The article currently lists the first appearances of the 55 national teams that have made at least one appearance in the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, formerly known as the FIBA World Championship for Women, through the 2018 edition.
| Team |  1953 |  1957 |  1959 |  1964 |  1967 |  1971 |  1975 |  1979 | 1983 | 1986 |  1990 |  1994 |  1998 |  2002 |  2006 | 2010 |  2014 |  2018 | 2022 | 2026 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Angola | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 1 | |
 Argentina | 6th | 9th | – | 13th | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | 10th | 9th | 14th | – | 15th | – | 9 | |
| Australia | – | 10th | – | – | 10th | 9th | 10th | 4th | 11th | 9th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 16 | |
 Belarus | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 10th | – | – | 2 | |
 Belgium | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 5th | 2 | |
 Bolivia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 1 | |
| Brazil | 4th | 4th | – | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 12th | 9th | 5th | 11th | 10th | 1st | 4th | 7th | 4th | 9th | 11th | – | – | 16 | |
 Bulgaria | – | – | 2nd | 3rd | 7th | – | – | WD | 6th | 7th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | |
 Canada | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | 11th | 3rd | 9th | 3rd | 7th | 7th | – | – | 10th | 12th | 5th | 7th | 4th | 12 | |
| Chile | 2nd | 7th | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| China | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | WD | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 2nd | 12th | 6th | 12th | 13th | 6th | 6th | 2nd | 11 | |
 Chinese Taipei | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | 14th | – | 14th | 14th | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
| Colombia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 DR Congo | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | 15th | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
 Cuba | 10th | 12th | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 10th | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 9th | 11th | – | 12th | – | – | 11 | |
| Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | 2nd | 9th | – | – | 3 | |
| Czechoslovakia † | – | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | WD | – | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
 East Germany † | – | – | – | – | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Ecuador | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 France | 3rd | – | – | 10th | – | 6th | – | 7th | – | – | – | 9th | – | 8th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 7th | 11 | |
| Germany | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 2 |
 Greece | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | 11th | – | 2 | |
 Hungary | – | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | 8th | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | |
 Italy | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | 4th | 5th | – | – | 13th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 | |
 Japan | – | – | – | 9th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 12th | – | 12th | 12th | 9th | 13th | – | 10th | 14th | 9th | 9th | 14 | |
 Kenya | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Latvia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | 1 | |
 Lithuania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 11th | 6th | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
 Madagascar | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Malaysia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
 Mali | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | 11th | 2 | |
 Mexico | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | – | 6th | WD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
 Mozambique | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | 1 | |
 Netherlands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 New Zealand | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Nigeria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 8th | WD | 2 | |
 North Korea | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Paraguay | 5th | 6th | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
| Peru | 7th | 11th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |
 Poland | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |
 Puerto Rico | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | 8th | 2 | |
 Romania | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Russia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | – | – | DQ | 4 | |
 Senegal | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 12th | WD | – | 14th | WD | 14th | 15th | 15th | 16th | – | 12th | – | 8 | |
 Serbia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 6th | 2 | |
 Slovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
 South Korea | – | – | – | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 4th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 14th | 10th | 16 | |
| Soviet Union † | – | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | WD | 1st | 2nd | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Spain | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 5th | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | – | 7 | |
 Switzerland | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
 Tunisia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 10th | – | 2 | |
 United States | 1st | 1st | – | 4th | 11th | 8th | 8th | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 18 | |
 Yugoslavia † | – | – | 4th | 6th | 6th | – | – | WD | 8th | – | 2nd | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Total | 10 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 12 | 16 |
| Team | App | Played | Won | Lost | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 138 | 117 | 21 | 84.8% |
| Australia | 16 | 120 | 76 | 44 | 63.3% |
| Soviet Union † | 9 | 73 | 69 | 4 | 94.5% |
| Brazil | 16 | 115 | 61 | 54 | 53% |
| South Korea | 16 | 111 | 56 | 55 | 50.5% |
| Canada | 12 | 90 | 46 | 44 | 51.1% |
| China | 11 | 85 | 46 | 39 | 54.1% |
| Czechoslovakia † | 8 | 63 | 45 | 18 | 71.4% |
| France | 11 | 86 | 44 | 42 | 51.2% |
| Japan | 14 | 96 | 35 | 61 | 36.5% |
| Cuba | 11 | 82 | 35 | 47 | 42.7% |
| Spain | 7 | 57 | 35 | 22 | 61.4% |
| Bulgaria | 6 | 46 | 28 | 18 | 60.9% |
| Russia | 4 | 36 | 26 | 10 | 72.2% |
| Yugoslavia † | 6 | 48 | 20 | 28 | 41.7% |
| Italy | 5 | 37 | 19 | 18 | 51.4% |
| Argentina | 9 | 58 | 18 | 40 | 31% |
| Hungary | 5 | 38 | 14 | 24 | 36.8% |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 59.1% |
| Poland | 3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 50% |
| Lithuania | 3 | 26 | 11 | 15 | 42.3% |
| Mexico | 3 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 50% |
| Chile | 3 | 23 | 9 | 14 | 39.1% |
| Slovakia | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 52.9% |
| Paraguay | 3 | 25 | 8 | 17 | 32% |
| Senegal | 8 | 45 | 6 | 39 | 13.3% |
| Belarus | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% |
| Serbia | 2 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 46.2% |
| Belgium | 2 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50% |
| Peru | 4 | 26 | 5 | 21 | 19.2% |
| Turkey | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 50% |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 25 | 4 | 21 | 16% |
| Greece | 2 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 33.3% |
| East Germany † | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 57.1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Nigeria | 2 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 25% |
| Germany | 1 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.5% |
| Puerto Rico | 2 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 22.2% |
| Romania | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 28.6% |
| Bolivia | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 33.3% |
| DR Congo | 3 | 20 | 1 | 19 | 5% |
| Malaysia | 2 | 14 | 1 | 13 | 7.1% |
| Mali | 2 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 12.5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 20% |
| Kenya | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| Madagascar | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0% |
| North Korea | 1 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0% |
| Colombia | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| Tunisia | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0% |
| Angola | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Latvia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
| Mozambique | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0% |
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