Status of Recognition of the State of Palestine (as of June 2024)

Countries Recognizing Palestine (146 as of June 2024) | Countries Not (Yet) Recognizing Palestine.

Country	Date of recognition¹	Diplomatic relations	Diplomatic representation	UN Vote 2012²	UN Vote 5/2024³	UN Vote 9/2024⁴	Remarks
Afghanistan	16 November 1988	Yes		In favor	Non-voting	Non-voting	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Never recognized Israel.
Albania	17 November 1988	Yes since 1990	Palestinian Embassy in Tirana	Abstained	Abstained	Abstained
Algeria	15 November 1988	Yes since 1988	Palestinian Embassy in Algiers	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was the very first country to recognize Palestine. Never recognized Israel.
Angola	6 December 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy	In favor	In favor	In favor
Antigua and Barbuda	22 September 2011	Yes since 2024		In favor	In favor	In favor
Argentina	6 December 2010	Yes since 1982	Palestinian Embassy in Buenos Aires Argentinian Representative Office to the PA	In favor	Against	Against
Armenia	21 June 2024	Yes		In favor	In favor	In favor	Saw the situation in Palestine long time similar to the conflict in Nagorno-Karabakh, so that recognition of a Palestinian state would set a precedent for the right to self-determination in that region.
Azerbaijan	15 April 1992	Yes since 1992	Palestinian Embassy in Baku	In favor	In favor	In favor
Bahamas	7 May 2024	No		Abstained	In favor	In favor
Bahrain	15 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Manama	In favor	In favor	In favor	Established relations with Israel in 2020 but withdrew its ambassador over the 2023-24 War against Hamas in Gaza.
Bangladesh	16 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Dhaka	In favor	In favor	In favor	Never recognized Israel.
Barbados	19 April 2024	Yes since 2024		Abstained	In favor	In favor
Belarus	19 November 1988	Yes since 2003	Palestinian Embassy in Minsk	In favor	In favor	In favor
Belize	9 September 2011	Yes since 2014		In favor	In favor	In favor	Cut relations with Israel over the 2023-24 War against Hamas in Gaza.
Benin	12 May1989	Yes		In favor	In favor	Non-voting
Bhutan	25 December 1988	No		In favor	In favor	In favor
Bolivia	17 December 2010	Yes	Palestinian Embassy	In favor	In favor	In favor	Cut relations with Israel over the 2023-24 War against Hamas in Gaza. Formally joined South Africa’s case against Israel at the International Court of Justice on 9 October 2024.
Bosnia and Herzegovina	27 May1992	Yes since 1992	Palestinian Embassy in Sarajevo Cairo Embassy is accredited to the Palestinian side	Abstained	In favor	In favor
Botswana	19 December 1988	Yes since 2017		In favor	In favor	In favor
Brazil	1 December 2010	Yes since 2011	Palestinian Embassy in Brasilia Brazilian Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor
Brunei	17 November 1988	Yes since 1994		In favor	In favor	In favor	Never recognized Israel.
Bulgaria	25 November 1988	Yes Since 1988	Palestinian Embassy in Sofia Bulgarian Representative Office to the PA	Abstained	Abstained	Abstained
Burkina Faso	21 November 1988	Yes		In favor	In favor	In favor
Burundi	22 December 1988	No		In favor	In favor	In favor
Cambodia	21 November 1988	Yes since 1991		In favor	In favor	In favor
Cape Verde	24 November 1988	Yes since 2009		In favor	In favor	In favor
Central African Republic	23 December 1988	No		In favor	In favor	Non-voting
Chad	1 December 1988	Yes		In favor	In favor	In favor	Withdrew its ambassador to Israel over the 2023-24 War against Hamas in Gaza
Chile	7 January 2011	Yes since 2011	Palestinian Embassy in Santiago Chilean Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	Withdrew its ambassador to Israel over the 2023-24 War against Hamas in Gaza. Announced its intention to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 2 June 2024.
China	20 November 1988	Yes since 1988	Palestinian Embassy in Beijing Chinese Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	PLO established a diplomatic office in China on 22 March 1965
Colombia	3 August 2018	Yes since 2018	Palestinian Embassy in Bogota	Abstained	In favor	In favor	Cut relations with Israel over the 2023-24 War against Hamas in Gaza. Applied to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 5 April 2024.
