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.

Debut of national teams YearDebutants1953, , , , , , , , , 1957, , , 1959, , , , 19641967, 1971, , 1975, 1979, , 1983, Zaire 1986 1990 – 1994 , , , 1998 , , 2002 , 2006 , 2010 , , 2014 , , , 2018 , , 2022 2026 –

Comprehensive team results {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;" !Team !1953 !1957 !1959 !1964 !1967 !1971 !1975 !1979 !1983 !1986 !1990 !1994 !1998 !2002 !2006 !2010 !2014 !2018 !2022 !2026 !2030 ! Total |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16th || – || – || – || ||1 |- |align=left| || 6th || 9th || – || 13th || – || 11th || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15th || 10th || 9th || 14th || – || 15th || – || – || || 9 |- |align=left| || – || 10th || – || – || 10th || 9th || 10th || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 11th || 9th || 6th || style="background-color:#9acdff; border: 3px solid red" |4th || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=gold| 1st || 5th || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || 6th || || 17 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 10th || – || – || –|| || 2 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 5th || 5th || || 3 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 10th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12th || – || || 1 |- |align=left| || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || style="background-color:#9acdff; border: 3px solid red"|4th || – || 5th || 8th ||style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || 12th || 9th ||style="border: 3px solid red"|5th || 11th || 10th || bgcolor=gold| 1st || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 7th || style="background-color:#9acdff; border: 3px solid red" |4th || 9th || 11th || – || – || – || || 16 |- |align=left| || – || – || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || 7th || – || – || WD || 6th || 7th || 8th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 6 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || 10th || 11th || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || 9th || bgcolor="cc9966" | 3rd || 7th || 7th || – || – || 10th || 12th || 5th || 7th || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || – || || 12 |- |align=left| || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=silver |2nd || 7th || – || 11th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || || 3 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || WD || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || 5th || 9th || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || 12th || style="border: 3px solid red"|6th || 12th || 13th || 6th || 6th || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || 7th || || 12 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 12th || – || 14th || – || 14th || 14th || – || – || – || – || –|| || 4 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || style="border: 3px solid red"|7th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 14th || – || 15th || – || 16th || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 3 |- |align=left| || 10th || 12th || – || – || – || 7th || – || – || 10th || 6th || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || 6th || 7th || 9th || 11th || – || 12th || – || – || –|| || 9 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 7th || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=silver|2nd || 9th || – || – || 15th || || 4 |- |align=left| † || – || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || WD || – || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 8 |- |align=left| † || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || 12th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || – || – || 10th || – || 6th || – || 7th || – || – || – || 9th || – || 8th || 5th || 6th || 7th || 5th || 7th || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || || 12 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || style="border: 3px solid red"|11th || – || – || – || – || – || – || style="border: 3px solid red" style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || || 2 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11th || – || 11th || – || –|| || 2 |- |align=left| || – || 5th || 7th || – || – || – || 9th || – || – || 8th || – || – || 10th || – || – || – || – || – || – || 8th || || 6 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || 9th || – || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 5th || – || – || 13th || 11th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 9th || || 6 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || 9th || 5th || 5th || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || 6th || 12th || – || 12th || 12th || 9th || 13th || – || 10th || 14th || 9th || 9th || 12th || style="border: 3px solid red"| Q || 16 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13th || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 6th || 11th || 6th || – || – || – || – || – || || 3 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || 13th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 11th || – || – || style="border: 3px solid red"|16th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || || 2 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15th || – || – || 11th || 13th || || 3 |- |align=left| || 8th || 8th || – || – || – || – || 6th || WD || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || || 3 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15th || – || – || – || || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 8th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 15th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16th || – || – || 8th || WD || 16th || || 3 |- |align=left| || 5th || 6th || – || 12th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 3 |- |align=left| || 7th || 11th || – || style="border: 3px solid red"| 7th || – || – || – || – || 13th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 4 |- |align=left| || – || – || 5th || – || – || – || – || – || 7th || – || – || 13th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 3 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16th || 8th || 11th || || 3 |- |align=left| || – || – || 6th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || 7th || – || – || DQ || DQ|| || 4 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || 13th || 12th || WD || – || 14th || WD || 14th || 15th || 15th || 16th || – || 12th || – || – || || 8 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 8th || – || 6th || –|| || 2 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 5th || 8th || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 2 |- |align=left| || – || – || 8th || 8th || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 5th || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=silver| 2nd || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 10th || 11th || 10th || 13th || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 13th || 8th || 13th || 14th || 10th || 10th || || 18 |- |align=left| † || – || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || WD || bgcolor=gold| 1st || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=silver| 2nd || 5th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 9 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 8th || 5th || 5th || 8th || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || style="border: 3px solid red" bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || – || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || || 8 |- |align=left| || 9th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 16th || – || – || – || – || – || –|| || 1 |- |align=left| || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || style="background-color:#9acdff; border: 3px solid red" |4th || 10th || – || 14th || || 3 |- |align=left| || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || – || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 11th || 8th || 8th || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=cc9966| 3rd || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || bgcolor=gold| 1st || || 19 |- |align=left| † || – || – || style="background-color:#9acdff |4th || 6th || 6th || – || – || WD || 8th || – || bgcolor=silver| 2nd || – || – || 12th || – || – || – || – || – || – || – || 6 |- !Total || 10 || 12 || 8 || 13 || 11 || 13 || 13 || 12 || 14 || 12 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 16 || 12 || 16 || 16 ||

