List of participating nations at the Summer Paralympic Games

Last updated January 30, 2025

This is a list of nations, as represented by National Paralympic Committees (NPCs), that have participated in the Summer Paralympic Games between 1960 and 2024. As of the 2024 Games,188 NPCS Paralympic GamesAt least 188 National Paralympic Committees have sent delegations to an edition of the Paralympic Games. The fact that the Faroe Islands, Gilbraltar and Macau, China do not have National Olympic Committees recognized by IOC, has already sent athletes to the Paralympic Games officially.It is also noted that nine countries were present in all editions of the Summer Paralympic Games: Argentina, Australia, Austria, France, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland and United States

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		NPC superseded or preceded by other NPC(s) during these years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	24
Afghanistan	AFG										•		•	•	•	•	•	•
Albania	ALB														•
Algeria	ALG									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Andorra	AND														•
Angola	ANG										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Antigua and Barbuda	ANT														•
Argentina	ARG	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Armenia	ARM	Soviet Union								^EUN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Aruba	ARU									•						•	•	•
Australia	AUS	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•
Austria	AUT	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Azerbaijan	AZE	Soviet Union								^EUN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
B	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Bahamas	BAH				•	•	•	•	•
Bahrain	BRN							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Bangladesh	BAN												•	•				•
Barbados	BAR											•	•	•	•		•	•
Belarus	BLR	Soviet Union								^EUN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	^NPA
Belgium	BEL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Benin	BEN											•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Bermuda	BER										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Bhutan	BHU																•	•
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	Yugoslavia									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Bolivia	BOL									•
Botswana	BOT												•	•		•	•	•
Brazil	BRA				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•
Brunei	BRU														•
Bulgaria	BUL								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Burkina Faso	BUR									•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•
Burundi	BDI													•	•	•	•	•
C	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Cambodia	CAM											•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cameroon	CMR														•	•	•	•
Canada	CAN			•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cape Verde	CPV												•	•	•	•	•	•
Central African Republic	CAF												•	•	•	•	•	•
Chile	CHI									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
China	CHN							•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•
Chinese Taipei	TPE									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Colombia	COL					•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Comoros	COM														•	•
Republic of the Congo	CGO															•	•	•
Democratic Republic of the Congo	COD														•	•	•	•
Costa Rica	CRC									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Croatia	CRO	Yugoslavia								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cuba	CUB									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Cyprus	CYP								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Czech Republic	CZE	Czechoslovakia									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Czechoslovakia	TCH				•		•		•	•
D	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Denmark	DEN			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Djibouti	DJI														•
Dominican Republic	DOM									•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•
E	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Timor-Leste	TLS											[^]		•	•	•		•
Ecuador	ECU					•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Egypt	EGY				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
El Salvador	ESA									•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Eritrea	ERI																	•
Estonia	EST	Soviet Union								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Ethiopia	ETH			•		•	•						•	•	•	•	•	•
F	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Faroe Islands	FRO							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Fiji	FIJ		•			•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Finland	FIN	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
France	FRA	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H
G	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Gabon	GAB													•	•	•	•	•
The Gambia	GAM														•	•	•	•
Georgia	GEO	Soviet Union								^EUN				•	•	•	•	•
Germany	GER	East Germany , West Germany								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
East Germany	GDR							•
West Germany	FRG	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•
Gibraltar	GIB				•
Ghana	GHA									•			•	•	•	•	•	•
Great Britain	GBR	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•
Greece	GRE					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•
Grenada	GRN																•	•
Guatemala	GUA					•		•	•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•
Guinea	GUI												•	•		•	•	•
Guinea-Bissau	GBS														•	•	•	•
Guyana	GUY																•
H	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Haiti	HAI													•	•	•	•	•
Honduras	HON										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Hong Kong	HKG				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Hungary	HUN				•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
I	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Iceland	ISL						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
India	IND			•	•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Indonesia	INA					•	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Iran	IRI								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Iraq	IRQ									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Ireland	IRL	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Israel	ISR	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Italy	ITA	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Ivory Coast	CIV									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
J	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Jamaica	JAM			•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Japan	JPN		H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•
Jordan	JOR							•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
K	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Kazakhstan	KAZ	Soviet Union								^EUN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kenya	KEN				•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kiribati	KIR																	•
North Korea	PRK														•	•
South Korea	KOR			•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kosovo	KOS	Yugoslavia											^SCG					•
Kuwait	KUW						•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	Soviet Union								^EUN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
L	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Laos	LAO											•		•	•	•	•	•
Latvia	LAT	Soviet Union								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Lebanon	LIB									•		•		•	•		•	•
Lesotho	LES											•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Liberia	LBR														•	•	•	•
Libya	LBA										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Liechtenstein	LIE							•	•	•			•
Lithuania	LTU	Soviet Union								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Luxembourg	LUX					•	•	•		•	•			•			•	•
M	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Macau	MAC								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•		•
Madagascar	MAD											•		•	•	•	•
Malawi	MAW														•	•	•	•
Malaysia	MAS				•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Maldives	MDV																•	•
Mali	MLI											•		•	•	•	•	•
Malta	MLT	•	•	•	•		•	•		•				•	•	•	•	•
Mauritania	MTN											•	•		•
Mauritius	MRI										•		•	•	•	•	•	•
Mexico	MEX				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Moldova	MDA	Soviet Union								^EUN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Mongolia	MGL											•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Montenegro	MNE	Yugoslavia											^SCG	•	•	•	•	•
Morocco	MAR								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Mozambique	MOZ														•	•	•	•
Myanmar	MYA					•		•		•				•	•	•		•
N	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Namibia	NAM									•			•	•	•	•	•	•
Nepal	NEP												•	•	•	•	•	•
Netherlands	NED	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
New Zealand	NZL			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Nicaragua	NCA									•			•		•	•	•	•
Niger	NIG												•	•	•	•	•	•
Nigeria	NGR									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
North Macedonia	MKD	Yugoslavia								^IOP	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Norway	NOR	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
O	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Oman	OMA								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
P	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Pakistan	PAK									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Palestine	PLE											•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Panama	PAN									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Papua New Guinea	PNG							•				•		•	•	•	•	•
Paraguay	PAR									•							•	•
Peru	PER				•	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Philippines	PHI								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Poland	POL				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Portugal	POR				•			•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Puerto Rico	PUR								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Q	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Qatar	QAT										•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
R	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Romania	ROU				•					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Russia	RUS								^URS	^EUN	•	•	•	•	•		^RPC	^NPA
Soviet Union	URS								•
Unified Team	EUN									•
RPC	RPC																•
Neutral Paralympic Athletes	NPA																	•
Rwanda	RWA											•	•	•	•	•	•	•
S	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	VIN																•	•
Samoa	SAM											•	•	•	•	•
San Marino	SMR														•
São Tomé and Príncipe	STP															•	•	•
Saudi Arabia	KSA									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Senegal	SEN												•	•	•	•	•	•
Serbia	SRB	Yugoslavia											^SCG	•	•	•	•	•
Serbia and Montenegro	SCG	Yugoslavia												•
Independent Paralympic Participants	IPP										•
Yugoslavia	YUG				•		•	•	•	^IPP	•	•
Seychelles	SEY									•						•
Sierra Leone	SLE									•	•				•	•	•	•
Singapore	SIN								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Slovakia	SVK	Czechoslovakia									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Slovenia	SLO	Yugoslavia								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Solomon Islands	SOL														•		•	•
Somalia	SOM															•	•	•
South Africa	RSA		•	•	•	•				•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Spain	ESP			•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Sri Lanka	SRI									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Sudan	SUD						•						•
Suriname	SUR									•			•	•	•	•
Sweden	SWE	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Switzerland	SUI	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Syria	SYR									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
T	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Tajikistan	TJK	Soviet Union								^EUN			•	•	•	•	•
Tanzania	TAN									•			•	•	•	•	•	•
Thailand	THA							•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Togo	TOG															•	•	•
Tonga	TGA											•	•	•	•	•		•
Trinidad and Tobago	TRI							•	•						•	•		•
Tunisia	TUN								•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Turkey	TUR									•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Turkmenistan	TKM	Soviet Union								^EUN		•	•	•	•	•		•
U	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Uganda	UGA				•	•					•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Ukraine	UKR	Soviet Union								^EUN	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
United Arab Emirates	UAE									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
United States	USA	•	•	•	•	•	•	H	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Uruguay	URU									•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Uzbekistan	UZB	Soviet Union								^EUN			•	•	•	•	•	•
V	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Vanuatu	VAN											•		•	•			•
Venezuela	VEN							•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Vietnam	VIE											•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Virgin Islands	ISV														•	•	•	•
Y	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Yemen	YEM									•							•	•
Z	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Zambia	ZAM										•	•		•	•		•	•
Zimbabwe	ZIM	Rhodesia					•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Rhodesia	RHO	•	•	•	•
Other entries	Code	60	64	68	72	76	80	84	88	92	96	00	04	08	12	16	20	24
Individual Paralympic Athletes	IPA											[^]
Independent Paralympic Athletes	API															[^]
Refugee Paralympic Team	RPT																[^]	[^]
Total		18	19	28	43	40	43	54	60	103	104	121	135	146	164	159	162	169