Comoros	21 November 1988	Yes since 1990		In favor	In favor	In favor	Never recognized Israel.
Costa Rica	5 February 2008	Yes since 2008		In favor	In favor	Abstained
Cuba	16 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Havana	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Suspended diplomatic relations with Israel in 1954. Announced its intention to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 22 June 2024.
Cyprus	18 November 1988	Yes since 2013	Palestinian Embassy in Nicosia Cypriot Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor
Democratic Republic of the Congo	18 December 1988	No		Abstained	Non-voting	Abstained
Djibouti	17 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Djibouti	In favor	In favor	In favor	Never recognized Israel.
Dominica	19 September 2011	Yes since 2018		In favor	In favor	In favor
Dominican Republic	15 July 2009	Yes since 2009		In favor	In favor	Abstained
East Timor (Timor Leste)	1 March 2004	Yes since 2004		In favor	In favor	In favor
Ecuador	24 December 2010	Yes since 2008	Palestinian Embassy in Quito Ecuadorian Representative Office to the PA	In favor	Non-voting	Abstained
Egypt	18 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Cairo Egyptian Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Announced its intention to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 12 May 2024.
El Salvador	25 August 2011	Yes since 2013	Palestinian Embassy in El Salvador Accredited to Palestine from its embassy in Tel Aviv	In favor	In favor	In favor
Equatorial Guinea	May-1989	Yes since 2008		Absent	In favor	Non-voting
Eswatini	1 July 1991	Yes since 2010		In favor	Non-voting	Non-voting	Until 2018 Swaziland
Ethiopia	4 February 1989	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Addis Abeba	In favor	In favor	Abstained	The Palestinian ambassador to Ethiopia is also accredited to the African Union.
Gabon	12 December 1988	Yes since 1989		In favor	In favor	In favor
Gambia	18 November 1988	Yes		In favor	In favor	In favor
Georgia	25 April 1992	Yes since 1992		In favor	Abstained	Abstained
Ghana	29 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Ghana	In favor	In favor	In favor
Grenada	25 September 2011	Yes since 2013		In favor	In favor	In favor
Guatemala	9 April 2013	No		Abstained	In favor	Abstained	Relocated its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in May 2018.
Guinea	21 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Conakry	In favor	In favor	In favor
Guinea-Bissau	21 November 1988	Yes since 1989		In favor	In favor	In favor
Guyana	13 January 2011	Yes since 2013		In favor	In favor	In favor
Haiti	27 September 2013	Yes since 2013		Abstained	In favor	Abstained
Honduras	26 August 2011	Yes since 2013		In favor	In favor	In favor	Officially moved its embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem in June 2021. Withdrew its ambassador to Israel in November 2023 over the War against Hamas in Gaza.
Hungary	23 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Budapest Hungarian Representative Office to the PA	Abstained	Against	Against
Iceland	15 December 2011	Yes since 2011	Iceland's non-resident representative to Palestine is based at the Foreign Ministry in Reykjavík. Palestine's non-resident ambassador to Iceland is based in Oslo, Norway.	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was the first Nordic country to recognize the independence of Palestine.
India	18 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in New Delhi Indian Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	Abstained	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA.
Indonesia	15 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Jakarta	In favor	In favor	In favor	Never recognized Israel and will not until a peace agreement is reached with the State of Palestine.
Iran	4 February 1989	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Tehran Iranian Embassy in Amman	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Withdrew recognition of Israel following the 1979 Revolution.
Iraq	15 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Baghdad	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Never recognized Israel.
Ireland	28 May 2024	Yes since 2000	Palestinian Delegation in Dublin. Irish Representative Office to the PA.	In favor	In favor	In favor	Announced its intention to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 27 March 2024. Passed a non-binding motion in parliament stating that "genocide is being perpetrated before our eyes by Israel in Gaza" on 7 November 2024.
