This is a list of countries by number of Academy Award for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film before 2020), a table showing the total number of submissions, nominations, and awards of the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film received by each country. It follows Academy convention by not grouping the tally of extinct countries with that of their successor states. As of 2023 [update] , at least one film has been submitted by 135 countries. Of this number, 63 countries have received a nomination, [lower-alpha 1] with 29 countries ultimately winning the Oscar.
Submitting country | Number of winning films | Number of nominated films | Number of submitted films | First submitted | Last submitted |
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Italy [lower-alpha 2] | 14 | 33 | 70 | 1947 | 2023 |
France [lower-alpha 3] | 12 | 41 | 71 | 1948 | 2023 |
Japan [lower-alpha 4] | 5 | 18 | 70 | 1951 | 2023 |
Spain | 4 | 21 | 66 | 1956 | 2023 |
Denmark | 4 | 14 | 61 | 1956 | 2023 |
Sweden | 3 | 16 | 63 | 1956 | 2023 |
Germany [lower-alpha 5] | 3 | 13 | 33 | 1990 | 2023 |
Soviet Union [lower-alpha 6] | 3 | 9 | 24 | 1963 | 1991 |
Netherlands | 3 | 7 | 56 | 1959 | 2023 |
Hungary | 2 | 10 | 59 | 1965 | 2023 |
Argentina | 2 | 8 | 50 | 1961 | 2023 |
Czechoslovakia [lower-alpha 7] | 2 | 6 | 23 | 1964 | 1991 |
Switzerland | 2 | 5 | 51 | 1961 | 2023 |
Austria | 2 | 4 | 47 | 1961 | 2023 |
Iran | 2 | 3 | 29 | 1977 | 2023 |
Poland | 1 | 13 | 55 | 1963 | 2023 |
Mexico | 1 | 9 | 56 | 1957 | 2023 |
West Germany [lower-alpha 5] | 1 | 8 | 31 | 1956 | 1989 |
Canada | 1 | 7 | 49 | 1971 | 2023 |
Russia [lower-alpha 6] | 1 | 7 | 29 | 1992 | 2021 |
Algeria | 1 | 5 | 24 | 1969 | 2022 |
Taiwan | 1 | 3 | 49 | 1957 | 2023 |
Czech Republic [lower-alpha 7] | 1 | 3 | 30 | 1994 | 2023 |
United Kingdom [lower-alpha 8] | 1 | 3 | 20 | 1991 | 2023 |
Chile | 1 | 2 | 28 | 1990 | 2023 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [lower-alpha 9] | 1 | 2 | 23 | 1994 | 2023 |
South Africa | 1 | 2 | 19 | 1989 | 2023 |
South Korea | 1 | 1 | 36 | 1962 | 2023 |
Ivory Coast | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1976 | 2020 |
Israel | 0 | 10 | 56 | 1964 | 2023 |
Belgium | 0 | 8 | 48 | 1967 | 2023 |
Norway | 0 | 6 | 45 | 1957 | 2023 |
Yugoslavia [lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 6 | 29 | 1958 | 1991 |
Greece | 0 | 5 | 43 | 1957 | 2023 |
Brazil | 0 | 4 | 53 | 1960 | 2023 |
India | 0 | 3 | 56 | 1957 | 2023 |
Hong Kong | 0 | 3 | 42 | 1959 | 2023 |
China | 0 | 2 | 37 | 1979 | 2023 |
North Macedonia [lower-alpha 9] | 0 | 2 | 20 | 1994 | 2023 |
Lebanon | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1978 [1] | 2022 |
Palestine [lower-alpha 10] | 0 | 2 | 16 | 2003 | 2023 |
Iceland | 0 | 1 | 44 | 1980 | 2023 |
Romania | 0 | 1 | 39 | 1966 | 2023 |
Finland | 0 | 1 | 37 | 1973 | 2023 |
Colombia | 0 | 1 | 32 | 1980 | 2023 |
Peru | 0 | 1 | 30 | 1967 | 2023 |
Cuba | 0 | 1 | 23 | 1978 | 2023 |
Uruguay | 0 | 1 [lower-alpha 1] | 23 | 1992 | 2023 |
Georgia [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 1 | 22 | 1996 | 2023 |
Estonia [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 1 | 21 | 1992 | 2023 |
Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 20 | 1993 | 2023 |
Kazakhstan [lower-alpha 6] | 0 | 1 | 17 | 1992 | 2022 |
Australia | 0 | 1 | 16 | 1996 | 2023 |
Nepal | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1999 | 2023 |
Puerto Rico [lower-alpha 11] | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1986 | 2011 |
Cambodia | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1994 | 2022 |
Ireland | 0 | 1 | 10 | 2007 | 2023 |
Tunisia | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1995 | 2023 |
Jordan | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2008 | 2023 |
East Germany [lower-alpha 5] | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1973 | 1983 |
Bhutan | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1999 | 2023 |
Nicaragua | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1982 | 2010 |
Mauritania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2014 | 2014 |
Portugal | 0 | 0 | 40 | 1980 | 2023 |
Egypt [lower-alpha 12] | 0 | 0 | 37 | 1958 | 2023 |
Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1971 | 2023 |
Philippines | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1953 | 2023 |
Croatia | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1992 | 2023 |
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1978 | 2023 |
Serbia | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1994 | 2023 |
Thailand | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1984 | 2023 |
Turkey | 0 | 0 | 30 | 1964 | 2023 |
Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1993 | 2023 |
Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1993 | 2023 |
Indonesia | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1987 | 2023 |
Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2002 | 2022 |
Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1997 | 2023 |
Morocco | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1977 | 2023 |
Singapore | 0 | 0 | 17 | 1959 | 2023 |
Albania | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1996 | 2023 |
Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1995 | 2023 |
Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1983 | 2023 |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1998 | 2023 |
Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2006 | 2023 |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1997 | 2023 |
Latvia | 0 | 0 | 15 | 1992 | 2023 |
Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2002 | 2019 |
Armenia | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2001 | 2023 |
Costa Rica | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2005 | 2023 |
Iraq | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2005 | 2023 |
Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1959 | 2023 |
Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2000 | 2022 |
Montenegro | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2013 | 2023 |
Panama | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2014 | 2023 |
Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2007 | 2022 |
Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2014 | 2022 |
Kenya | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2012 | 2023 |
Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2004 | 2023 |
Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2003 | 2023 |
New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2011 | 2022 |
Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2015 | 2023 |
Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2013 | 2023 |
Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1980 | 2023 |
Belarus | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1994 | 2020 |
Senegal | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2017 | 2023 |
Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2010 | 2019 |
Guatemala | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1994 | 2022 |
Moldova | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2013 | 2023 |
Chad | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2002 | 2021 |
Honduras | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2017 | 2020 |
Malta | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2014 | 2022 |
Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2019 | 2023 |
Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1999 | 2023 |
Yemen | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2016 | 2023 |
Burkina Faso | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1989 | 2023 |
Greenland | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2010 | 2012 |
Haiti | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2017 | 2021 |
Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1972 | 1978 |
Malawi | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2018 | 2021 |
Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2003 | 2009 |
Sudan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2020 | 2023 |
Tanzania | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2001 | 2022 |
Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2019 | 2021 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1997 | 1997 |
Fiji | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2005 | 2005 |
Ghana | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
Laos | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
Lesotho | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 |
Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
Namibia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2023 | 2023 |
Niger | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2018 | 2018 |
Somalia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2021 | 2021 |
Suriname | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2020 | 2020 |
Syria [lower-alpha 12] | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2022 | 2022 |
Submitted films include disqualified entries, except those resubmitted, so as to not count twice.
The Academy Award for Best International Feature Film is one of the Academy Awards handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given to a feature-length motion picture produced outside the United States with a predominantly non-English dialogue track.