Mapping which countries recognise Palestine in 2024

The State of Palestine is recognised by 146 countries around the world with Norway, Spain and Ireland joining the list. These are the countries that have recognised Palestine in the previous 12 years: 2023: Mexico 2019: Saint Kitts and Nevis 2018: Colombia 2015: Saint Lucia 2014: Sweden 2013: Guatemala, Haiti, the Vatican 2012: Thailand 2011: Chile, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Lesotho, South Sudan, Syria, Liberia, El Salvador, Honduras, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada, Iceland Recognition from 2000 to 2010 Under the Oslo Accords, by May 4, 1999, there was supposed to be an independent Palestine. These are the countries that recognised Palestine in the first decade of this century: 2010: Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Ecuador 2009: Venezuela, Dominican Republic 2008: Costa Rica, Lebanon, Ivory Coast 2006: Montenegro 2005: Paraguay 2004: East Timor Recognition from 1989 to 1999 The first Oslo Accord was signed on September 13, 1993. Here are the nations that recognised Palestine in the last decade of the 20th century: 1998: Malawi 1995: South Africa, Kyrgyzstan 1994: Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Papua New Guinea 1992: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1991: Eswatini 1989: Rwanda, Ethiopia, Iran, Benin, Kenya, Equatorial Guinea, Vanuatu, Philippines 1988 On November 15, 1988, in the early years of the first Intifada, Yasser Arafat, chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organization, proclaimed Palestine as an independent state with Jerusalem as its capital. Most of the European countries recognising Palestine did so as part of the former Soviet bloc: 1988: Algeria, Bahrain, Indonesia, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Malaysia, Mauritania, Morocco, Somalia, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cuba, Jordan, Madagascar, Malta, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Serbia, Zambia, Albania, Brunei, Djibouti, Mauritius, Sudan, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Egypt, The Gambia, India, Nigeria, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Namibia, Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Vietnam, China, Burkina Faso, Comoros, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Cambodia, Mali, Mongolia, Senegal, Hungary, Cape Verde, North Korea, Niger, Romania, Tanzania, Bulgaria, Maldives, Ghana, Togo, Zimbabwe, Chad, Laos, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Republic of Congo, Angola, Mozambique, Sao Tome and Principe, Gabon, Oman, Poland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Botswana, Nepal, Burundi, Central African Republic, Bhutan, Western Sahara