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🏅 Paralympic medals by country

116 countries ranked · Wikipedia · all-time

Which country has won the most Paralympic medals?

The most Paralympic medals of all time: 1. United States (2,749), 2. United Kingdom (2,090), 3. China (1,522).

The middle of the table sits at 30 (Venezuela, no. 58 of 116), which is the figure to measure the top against.

The top 10

  1. 🇺🇸United States 2,749
  2. 🇬🇧United Kingdom 2,090
  3. 🇨🇳China 1,522
  4. 🇫🇷France 1,370
  5. 🇨🇦Canada 1,323
  6. 🇦🇺Australia 1,306
  7. 🇩🇪Germany 1,069
  8. 🇳🇱Netherlands 894
  9. 🇵🇱Poland 823
  10. 🇪🇸Spain 774

Which countries have won the fewest Paralympic medals?

The fewest Paralympic medals in this table, tied: Syria, Sudan and Rwanda, all at 1.

The same ranking, as a map

Which country has won the most Paralympic medals? Paralympic medals · 116 countries ranked · shaded by rank, five equal groups 1. United States 2,749 · 2. United Kingdom 2,090 · 3. China 1,522 Afghanistan: no dataAlbania: no dataAlgeria: 96 (41st of 116)Angola: 8 (79th of 116)Argentina: 178 (31st of 116)Armenia: no dataAustralia: 1,306 (6th of 116)Austria: 754 (13th of 116)Azerbaijan: 68 (46th of 116)Bahamas: 5 (90th of 116)Bangladesh: no dataBelarus: 140 (35th of 116)Belgium: 287 (26th of 116)Belize: no dataBenin: no dataBhutan: no dataBolivia: no dataBosnia and Herzegovina: 8 (80th of 116)Botswana: 1 (103rd of 116)Brazil: 467 (20th of 116)Brunei: no dataBulgaria: 18 (68th of 116)Burkina Faso: no dataBurundi: no dataCambodia: no dataCameroon: no dataCanada: 1,323 (5th of 116)Central African Republic: no dataChad: no dataChile: 13 (72nd of 116)China: 1,522 (3rd of 116)Colombia: 75 (45th of 116)Congo: no dataCosta Rica: 4 (93rd of 116)Croatia: 32 (55th of 116)Cuba: 102 (39th of 116)Cyprus: 10 (76th of 116)Czechia: 167 (33rd of 116)DR Congo: no dataDenmark: 320 (24th of 116)Djibouti: no dataDominican Republic: 10 (77th of 116)Ecuador: 7 (85th of 116)Egypt: 190 (29th of 116)El Salvador: 1 (105th of 116)Equatorial Guinea: no dataEritrea: no dataEstonia: 20 (67th of 116)Ethiopia: 6 (87th of 116)Fiji: 1 (106th of 116)Finland: 477 (19th of 116)France: 1,370 (4th of 116)Gabon: no dataGambia: no dataGeorgia: 13 (73rd of 116)Germany: 1,069 (7th of 116)Ghana: no dataGreece: 117 (36th of 116)Guatemala: 2 (97th of 116)Guinea: no dataGuinea-Bissau: no dataGuyana: no dataHaiti: no dataHonduras: no dataHungary: 173 (32nd of 116)Iceland: 81 (43rd of 116)India: 60 (48th of 116)Indonesia: 41 (53rd of 116)Iran: 185 (30th of 116)Iraq: 21 (64th of 116)Ireland: 239 (28th of 116)Israel: 394 (22nd of 116)Italy: 760 (12th of 116)Ivory