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The medal table of the 2016 Summer Paralympics ranks the participating National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) by the number of gold medals won by their athletes during the competition. The 2016 Paralympics was the fifteenth Games to be held, a quadrennial competition open to athletes with physical and intellectual disabilities. The games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 7 September to 18 September.

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Iran competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021. This was their ninth consecutive appearance at the Summer Paralympics since 1988.

Colombia competed at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, Japan, from 24 August to 5 September 2021.

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Charter Host cities IPC NPCs Medal tables Medalists Participating nations Summer Winter Sports Symbols
Summer Games	1960 Rome 1964 Tokyo 1968 Tel Aviv 1972 Heidelberg 1976 Toronto 1980 Arnhem 1984 New York / Stoke Mandeville 1988 Seoul 1992 Barcelona / Madrid 1996 Atlanta 2000 Sydney 2004 Athens 2008 Beijing 2012 London 2016 Rio de Janeiro 2020 Tokyo ^† 2024 Paris 2028 Los Angeles 2032 Brisbane
Winter Games	1976 Örnsköldsvik 1980 Geilo 1984 Innsbruck 1988 Innsbruck 1992 Tignes / Albertville 1994 Lillehammer 1998 Nagano 2002 Salt Lake City 2006 Turin 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 PyeongChang 2022 Beijing 2026 Milano Cortina 2030 French Alps 2034 Salt Lake City–Utah
^†Postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic