The majority of South American applicants for Schengen visas are Ecuadorians.
Schengen Statistics data indicates that, out of 75,094 visa applications filed by South American nationalities in 2022, 34.7 percent were submitted by Ecuadorians. Dominicans filed 20.3 percent (43,996) and Cubans submitted 18.4 percent (39,931) of the 215,969 total applications, or 73.6 percent of the total applications, or 159,021. With a [...]