Oscar Best International Feature records by country
Who has never been nominated, who has been nominated but never won, and who has waited longest since their last win. Computed from 3153 official submissions across 140 countries.
140
countries
3153
submissions
281
nominations
70
wins
Countries that have never been nominated
76 countries have submitted a film and never reached the nominee list — some of them for over half a century.
| # | Country | Submissions | First | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Portugal | 43 | 1980 | 2025 |
| 2 |  Egypt | 40 | 1958 | 2025 |
| 3 |  Bulgaria | 37 | 1971 | 2025 |
| 4 |  Philippines | 36 | 1956 | 2025 |
| 5 |  Venezuela | 36 | 1977 | 2025 |
| 6 |  Croatia | 36 | 1992 | 2025 |
| 7 |  Turkey | 33 | 1964 | 2025 |
| 8 |  Thailand | 33 | 1984 | 2025 |
| 9 |  Slovakia | 30 | 1993 | 2025 |
| 10 |  Slovenia | 30 | 1993 | 2025 |
| 11 |  Indonesia | 28 | 1987 | 2025 |
| 12 |  Serbia | 26 | 1994 | 2025 |
| 13 |  Luxembourg | 22 | 1997 | 2025 |
| 14 |  Bangladesh | 22 | 2002 | 2025 |
| 15 |  Morocco | 22 | 1977 | 2025 |
| 16 |  Singapore | 20 | 1959 | 2025 |
| 17 |  Albania | 19 | 1996 | 2025 |
| 18 |  Dominican Republic | 19 | 1983 | 2025 |
| 19 |  Lithuania | 19 | 2006 | 2025 |
| 20 |  Ukraine | 19 | 1997 | 2025 |
| 21 |  Bolivia | 19 | 1995 | 2025 |
| 22 |  Kyrgyzstan | 19 | 1998 | 2025 |
| 23 |  Armenia | 16 | 2001 | 2025 |
| 24 |  Costa Rica | 15 | 2005 | 2025 |
| 25 |  Iraq | 15 | 2005 | 2025 |
| 26 |  Ecuador | 14 | 2000 | 2025 |
| 27 |  Pakistan | 14 | 1959 | 2024 |
| 28 |  Panama | 13 | 2014 | 2025 |
| 29 |  Afghanistan | 13 | 2002 | 2019 |
| 30 |  Montenegro | 13 | 2013 | 2025 |
| 31 |  Malaysia | 11 | 2004 | 2025 |
| 32 |  Mongolia | 11 | 2003 | 2025 |
| 33 |  Azerbaijan | 10 | 2007 | 2025 |
| 34 |  Kenya | 10 | 2012 | 2024 |
| 35 |  Kosovo | 10 | 2014 | 2022 |
| 36 |  Paraguay | 10 | 2015 | 2025 |
| 37 |  Saudi Arabia | 9 | 2013 | 2025 |
| 38 |  New Zealand | 8 | 2011 | 2022 |
| 39 |  Senegal | 8 | 2017 | 2025 |
| 40 |  Cameroon | 8 | 1980 | 2024 |
| 41 |  Guatemala | 6 | 1994 | 2022 |
| 42 |  Nigeria | 5 | 2019 | 2023 |
| 43 |  Belarus | 5 | 1994 | 2020 |
| 44 |  Tajikistan | 5 | 1999 | 2025 |
| 45 |  Malta | 5 | 2014 | 2024 |
| 46 |  Ethiopia | 4 | 2010 | 2019 |
| 47 |  Chad | 4 | 2002 | 2021 |
| 48 |  Moldova | 4 | 2013 | 2023 |
| 49 |  Haiti | 4 | 2017 | 2025 |
| 50 |  Yemen | 3 | 2016 | 2023 |
| 51 |  Uzbekistan | 3 | 2019 | 2021 |
| 52 |  Sri Lanka | 3 | 2003 | 2009 |
| 53 |  Greenland | 3 | 2010 | 2025 |
| 54 |  Honduras | 3 | 2017 | 2020 |
| 55 |  Sudan | 2 | 2020 | 2023 |
| 56 |  Syria | 2 | 2017 | 2017 |
| 57 |  Uganda | 2 | 2022 | 2025 |
| 58 |  Malawi | 2 | 2018 | 2021 |
| 59 |  Burkina Faso | 2 | 1989 | 2023 |
| 60 |  Kuwait | 2 | 1972 | 1978 |
| 61 |  Tanzania | 2 | 2001 | 2022 |
| 62 |  Congo | 2 | 1997 | 1997 |
| 63 |  Somalia | 1 | 2021 | 2021 |
| 64 |  Laos | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
| 65 |  Rwanda | 1 | — | — |
| 66 |  Fiji | 1 | 2005 | 2005 |
| 67 |  Mozambique | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
| 68 |  Ghana | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |
| 69 |  Madagascar | 1 | 2025 | 2025 |
| 70 |  Namibia | 1 | 2023 | 2023 |
| 71 |  El Salvador | 1 | — | — |
| 72 |  Lesotho | 1 | 2020 | 2020 |
| 73 |  Cyprus | 1 | — | — |
| 74 |  Niger | 1 | 2018 | 2018 |
| 75 |  Papua New Guinea | 1 | 2025 | 2025 |
| 76 |  Suriname | 1 | 2020 | 2020 |
Nominated but never won
Countries that have competed as nominees but are still waiting for their first win in the category.
