?|work=PolitiFact|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref>

The uncle of Akayed Ullah, the man who set off a [[2017 New York City Subway bombing|bomb on a New York City Subway platform]] in 2017, won a diversity lottery, which enabled him to bring his nephew to the United States under the family reunification provisions of the [[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]].<ref name="RobbinsTerror">{{cite news|last1=Robbins|first1=Liz|title=Terror Suspects Become Ammunition in War Over Immigration|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/12/nyregion/bombing-suspects-visas-trump-end-immigration.html?_r=0|access-date=14 December 2017|newspaper=New York Times|date=12 December 2017}}</ref>

Experts on immigration note that the chances of winning the lottery are low and those who do win the lottery still have to undergo background checks and vetting, which makes the diversity lottery program a poor choice for immigrants considering launching terrorist attacks in the United States.<ref name=":3"/>

According to the [[Cato Institute]], immigrants from the countries with the highest percentage of diversity visas have vastly lower incarceration rates than native-born Americans.<ref>{{Cite news|author=[[Alex Nowrasteh]]|url=https://www.cato.org/blog/guide-diversity-visas-demographics-criminality-terrorism-risk|title=Guide to the Diversity Visa: Demographics, Criminality, and Terrorism Risk|date=November 2, 2017|publisher=Cato Institute|access-date=2017-11-03}}</ref>

==Further reading==
* Goodman, Carly (2023). ''Dreamland: America's Immigration Lottery in an Age of Restriction''. UNC Press

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*{{official|https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/diversity-visa-program-entry.html}}
*[https://dvprogram.state.gov Electronic Diversity Visa Applicant Entry System]

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