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Data through February 2026 · 108 months published since March 2017

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Ethiopia · B1/B2

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Visitor – business or tourism · For short visits to the U.S. for business meetings (B-1) or tourism, family visits and medical treatment (B-2). Most visitor visas are issued as a combined B-1/B-2.

B1/B2 visas issued to people from Ethiopia · February 2026
167

That is 91 fewer than in January 2026 (258) — ▼ -35.3%.

B1/B2 visas made up 42.4% of all visas in February 2026 (compared with 47.3% in January 2026).

Quick view · February 2026
▼-35.3% vs January 2026 (258)▼-87.6% vs February 2025 (1,342)

All published months together: 134,392

Ethiopia · B1/B2: month by month, 2026 compared with 2025

compared with
  • 202513,571
  • 2026425
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Month20252026Change
January1,795258▼ -85.6%
February1,342167▼ -87.6%
March1,402––
April1,520––
May1,535––
June1,412––
July1,890––
August614––
September450––
October678––
November400––
December533––

When is it busy? Ethiopia · B1/B2

Busiest month: March (9.8% of a typical year). Quietest: December (6.7%). An even year would be 8.3% a month.

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9.2%
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6.9%
7.3%
8.9%
6.7%
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Average of 8 full years (2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025). Each bar is that month's share of the year's total. Years with missing months are left out. It shows when visas are issued, not when people apply.

Ethiopia · B1/B2: all published months

By monthBy yearBy fiscal year
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“partial” means fewer than 12 months have been published for that period.

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Fiscal yearIssuances
FY2017 partial8,612
FY2018 16,698
FY2019 15,636
FY2020 7,705
FY2021 14,043
FY2022 11,236
FY2023 21,709
FY2024 20,077
FY2025 16,640
FY2026 partial2,036

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Total visas issued
10,859
Latest 12 months · Ethiopia · B1/B2
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Ethiopia · Visa class B1/B2 · One total per month
  • Dec 2025533
  • Jan 2026258
  • Feb 2026167
Dec 2025
53356% of selected
Jan 2026
25827% of selected
Feb 2026
16717% of selected
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  • Jan 2026 is 275 (51.6%) lower than Dec 2025.
  • Feb 2026 is 366 (68.7%) lower than Dec 2025.
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Dec 2025Jan 2026Feb 2026
Total issued 533258167
Total533258167