Ivory Coast/Côte d'Ivoire	1 December 2008	Yes	Palestinian Embassy	In favor	In favor	In favor
Jamaica	22 April 2024	No		In favor	In favor	In favor
Jordan	16 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Amman. Jordanian Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	Withdrew its ambassador to Israel over the 2023-24 War against Hamas in Gaza
Kazakhstan	6 April 1992	Yes since 1992	Palestinian Embassy in Astana. Kazakhstan is represented in Palestine by its embassy in Amman, Jordan.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Kenya	12 May 1989	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Nairobi.	In favor	In favor	Abstained
Kuwait	15 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Kuwait.	In favor	In favor	In favor	Never recognized Israel and will not until the establishment of an independent Palestine.
Kyrgyzstan	November 1995	Yes since 1995	Palestinian Embassy in Tashkent.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Laos	2 December 1988	Yes since 1989		In favor	In favor	In favor
Lebanon	30 November 2008	Yes since 2011	Palestinian Embassy in Beirut.	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Never recognized Israel.
Lesotho	3 May2011	Yes since 2017		In favor	In favor	In favor
Liberia	19 July 2011	No		Absent	Non-voting	Abstained
Libya	15 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Tripolis, Palestinian Consulate in Benghazi	In favor	In favor	In favor	Never recognized Israel. Applied to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 10 May 2024.
Madagascar	16 November 1988	No		Absent	In favor	Non-voting
Malawi	23 October 1998	Yes since 1998		Abstained	Abstained	Against
Malaysia	15 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur	In favor	In favor	In favor	Never recognized Israel.
Maldives	28 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Male. A non-resident ambassador of the Maldives to Palestine, is stationed in Jordan	In favor	In favor	In favor	Cut relations with Israel in 1974. Signed cooperation agreements with Israel in 2009 but cut it in 2014. Announced its intention to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 13 May 2024.
Mali	21 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Bamako	In favor	In favor	In favor	Cut relations with Israel in 1974.
Mauritania	15 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Nouakchott	In favor	In favor	In favor	Cut relations with Israel over the 2008-09 War in Gaza.
Mauritius	17 November 1988	Yes since 1990		In favor	In favor	In favor
Mongolia	22 November 1988	Yes		Abstained	In favor	In favor
Montenegro	24 July 2006	Yes since 2006	Palestinian Embassy in Montenegro.	Abstained	In favor	In favor
Morocco	15 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Rabat. Moroccan Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	Established diplomatic relations with Israel in 2020.
Mozambique	8 December 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Maputo.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Namibia	19 November 1988	Yes since 1991	Palestinian representation based in South Africa.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Nepal	19 December 1988	No		In favor	In favor	Abstained
Nicaragua	16 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Nicaragua. Nicaraguan Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	Applied to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 8 February 2024. Severed diplomatic relations with Israel on 11 October 2024.
Niger	24 November 1988	Yes since 1989		In favor	In favor	In favor	Cut relations with Israel during the second Intifada in 2002.
Nigeria	18 November 1988	Yes	The ambassador of Nigeria to Palestine is based in Egypt.	In favor	In favor	In favor
North Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of)	24 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Pyong Yang.	In favor	In favor	In favor	Never recognized Israel.
Norway	28 May 2024	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Oslo. Norwegian Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor
Oman	13 December 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Muscat. Omani Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	Exchanged trade representation offices with Israel in 1996 but cut relations with Israel during the second Intifada in 2000. Never recognized Israel.
Pakistan	16 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Islamabad.	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Never recognized Israel.
Papua New Guinea	4 October 1994	Yes since 1995		Abstained	Against	Against	Opened its embassy to Israel in Jerusalem in September 2023.
Paraguay	25 March 2005	Yes since 2005		Abstained	Abstained	Against
Peru	24 January 2011	Yes since 2010	Palestinian Embassy in Lima.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Philippines	4 September 1989	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Manila. Philippine embassy in Amman, Jordan, is accredited to Palestine.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Poland	14 December 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Warsaw. Polish Representative Office to the PA	Abstained	In favor	Abstained
Qatar	16 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Doha. Qatari Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	Established trade relations with Israel but cut them in 2009 due to the 2008/09 Gaza War. Never recognized Israel.