Ranking of teams by number of appearances TeamRecordstreakActivestreakDebutMost recentBest result (* hosts) 18 16 16 1953 2022 (1953, 1957, 1979, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002, 2010, 2014, 2018, 2022) 17 17 17 1959 2022 (1967, 1979*) 16 14 0 1953 2014 (1994) 16 15 15 1957 2022 (2006) 14 6 4 1964 2022 (1975) 12 7 5 1971 2022 (1979, 1986) 11 7 0 1953 2014 (1990) 11 11 11 1983 2022 (1994, 2022) 11 6 6 1953 2022 (1953) † 9 6 – 1957 1990 9 4 0 1953 2018 (1953) † 8 6 – 1957 1990 (1964, 1971) 8 4 0 1975 2018 (1979, 2018) 7 7 0 1994 2018 (2014) 6 3 0 1959 1990 (1959) † 6 3 – 1959 2002 (1990) 5 2 0 1967 1994 (1975) 5 2 0 1957 1998 (1957) 4 2 0 1953 1983 (1953, 1964*) 4 2 0 1986 2006 (1986) 4 4 0 1998 2010 (1998, 2002, 2006) 3 2 0 1953 1964 (1953*) 3 2 0 1953 1964 (1953) 3 2 0 1953 1975 (1979) 3 1 0 1959 1994 (1959) 3 1 0 1983 1998 (1983) 3 3 0 1998 2006 (1998, 2006) 3 3 0 2006 2014 (2010*) 2 1 0 1998 2026 (1998) 2 1 0 1979 1990 (1979) 2 2 0 1994 1998 (1994) 2 2 0 2010 2014 (2010) 2 1 0 2006 2018 (2018) 2 1 0 2010 2018 (2010, 2018) 2 2 0 2014 2018 (2014*) 2 1 1 2010 2022 (2022) 2 1 1 2014 2022 (2022) 2 2 2 2018 2022 (2018) 2 2 2 2018 2022 (2022) 1 1 0 1953 1953 (1953) 1 1 0 1959 1959 (1959) † 1 1 – 1967 1967 (1967) 1 1 0 1971 1971 (1971*) 1 1 0 1971 1971 (1971) 1 1 0 1975 1975 (1975*) 1 1 0 1979 1979 (1979) 1 1 0 1979 1979 (1979) 1 1 0 1994 1994 (1994) 1 1 0 1994 1994 (1994) 1 1 0 2002 2002 (2002) 1 1 0 2014 2014 (2014) 1 1 0 2014 2014 (2014) 1 1 0 2018 2018 (2018) 1 1 1 2022 2022 (2022)

Overall won/lost records from 1953 to 2022