| # | Country | Nominations | Submissions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Israel | 10 | 59 |
| 2 |  Belgium | 8 | 51 |
| 3 |  Yugoslavia | 6 | 29 |
| 4 |  Greece | 5 | 47 |
| 5 |  India | 3 | 61 |
| 6 |  Hong Kong | 3 | 45 |
| 7 |  China | 2 | 40 |
| 8 |  North Macedonia | 2 | 22 |
| 9 |  Lebanon | 2 | 22 |
| 10 |  Palestine | 2 | 19 |
| 11 |  Tunisia | 2 | 12 |
| 12 |  Iceland | 1 | 47 |
| 13 |  Romania | 1 | 42 |
| 14 |  Finland | 1 | 40 |
| 15 |  Colombia | 1 | 35 |
| 16 |  Peru | 1 | 33 |
| 17 |  Uruguay | 1 | 26 |
| 18 |  Georgia | 1 | 25 |
| 19 |  Estonia | 1 | 24 |
| 20 |  Cuba | 1 | 24 |
| 21 |  Vietnam | 1 | 22 |
| 22 |  Kazakhstan | 1 | 20 |
| 23 |  Australia | 1 | 18 |
| 24 |  Latvia | 1 | 18 |
| 25 |  Nepal | 1 | 16 |
| 26 |  Cambodia | 1 | 14 |
| 27 |  Ireland | 1 | 13 |
| 28 |  Puerto Rico | 1 | 12 |
| 29 |  Jordan | 1 | 10 |
| 30 |  East Germany | 1 | 5 |
| 31 |  Bhutan | 1 | 4 |
| 32 |  Nicaragua | 1 | 3 |
| 33 |  Mauritania | 1 | 1 |
Longest droughts since the last win
Years elapsed since each winning country's most recent victory.
| # | Country | Last win | Years | Wins |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Czechoslovakia | 1967 | 59 | 2 |
| 2 |  Algeria | 1969 | 57 | 1 |
| 3 |  Ivory Coast | 1976 | 50 | 1 |
| 4 |  West Germany | 1979 | 47 | 1 |
| 5 |  Soviet Union | 1980 | 46 | 3 |
| 6 |  Sweden | 1983 | 43 | 3 |
| 7 |  Switzerland | 1990 | 36 | 2 |
| 8 |  France | 1992 | 34 | 9 |
| 9 |  Russia | 1994 | 32 | 1 |
| 10 |  Czechia | 1996 | 30 | 1 |
| 11 |  Netherlands | 1997 | 29 | 3 |
| 12 |  Taiwan | 2000 | 26 | 1 |
| 13 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2001 | 25 | 1 |
| 14 |  Canada | 2003 | 23 | 1 |
| 15 |  Spain | 2004 | 22 | 4 |
Countries with the most wins
All-time win ranking in the category, with each country's first and most recent victory.
| # | Country | Wins | First | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Italy | 11 | 1956 | 2013 |
| 2 | France | 9 | 1958 | 1992 |
| 3 | Spain | 4 | 1982 | 2004 |
| 4 |  Denmark | 4 | 1987 | 2020 |
| 5 | Sweden | 3 | 1960 | 1983 |
| 6 |  Germany | 3 | 2002 | 2022 |
| 7 | Soviet Union | 3 | 1968 | 1980 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 3 | 1986 | 1997 |
| 9 |  Japan | 2 | 2008 | 2021 |
| 10 |  Hungary | 2 | 1981 | 2015 |
| 11 |  Argentina | 2 | 1985 | 2009 |
| 12 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | 1965 | 1967 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 2 | 1984 | 1990 |
| 14 |  Austria | 2 | 2007 | 2012 |
| 15 |  Iran | 2 | 2011 | 2016 |
| 16 |  Poland | 1 | 2014 | 2014 |
| 17 |  Mexico | 1 | 2018 | 2018 |
| 18 | West Germany | 1 | 1979 | 1979 |
| 19 | Canada | 1 | 2003 | 2003 |
| 20 |  Norway | 1 | 2025 | 2025 |
| 21 | Russia | 1 | 1994 | 1994 |
| 22 |  Brazil | 1 | 2024 | 2024 |
| 23 | Algeria | 1 | 1969 | 1969 |
| 24 | Taiwan | 1 | 2000 | 2000 |
| 25 | Czechia | 1 | 1996 | 1996 |
| 26 |  United Kingdom | 1 | 2023 | 2023 |
| 27 |  Chile | 1 | 2017 | 2017 |
| 28 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 2001 | 2001 |
| 29 |  South Africa | 1 | 2005 | 2005 |
| 30 | Ivory Coast | 1 | 1976 | 1976 |
| 31 |  South Korea | 1 | 2019 | 2019 |