DV-2026 Green Card lottery: Full list of African countries and selectee numbers

Dozens of African countries have recorded successful entries in the United States Diversity Visa (DV-2026) programme, commonly known as the Green Card Lottery, with Egypt, Algeria and Sudan recording the highest numbers on the continent.

Algeria — 5,457Angola — 763Benin — 1,064Botswana — 7Burkina Faso — 252 Burundi — 1,616Cabo Verde — 35Cameroon — 3,533Central African Republic — 19Chad — 482Comoros — 12Democratic Republic of the Congo — 2,210Republic of the Congo — 448Côte d’Ivoire — 926Djibouti — 204Egypt — 5,527Equatorial Guinea — 12Eritrea — 206Eswatini — 3Ethiopia — 3,287Gabon — 62The Gambia — 198Ghana — 1,642Guinea — 1,051Guinea-Bissau — 10 Kenya — 3,949Lesotho — 6Liberia — 1,593Libya — 276Madagascar — 48Malawi — 159 Mali — 268Mauritania — 261Mauritius — 2 Morocco — 3,670Mozambique — 4 Namibia — 3Niger — 109Rwanda — 1,252Senegal — 478Sierra Leone — 639Somalia — 1,554South Africa — 187South Sudan — 72 Sudan — 5,226 Tanzania — 404Togo — 2,473Tunisia — 202 Uganda — 1,513Western Sahara — 2Zambia — 236Zimbabwe — 327 Being selected for the Diversity Visa programme does not mean an applicant is automatically guaranteed a US visa.

Official figures from the US Department of State show that the Kentucky Consular Centre in Williamsburg registered about 129,516 prospective applicants selected for the DV-2026 programme.