List of participating nations at the Summer Paralympic Games

This is a list of nations, as represented by National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), that have participated in the Summer Paralympic Games between 1960 and 2020. As of the 2020 Games, all of the current 170 NPCs have participated in at least one edition of the Paralympic Games, and athletes from Argentina, Australia, Austria, France, Great Britain, Israel, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and United States have competed in all fifteen Summer Paralympic Games.

List of nations

Table legend

60   In the table headings, indicates the Games year
Participated in the specified Games
H Host nation for the specified Games
  NPC superseded or preceded by other NPC(s) during these years

Alphabetical list

Contents: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V Y Z Other Total
A Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Afghanistan AFG 6
 Albania ALB 1
 Algeria ALG 8
 Andorra AND 1
 Angola ANG 7
 Antigua and Barbuda ANT 1
 Argentina ARG 16
 Armenia ARM Soviet Union EUN 7
 Aruba ARU 2
 Australia AUS H 16
 Austria AUT 16
 Azerbaijan AZE Soviet Union EUN 7
B Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Bahamas BAH 5
 Bahrain BRN 10
 Bangladesh BAN 2
 Barbados BAR 5
 Belarus BLR Soviet Union EUN 7
 Belgium BEL 16
 Benin BEN 6
 Bermuda BER 7
 Bhutan BHU 1
 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Yugoslavia 7
 Bolivia BOL 1
 Botswana BOT 4
 Brazil BRA H 13
 Brunei BRU 1
 Bulgaria BUL 9
 Burkina Faso BUR 7
 Burundi BDI 4
C Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Cambodia CAM 6
 Cameroon CMR 3
 Canada CAN H 14
 Cape Verde CPV 5
 Central African Republic CAF 5
 Chile CHI 8
 China CHN H 10
Chinese Taipei TPE 8
 Colombia COL 11
 Comoros COM 2
 Republic of the Congo CGO 2
 Democratic Republic of the Congo COD 3
 Costa Rica CRC 8
 Ivory Coast CIV 8
 Croatia CRO Yugoslavia 8
 Cuba CUB 8
 Curaçao CUW 1
 Cyprus CYP 9
 Czech Republic CZE Czechoslovakia 7
 Czechoslovakia TCH 4
D Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Denmark DEN 14
 Djibouti DJI 1
 Dominican Republic DOM 7
E Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Ecuador ECU 10
 Egypt EGY 13
 El Salvador ESA 6
 Estonia EST Soviet Union 8
 Ethiopia ETH 8
F Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Faroe Islands FRO 10
 Fiji FIJ 10
 Finland FIN 15
 France FRA 16
G Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Gabon GAB 4
 The Gambia GAM 3
 Georgia GEO Soviet Union EUN 4
 Germany GER East Germany, West Germany 8
 East Germany GDR 1
 West Germany FRG H 8
 Ghana GHA 6
 Great Britain GBR H H 16
 Greece GRE H 12
 Grenada GRN 1
 Guatemala GUA 8
 Guinea GUI 4
 Guinea-Bissau GBS 3
 Guyana GUY 1
H Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Haiti HAI 4
 Honduras HON 7
 Hong Kong HKG 13
 Hungary HUN 11
I Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Iceland ISL 11
 India IND 12
 Indonesia INA 11
 Iran IRI 9
 Iraq IRQ 8
 Ireland IRL 16
 Israel ISR H 16
 Italy ITA H 16
J Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Jamaica JAM 14
 Japan JPN H H 15
 Jordan JOR 9
K Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Kazakhstan KAZ Soviet Union EUN 7
 Kenya KEN 12
 North Korea PRK 2
 South Korea KOR H 14
 Kuwait KUW 11
 Kyrgyzstan KGZ Soviet Union EUN 7
L Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Laos LAO 5
 Latvia LAT Soviet Union 8
 Lebanon LIB 4
 Lesotho LES 6
 Liberia LBR 3
 Libya LBA 7
 Liechtenstein LIE 4
 Lithuania LTU Soviet Union 8
 Luxembourg LUX 7
M Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Macau MAC 8
 North Macedonia MKD Yugoslavia IOP 7
 Madagascar MAD 5
 Malawi MAW 3
 Malaysia MAS 10
 Maldives MDV 1
 Mali MLI 5
 Malta MLT 10
 Mauritania MTN 3
 Mauritius MRI 6
 Mexico MEX 13
 Moldova MDA Soviet Union EUN 7
 Mongolia MGL 6
 Montenegro MNE Yugoslavia SCG 4
 Morocco MAR 9
 Mozambique MOZ 3
 Myanmar MYA 6
N Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Namibia NAM 6
 Nepal NEP 5
 Netherlands NED H 16
 New Zealand NZL 14
 Nicaragua NCA 5
 Niger NIG 5
 Nigeria NGR 8
 Norway NOR 15
O Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Oman OMA 9
P Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Pakistan PAK 8
 Palestine PLE 6
 Panama PAN 8
 Papua New Guinea PNG 6
 Paraguay PAR 2
 Peru PER 9
 Philippines PHI 9
 Poland POL 13
 Portugal POR 11
 Puerto Rico PUR 9
Q Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Qatar QAT 7
R Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Romania ROU 9
 Russia RUS Soviet Union EUN RPC 5
 RPC RPC 1
 Unified Team EUN 1
 Soviet Union URS EUN 1
 Rwanda RWA 6
S Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines VIN 1
 Samoa SAM 5
 San Marino SMR 1
 São Tomé and Príncipe STP 2
 Saudi Arabia KSA 7
 Senegal SEN 5
 Serbia SRB Yugoslavia SCG 4
 Serbia and Montenegro SCG Yugoslavia 1
 Independent Paralympic Participants IPP 1
 Yugoslavia YUG IPP 6
 Seychelles SEY 2
 Sierra Leone SLE 4
 Singapore SIN 9
 Slovakia SVK Czechoslovakia 7
 Slovenia SLO Yugoslavia 8
 Solomon Islands SOL 2
 Somalia SOM 2
 South Africa RSA 12
 Spain ESP H 14
 Sri Lanka SRI 8
 Sudan SUD 2
 Suriname SUR 6
 Sweden SWE 16
 Switzerland SUI 16
 Syria SYR 8
T Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Tajikistan TJK Soviet Union EUN 7
 Tanzania TAN 6
 Thailand THA 10
 East Timor TLS [^] 3
 Togo TOG 2
 Tonga TGA 5
 Trinidad and Tobago TRI 4
 Tunisia TUN 9
 Turkey TUR 7
 Turkmenistan TKM Soviet Union EUN 6
U Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Uganda UGA 9
 Ukraine UKR Soviet Union EUN 7
 United Arab Emirates UAE 8
 United States USA H 16
 Uruguay URU 8
 Uzbekistan UZB Soviet Union EUN 5
V Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Vanuatu VAN 3
 Venezuela VEN 9
 Vietnam VIE 6
 Virgin Islands ISV 3
Y Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Yemen YEM 2
Z Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
 Zambia ZAM 5
 Zimbabwe ZIM Rhodesia 9
 Rhodesia RHO 4
Other entries Code 60 64 68 72 76 80 84 88 92 96 00 04 08 12 16 20 Total
Individual Paralympic Athletes IPA [^] 1
Independent Paralympic Athletes API [^] 1
Refugee Paralympic Team RPT [^] 1
Total 18 19 28 42 40 43 54 60 103 104 121 135 146 164 159 163

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