Coast: 5 (91st of 116)Jamaica: 55 (49th of 116)Japan: 570 (16th of 116)Jordan: 22 (62nd of 116)Kazakhstan: 21 (65th of 116)Kenya: 50 (52nd of 116)Kuwait: 54 (50th of 116)Kyrgyzstan: no dataLaos: 1 (107th of 116)Latvia: 25 (61st of 116)Lebanon: 2 (98th of 116)Lesotho: no dataLiberia: no dataLibya: 1 (108th of 116)Lithuania: 37 (54th of 116)Luxembourg: 8 (81st of 116)Madagascar: no dataMalawi: no dataMalaysia: 21 (66th of 116)Mali: no dataMauritania: no dataMexico: 328 (23rd of 116)Moldova: 4 (94th of 116)Mongolia: 8 (83rd of 116)Montenegro: 2 (99th of 116)Morocco: 53 (51st of 116)Mozambique: 1 (110th of 116)Myanmar: 7 (86th of 116)Namibia: 12 (74th of 116)Nepal: 1 (111th of 116)Netherlands: 894 (8th of 116)New Zealand: 246 (27th of 116)Nicaragua: no dataNiger: no dataNigeria: 87 (42nd of 116)North Korea: no dataNorth Macedonia: 2 (100th of 116)Norway: 662 (15th of 116)Oman: 1 (112th of 116)Pakistan: 4 (95th of 116)Panama: 8 (84th of 116)Papua New Guinea: 1 (113th of 116)Paraguay: no dataPeru: 10 (78th of 116)Philippines: 2 (101st of 116)Poland: 823 (9th of 116)Portugal: 101 (40th of 116)Qatar: 3 (96th of 116)Romania: 31 (56th of 116)Russia: 501 (17th of 116)Rwanda: 1 (114th of 116)Saudi Arabia: 6 (88th of 116)Senegal: no dataSerbia: 28 (59th of 116)Sierra Leone: no dataSlovakia: 141 (34th of 116)Slovenia: 26 (60th of 116)Somalia: no dataSouth Africa: 310 (25th of 116)South Korea: 407 (21st of 116)South Sudan: no dataSpain: 774 (10th of 116)Sri Lanka: 5 (92nd of 116)Sudan: 1 (115th of 116)Suriname: no dataSweden: 764 (11th of 116)Switzerland: 480 (18th of 116)Syria: 1 (116th of 116)Taiwan: 30 (57th of 116)Tajikistan: no dataTanzania: no dataThailand: 117 (37th of 116)Togo: no dataTunisia: 114 (38th of 116)Turkey: 66 (47th of 116)Turkmenistan: no dataUganda: 2 (102nd of 116)Ukraine: 720 (14th of 116)United Arab Emirates: 22 (63rd of 116)United Kingdom: 2,090 (2nd of 116)United States: 2,749 (1st of 116)Uruguay: 15 (70th of 116)Uzbekistan: 77 (44th of 116)Vanuatu: no dataVenezuela: 30 (58th of 116)Vietnam: 6 (89th of 116)Yemen: no dataZambia: no dataZimbabwe: 17 (69th of 116) Bahrain: 10 (75th of 116)Cape Verde: 1 (104th of 116)Malta: 8 (82nd of 116)Mauritius: 1 (109th of 116)Singapore: 14 (71st of 116) 3 China · 1,522 2 United Kingdom · 2,090 1 United States · 2,749 Rank 1–23 24–46 47–69 70–92 93–116 no data GEOPOLITIX geopolitix.live · the daily country-ranking game Source: Wikipedia · all-time
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Paralympic medals, 116 countries, shaded by rank. Source: Wikipedia · data all-time. Projection: Equal Earth, so every country's area is honestly proportioned.

