Expo 2015 - Participants

Participants

Participants in the Expo are expected to include over 150 countries plus a significant number of international organizations.

As part of the reciprocity protocol with Expo 2010 of Shanghai, on December 8, 2008, China was the first country to formalize its participation in Expo Milan 2015. The first country out of the reciprocity protocol to confirm its participation was Switzerland on February 3, 2011.

The following ones are the countries that confirmed participation:

The Americas

  • Argentina
  • Bolivia
  • Chile
  • Colombia
  • Costa Rica
  • Cuba
  • Dominica
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Saint Lucia
  • Panama
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Dominican Republic
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Uruguay

Africa

  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Cameroon
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Ivory Coast
  • Egypt
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda

Asia

  • Afghanistan
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Bangladesh
  • Brunei
  • Cambodia
  • China
  • South Korea
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Japan
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Iran
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Kazakhstan
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Kuwait
  • Lebanon
  • Malaysia
  • Mongolia
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Oman
  • Palestinian territories
  • Pakistan
  • Qatar
  • Syria
  • Sri Lanka
  • Thailand
  • Tajikistan
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vietnam

Europe

  • Albania
  • Armenia
  • Austria
  • Azerbaijan
  • Belgium
  • Belarus
  • Bulgaria
  • Estonia
  • France
  • Georgia
  • Germany
  • Italy (Host country)
  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
  • Montenegro
  • Moldova
  • Monaco
  • Romania
  • Russia
  • San Marino
  • Slovakia
  • Slovenia
  • Spain
  • Switzerland
  • Turkey
  • Ukraine
  • Vatican City

Oceania

  • Palau
  • Federated States of Micronesia
  • Vanuatu

International organizations

  • CERN
  • United Nations

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