Republic of the Congo	5 December 1988	Yes since 1989		In favor	Non-voting	Non-voting
Romania	24 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Bucharest. Romanian Representative Office to the PA	Abstained	Abstained	Abstained
Russia	19 November 1988	Yes since 1990	Palestinian Embassy in Moscow. Russian Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor
Rwanda	2 January 1989	No		Abstained	In favor	Abstained
Saint Kitts and Nevis	29 July 2019	Yes since 2019		In favor	In favor	In favor
Saint Lucia	14 September 2015	Yes since 2015		In favor	In favor	In favor
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	29 August 2011	Yes since 2016		In favor	In favor	In favor
São Tomé and Príncipe	10 December 1988	No		In favor	Non-voting	Non-voting
Saudi Arabia	16 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Riyadh, Palestinian Consulate in Jeddah. Saudi ambassador in Jordan is non-resident envoy to Palestine and consul general in Jerusalem at the Palestinian embassy in Amman.	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Never recognized Israel.
Senegal	22 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Dakar.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Serbia	16 November 1988	Yes since 1989	Palestinian Embassy in Belgrade.	In favor	In favor	Abstained	Close relations go back to the times of the former Yugoslavia.
Seychelles	18 November 1988	Yes since 1990		In favor	In favor	In favor
Sierra Leone	3 December 1988	Yes since 2017		In favor	In favor	In favor
Slovakia	18 November 1988	Yes since 1993	Palestinian Embassy in Bratislava. Slovakian Representative Office to the PA	Abstained	In favor	Abstained
Slovenia	4 June 2024	Yes since 2024	Slovenian Representative Office to the PA	Abstained	In favor	In favor
Somalia	15 November 1988	Yes		In favor	In favor	Non-voting	Never recognized Israel.
South Africa	15 February 1995	Yes since 1995	Palestinian Embassy in Pretoria. South African Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	Launched a case at the International Court of Justice on 29 December 2023 accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza. Withdrew its diplomats from Israel over the 2023-24 War against Hamas in Gaza.
South Sudan	14 July 2011	Yes since 2015		In favor	Non-voting	Abstained
Spain	28 May 2024	Yes	Palestinian Delegation in Madrid. Spanish Consulate General in East Jerusalem	In favor	In favor	In favor	Applied to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 28 June 2024.
Sri Lanka	18 November 1988	Yes since 1975	Palestinian Embassy in Colombo. Sri Lankan Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor
Sudan	17 November 1988	Yes	Palestinian Embassy in Khartoum.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Suriname	26 January 2011	Yes		In favor	In favor	In favor
Sweden	30 October 2014	Yes since 2014	Palestinian Embassy in Stockholm. Swedish Consulate General in East Jerusalem	In favor	Abstained	Abstained
Syria	18 July 2011	Yes since 1992	Palestinian Embassy in Damascus.	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Never recognized Israel.
Tajikistan	2 April 1994	Yes since 1992	Palestinian Embassy.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Tanzania (United Republic of)	24 November 1988	Yes since 1990	Palestinian Embassy in Dar As-Salam.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Thailand	18 January 2012	Yes since 2012	Palestine has a non-resident embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, which is accredited to the Thai side, and the Thai embassy in Amman is accredited to the Palestinian side.	In favor	In favor	In favor
Togo	29 November 1988	Yes		Abstained	Non-voting	Non-voting
Trinidad and Tobago	2 May 2024	Yes		In favor	In favor	In favor
Tunisia	15 November 1988	Yes since 1995	Palestinian Embassy in Tunis. Tunisian Representative Office to the PA	In favor	In favor	In favor	Hosted the PLO leadership from 1982-1994. Maintained trade relations with Israel from 1996 until 2000 when it cut them due to the second Intifada. Never recognized Israel.
Turkey (Türkiye)	15 November 1988	Yes since 1991	Palestinian Embassy in Ankara, Palestinian Consulate in Istanbul. Turkish Consulate General in East Jerusalem	In favor	In favor	In favor	Was among the 13 countries that voted against the Partition of Palestine in 1947 at the UNGA. Withdrew its ambassador to Israel over the 2023-24 War against Hamas in Gaza. Announced its intention to join South Africa’s case at the ICJ, accusing Israel of genocide in Gaza, on 1 May 2024.
Turkmenistan