Currentlythe State of Palestineis Recognized As an Independent State By138 Countries And

Currentlythe State of Palestineis Recognized As an Independent State By138 Countries And

Currentlythe State of Palestineis recognized as an independent state by138 countries and the Arab League:

Country Date of recognition

Arab League 15 Nov 1988

  1. Algeria15 Nov 1988
  2. Bahrain15 Nov 1988
  3. Iraq 15 Nov 1988
  4. Kuwait15 Nov1988
  5. Libya15 Nov 1988
  6. Malaysia15 Nov1988
  7. Mauritania 15 Nov 1988
  8. Morocco15 Nov 1988
  9. Somalia15 Nov 1988
  10. Tunisia15 Nov 1988
  11. Turkey15 Nov1988
  12. Yemen 15 Nov 1988

(by North and South Yemen)

  1. Afghanistan16 Nov 1988
  2. Bangladesh16 Nov 1988
  3. Cuba16 Nov 1988
  4. Indonesia16 Nov 1988
  5. Jordan16 Nov 1988
  6. Madagascar16 Nov 1988
  7. Malta 16 Nov 1988
  8. Nicaragua16 Nov 1988
  9. Pakistan16 Nov 1988
  10. Qatar16 Nov 1988
  11. Saudi Arabia16 Nov 1988
  12. United Arab Emirates 16 Nov 1988
  13. Serbia16 Nov 1988

(formerly Yugoslavia)

  1. Zambia16 Nov 1988
  2. Albania17 Nov 1988
  3. Brunei17 Nov 1988
  4. Djibouti17 Nov 1988
  5. Mauritius17 Nov 1988
  6. Sudan17 Nov 1988
  7. Cyprus18 Nov 1988
  8. CzechRepublic 18 Nov 1988

(by Czechoslovakia)

  1. Slovakia 18 Nov 1988 / 1 Jan 1993
  2. Egypt18 Nov 1988
  3. The Gambia 18 Nov 1988
  4. India18 Nov 1988
  5. Nigeria18 Nov 1988
  6. Russia18 Nov 1988 (confirmed 18 Jan 2011)

(by Soviet Union)

  1. Seychelles 18 Nov 1988
  2. Sri Lanka18 Nov 1988
  3. Belarus19 Nov 1988
  4. Guinea19 Nov 1988
  5. Namibia19 Nov 1988
    (by South West Africa People's Organization - SWAPO)
  6. Ukraine19 Nov 1988
  7. Vietnam19 Nov 1988
  8. China20 Nov 1988
  9. Burkina Faso21 Nov 1988
  10. Comoros 21 Nov 1988
  11. Guinea-Bissau21 Nov 1988
  12. Mali21 Nov 1988
  13. Cambodia 21 Nov 1988

(by People's Republic of Kampuchea; by

Democratic Kampuchea on 19 Nov 1988)

  1. Mongolia 22 Nov 1988
  2. Senegal22 Nov 1988
  3. Hungary 23 Nov 1988
  4. Cape Verde24 Nov 1988
  5. North Korea 24 Nov 1988
  6. Niger24 Nov 1988
  7. Romania24 Nov 1988
  8. Tanzania 24 Nov 1988
  9. Bulgaria25 Nov 1988
  10. Maldives 28 Nov 1988
  11. Ghana 29 Nov 1988
  12. Togo29 Nov 1988
  13. Zimbabwe29 Nov 1988
  14. Chad 1 Dec 1988
  15. Laos 2 Dec1988
  16. Sierra Leone 3 Dec 1988
  17. Uganda 3 Dec 1988
  18. Congo (Brazzaville) 5 Dec 1988
  19. Angola 6 Dec 1988
  20. Mozambique 8 Dec 1988
  21. São Tomé and Príncipe 10 Dec 1988
  22. Congo (Kinshasa) 10 Dec 1988
  23. Gabon12 Dec 1988
  24. Oman 13 Dec 1988
  25. Poland14 Dec 1988
  26. Botswana 19 Dec 1988
  27. Nepal 19 Dec1988
  28. Burundi 22 Dec 1988
  29. Central African Republic 23 Dec 1988
  30. Bhutan25 Dec 1988
  31. Rwanda22 Jan 1989
  32. Ethiopia 4 Feb 1989
  33. Iran 4 Feb 1989
  34. Benin May 1989
  35. Equatorial Guinea May 1989
  36. Kenya May 1989
  37. Vanuatu21 Aug 1989
  38. Philippines Sep 1989
  39. eSwatini (Swaziland) 1Jul 1991
  40. Kazakhstan6 Apr 1992
  41. Azerbaijan15 Apr 1992
  42. Georgia25 Apr 1992
  43. Bosnia and Hercegovina27 May 1992
  44. Turkmenistan 17 Apr 1992
  45. Tajikistan2Apr 1994
  46. Uzbekistan25 Sep1994
  47. Papua New Guinea 4 Oct 1994

100. South Africa15 Feb 1995

101. Kyrgyzstan Nov 1995

102. Malawi23 Oct 1998

103. East Timor 11 Mar 2004
104. Paraguay 25 Mar 2005 (confirmed 28 Jan 2011)
105. Montenegro 24 Jul 2006
106. Costa Rica 5 Feb 2008
107. Lebanon30 Nov 2008 (implemented 11 Aug 2011)
108. Côte d'Ivoire 1 Dec 2008
109. Venezuela27 Apr 2009
110. Dominican Republic 14 Jul 2009
111. Brazil 1 Dec 2010
112. Argentina 6 Dec 2010
113. Bolivia 17 Dec 2010
114. Ecuador24 Dec 2010
115. Chile 7 Jan 2011
116. Guyana 13 Jan 2011
117. Peru 24 Jan 2011
118. Suriname 1 Feb 2011
119. Uruguay15 Mar 2011
120. Lesotho 6 Jun 2011
121. South Sudan 14 Jul 2011

122. Syria 18 Jul 2011
123. Liberia 19Jul 2011
124. El Salvador25 Aug 2011
125. Honduras26 Aug 2011
126. St Vincent the Grenadines29Aug 2011
127. Belize 9 Sep 2011
128. Dominica 19 Sep 2011

129. Antigua and Barbuda22 Sep 2011

130. Grenada 25 Sep 2011

131. Iceland 15 Dec 2011

132. Thailand 18 Jan 2012

133. Guatemala 9 Apr 2013

134. Haiti 27 Sep 2013

135. Sweden 30 Oct 2014

136. Vatican City (Holy See) 26 Jun 2015

137. St. Lucia 14 Sep 2015

138. Colombia 3 Aug 2018

Partially recognized state that recognizes the independent State of Palestine

1. Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic 15 Nov 1988

Former States that recognizedthe independent State of Palestine

1. Czechoslovakia 18 Nov 1988

2. North Yemen (Sana)15 Nov 1988

3. South Yemen (Aden)15 Nov 1988

4. Soviet Union (USSR) 19 Nov 1988

6. Yugoslavia 16 Nov 1988

Sources:

updated 8-9-2018