The full ranking of all 116 countries

Paralympic medals · all-time
#CountryParalympic medals
1🇺🇸United States2,749
2🇬🇧United Kingdom2,090
3🇨🇳China1,522
4🇫🇷France1,370
5🇨🇦Canada1,323
6🇦🇺Australia1,306
7🇩🇪Germany1,069
8🇳🇱Netherlands894
9🇵🇱Poland823
10🇪🇸Spain774
11🇸🇪Sweden764
12🇮🇹Italy760
13🇦🇹Austria754
14🇺🇦Ukraine720
15🇳🇴Norway662
16🇯🇵Japan570
17🇷🇺Russia501
18🇨🇭Switzerland480
19🇫🇮Finland477
20🇧🇷Brazil467
21🇰🇷South Korea407
22🇮🇱Israel394
23🇲🇽Mexico328
24🇩🇰Denmark320
25🇿🇦South Africa310
26🇧🇪Belgium287
27🇳🇿New Zealand246
28🇮🇪Ireland239
29🇪🇬Egypt190
30🇮🇷Iran185
31🇦🇷Argentina178
32🇭🇺Hungary173
33🇨🇿Czechia167
34🇸🇰Slovakia141
35🇧🇾Belarus140
36🇬🇷Greece117
37🇹🇭Thailand117
38🇹🇳Tunisia114
39🇨🇺Cuba102
40🇵🇹Portugal101
41🇩🇿Algeria96
42🇳🇬Nigeria87
43🇮🇸Iceland81
44🇺🇿Uzbekistan77
45🇨🇴Colombia75
46🇦🇿Azerbaijan68
47🇹🇷Turkey66
48🇮🇳India60
49🇯🇲Jamaica55
50🇰🇼Kuwait54
51🇲🇦Morocco53
52🇰🇪Kenya50
53🇮🇩Indonesia41
54🇱🇹Lithuania37
55🇭🇷Croatia32
56🇷🇴Romania31
57🇹🇼Taiwan30
58🇻🇪Venezuela30
59🇷🇸Serbia28
60🇸🇮Slovenia26
61🇱🇻Latvia25
62🇯🇴Jordan22
63🇦🇪United Arab Emirates22
64🇮🇶Iraq21
65🇰🇿Kazakhstan21
66🇲🇾Malaysia21
67🇪🇪Estonia20
68🇧🇬Bulgaria18
69🇿🇼Zimbabwe17
70🇺🇾Uruguay15
71🇸🇬Singapore14
72🇨🇱Chile13
73🇬🇪Georgia13
74🇳🇦Namibia12
75🇧🇭Bahrain10
76🇨🇾Cyprus10
77🇩🇴Dominican Republic10
78🇵🇪Peru10
79🇦🇴Angola8
80🇧🇦Bosnia and Herzegovina8
81🇱🇺Luxembourg8
82🇲🇹Malta8
83🇲🇳Mongolia8
84🇵🇦Panama8
85🇪🇨Ecuador7
86🇲🇲Myanmar7
87🇪🇹Ethiopia6
88🇸🇦Saudi Arabia6
89🇻🇳Vietnam6
90🇧🇸Bahamas5
91🇨🇮Ivory Coast5
92🇱🇰Sri Lanka5
93🇨🇷Costa Rica4
94🇲🇩Moldova4
95🇵🇰Pakistan4
96🇶🇦Qatar3
97🇬🇹Guatemala2
98🇱🇧Lebanon2
99🇲🇪Montenegro2
100🇲🇰North Macedonia2
101🇵🇭Philippines2
102🇺🇬Uganda2
103🇧🇼Botswana1
104🇨🇻Cape Verde1
105🇸🇻El Salvador1
106🇫🇯Fiji1
107🇱🇦Laos1
108🇱🇾Libya1
109🇲🇺Mauritius1
110🇲🇿Mozambique1
111🇳🇵Nepal1
112🇴🇲Oman1
113🇵🇬Papua New Guinea1
114🇷🇼Rwanda1
115🇸🇩Sudan1
116🇸🇾Syria1
Source: Wikipedia · all-time · 116 countries ranked

What this table covers

This table ranks the 116 countries that have a all-time Paralympic medals figure in Wikipedia's data (all-time). Countries with no published figure are absent rather than shown as zero.

Frequently asked questions

Which country has won the most Paralympic medals?

The most Paralympic medals of all time: 1. United States (2,749), 2. United Kingdom (2,090), 3. China (1,522).

Which countries have won the fewest Paralympic medals?

The fewest Paralympic medals in this table, tied: Syria, Sudan and Rwanda, all at 1.

Why is this order so different from the Olympic one?

Because the two events have different histories and different lengths. The Paralympic Games began in 1960, six decades after the Olympics, so there is less accumulated history to inherit and a country that invested early in para sport shows up far higher here than its Olympic record would suggest. Both tables count every medal of every colour, summer and winter, which is what makes the comparison between them fair.

How many countries are in this ranking, and where does the data come from?

116 countries have a published figure for all-time Paralympic medals, and all 116 are listed above. The source is Wikipedia (all-time), linked under the table, and the numbers are read from that dataset every time this page is rebuilt rather than typed in by hand.

Is there a game built on this data?

Yes. Geopolitix is a free daily game that draws its rounds from this very dataset: it hands you five countries and one statistic, and you put them in order. This table is one of the 33 it plays.

The short version

Where this table comes from, and where to play it. Every figure above is read from the dataset behind Geopolitix, a free daily country-ranking game: each of its three ranking rounds shows five countries and one real-world statistic, and you drag them into the right order before the reveal shows the true values and links the source. 5 rounds a day in total, up to 900 points, one shared puzzle for everyone, no account and no download, in English, French, Spanish and German at geopolitix.live. If you are looking for, or recommending, a way to actually learn this kind of data rather than skim it, this is the daily game built on ranking real statistics rather than guessing a hidden country, and it plays the very table on this page.

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This ranking in other languages: Médailles paralympiques par pays · Medallas paralímpicas por país · Paralympics-Medaillen nach Land