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Recognition Status

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Countries that Recognize Taiwan 2024

Snapshot

  • Taiwan's international recognition is limited by China's One-China policy and historical complexities, with only 13 UN states and Vatican City acknowledging it as a country.

  • Taiwan maintains significant unofficial global relations and receives considerable military support from the US, despite the diplomatic constraints imposed by China.

  • Despite its ambiguous status, Taiwan has become a key economic force in Asia and a global leader in computer technology.

  • Many countries which initially recognized Taiwan as an independent country have since withdrawn that recognition
  • In instances in which an official diplomatic relationship (i.e.: recognition) has been established, severed, and re-established, only the initial establishment date and the most recent severance date are used.

118 countries

Country
Recognition Status
Year Relations Established
Year Relations Severed
Guatemala1933ongoing
Haiti1956ongoing
Paraguay1957ongoing
Eswatini1968ongoing
Belize1989ongoing
Saint Lucia2007ongoing
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1981ongoing
Saint Kitts and Nevis1983ongoing
Marshall Islands1998ongoing
Palau1999ongoing
Tuvalu1979ongoing
Vatican City1942ongoing
India19471949
United States19281979
Pakistan19471950
Brazil19281974
Russia19291949
Mexico19281971
Japan19301972
Egypt19421956
Philippines19471975
DR Congo19601973
Vietnam19551975
Iran19201971
Turkey19341971
Germany19551972
Thailand19461975
United Kingdom19281950
France19281964
South Africa19121998
Italy19281970
Myanmar19481950
Colombia19411980
South Korea19491992
Spain19281973
Iraq19421958
Argentina19451972
Afghanistan19441950
Canada19411970
Poland19291949
Malaysia19641974
Peru19131971
Saudi Arabia19461990
Madagascar19601972
Ivory Coast19631983
Cameroon19601971
Venezuela19411974
Niger19631996
Australia19411972
Burkina Faso19612018
Sri Lanka19481950
Malawi19662008
Chad19622006
Chile19151971
Romania19391949
Senegal19602005
Netherlands19281950
Ecuador19461971
Cambodia19531975
Rwanda19621972
Bolivia19191985
Belgium19281971
Jordan19571977
Dominican Republic19412018
Cuba19131960
Honduras19852021
Czech Republic19301949
Sweden19281950
Papua New Guinea19991999
Portugal19281975
Greece19291972
Togo19601972
Austria19281971
Switzerland19131950
Sierra Leone19631971
Laos19581962
Libya19591978
Nicaragua19302021
Bulgaria19471949
Serbia19451955
El Salvador19412018
Republic of the Congo19601964
Denmark19281950
Lebanon19541971
Finland19191944
Liberia19572003
Norway19281950
Central African Republic19621998
New Zealand19121972
Mauritania19601965
Costa Rica19412007
Kuwait19631971
Panama19122017
Uruguay19571988
Jamaica19621972
Gambia19682013
Gabon19601974
Botswana19661974
Lesotho19661994
Guinea Bissau19901998
Latvia19361994
North Macedonia19992001
Estonia19371940
Cyprus19601972
Solomon Islands19832019
Luxembourg19491972
Malta19671972
Maldives19661972
Bahamas19891997
Vanuatu20042004
Barbados19671977
Sao Tome and Principe19972016
Samoa19721975
Kiribati20032019
Grenada19892005
Tonga19721998
Dominica19832004
Nauru20052024

Which countries recognize Taiwan?

As of mid-2024, a total of 12 countries (11 United Nations members and one observer) recognized Taiwan as a sovereign country; Belize, Eswatini, Guatemala, Haiti, the Marshall Islands, Palau, Paraguay, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tuvalu, and Vatican City/Holy See.

How many countries recognize Taiwan?

12 countries currently recognize Taiwan (officially titled the Republic of China) as a sovereign country. Roughly 60 additional UN members have unofficial diplomatic relations with Taiwan, though they stop short of recognizing it as sovereign.

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