Which Schengen country is easiest to get a visa from the Philippines?

On 2025 figures there is no single easiest country: the Netherlands, Austria, Spain and Poland are statistically tied. Across every Schengen state, 93 in 100 applications from the Philippines were approved in 2025. The best option approved 96 in 100; the lowest, the Czech Republic, approved 78.

Read this before the table. You are required to apply to the country where you will spend the most nights — or, if the nights are split evenly, the country you enter first. That is not a formality: an application lodged at the wrong consulate is refused on that ground alone, and a refusal is visible to every Schengen consulate on every future application you ever make. This table tells you what the odds look like where you are genuinely going. It is not a menu.

Approval rates from the Philippines, 2025

#	Deciding country	Approved	Likely range	Applications
1	Netherlands	96.2%	96.1–96.4%	46,285
2	Austria	96.1%	95.6–96.6%	4,905
3	Spain	95.9%	95.7–96.1%	28,189
4	Switzerland	95.7%	95.4–96.0%	16,001
5	Greece	95.5%	95.2–95.8%	25,038
6	Poland	95.2%	94.0–96.2%	1,508
7	Belgium	94.2%	93.7–94.7%	8,105
8	France	92.1%	91.8–92.4%	33,876
9	Italy	90.5%	90.2–90.9%	32,161
10	Hungary	90.0%	88.4–91.5%	1,551
11	Germany	88.8%	88.4–89.2%	25,512
12	Denmark	87.2%	86.2–88.1%	5,174
13	Finland	84.6%	83.1–85.9%	2,535
14	Czech Republic	77.7%	76.4–78.9%	4,094

Too few decisions to rank (under 1,000): Slovenia 63% of 371; Romania 85% of 349.

Highlighted rows are statistically indistinguishable from the best option — their ranges overlap, so the order between them is noise. "Likely range" is where the true approval rate probably lies (95% confidence) given how many people applied. Approval rate = visas issued (including visas limited to some countries) out of all decisions — the European Commission's own definition. Source: European Commission consulate statistics, 2025.

The number that actually moves: which consulate

A country's rate is an average over posts that behave very differently. This is the part the listicles leave out, and for most applicants it matters more than the choice of country — it is the one figure that describes their own situation rather than a national average.

Country	Most approvals	Fewest	Gap

Your consulate is fixed by where you live, so this is rarely a choice either. Its value is calibration: it tells you how much scrutiny to prepare for.

What this page deliberately does not do

It does not rank countries by how "lenient" they are, because the data cannot support that claim. A consulate's refusal rate reflects who applies there as much as how it decides. Two posts of the same country apply the same law; they see different applicant pools.

It also does not tell you your own chances. A national approval rate of 96% does not mean you personally have a 96% chance — your documents, finances, employment and travel history dominate. What the rate is good for is judging how thorough you need to be. The reasons applications actually fail →

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