This is a list of countries by number of Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film (known as Best Foreign Language Film before 2020), a table showing the total number of submissions, nominations, and awards in this category received by each country. It follows Academy convention by not grouping the tally of extinct countries with that of their successor states.
, at least one film has been submitted by 139 countries. Of this number, 64 countries have received a nomination, with 31 countries ultimately winning the Oscar.
Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film tally by country
Submitting country Number ofwinning films Number ofnominated films Number ofsubmitted films First submitted Last submitted Italy 72 1947 2025 France 73 1948 2025 Japan 72 1951 2025 Spain 68 1956 2025 Denmark 63 1956 2025 Sweden 65 1956 2025 Germany 35 1990 2025 Soviet Union 24 1963 1991 Netherlands 58 1959 2025 Hungary 61 1965 2025 Argentina 52 1961 2025 Czechoslovakia 23 1964 1991 Switzerland 53 1961 2025 Austria 49 1961 2025 Iran 31 1977 2025 Poland 57 1963 2025 Mexico 58 1957 2025 West Germany 31 1956 1989 Canada 51 1971 2025 Norway 47 1957 2025 Russia 29 1992 2021 Brazil 55 1960 2025 Algeria 26 1969 2024 Taiwan 51 1957 2025 Czech Republic 32 1994 2025 United Kingdom 22 1991 2025 Chile 30 1990 2025 Bosnia and Herzegovina 25 1994 2025 South Africa 20 1989 2025 South Korea 38 1962 2025 Ivory Coast 3 1976 2020 Israel 58 1964 2025 Belgium 50 1967 2025 Yugoslavia 29 1958 1991 Greece 45 1957 2025 India 58 1957 2025 Hong Kong 44 1959 2025 China 39 1979 2025 Lebanon 21 1978 2025 North Macedonia 21 1994 2025 Palestine 18 2003 2025 Tunisia 12 1995 2025 Iceland 46 1980 2025 Romania 41 1966 2025 Finland 39 1973 2025 Colombia 34 1980 2025 Peru 32 1967 2025 Uruguay 25 1992 2025 Georgia 24 1996 2025 Cuba 23 1978 2023 Estonia 23 1992 2025 Vietnam 22 1993 2025 Kazakhstan 19 1992 2025 Latvia 17 1992 2025 Australia 17 1996 2025 Nepal 15 1999 2025 Cambodia 13 1994 2025 Puerto Rico 12 1986 2011 Ireland 12 2007 2025 Jordan 9 2008 2025 East Germany 5 1973 1983 Nicaragua 3 1982 2010 Bhutan 4 1999 2025 Mauritania 1 2014 2014 Portugal 42 1980 2025 Egypt 39 1958 2025 Philippines 36 1956 2025 Bulgaria 36 1971 2025 Venezuela 35 1977 2025 Croatia 35 1992 2025 Turkey 32 1964 2025 Thailand 32 1984 2025 Serbia 32 1994 2025 Slovakia 29 1993 2025 Slovenia 29 1993 2025 Indonesia 27 1987 2025 Morocco 21 1977 2025 Bangladesh 21 2002 2025 Luxembourg 20 1997 2025 Singapore 19 1959 2025 Dominican Republic 18 1983 2025 Bolivia 18 1995 2025 Albania 18 1996 2025 Ukraine 18 1997 2025 Kyrgyzstan 18 1998 2025 Lithuania 18 2006 2025 Armenia 15 2001 2025 Afghanistan 14 2002 2019 Costa Rica 14 2005 2025 Iraq 14 2005 2025 Pakistan 13 1959 2024 Ecuador 13 2000 2025 Montenegro 12 2013 2025 Panama 12 2014 2025 Mongolia 10 2003 2025 Malaysia 10 2004 2025 Azerbaijan 10 2007 2025 Kenya 9 2012 2024 Kosovo 9 2014 2022 Paraguay 9 2015 2025 Saudi Arabia 8 2013 2025 Cameroon 7 1980 2024 New Zealand 7 2011 2022 Senegal 7 2017 2025 Belarus 5 1994 2020 Guatemala 4 1994 2022 Tajikistan 4 1999 2025 Ethiopia 4 2010 2019 Moldova 4 2013 2023 Malta 4 2014 2024 Nigeria 4 2019 2024 Chad 3 2002 2021 Greenland 3 2010 2025 Yemen 3 2016 2023 Haiti 3 2017 2025 Honduras 3 2017 2020 Kuwait 2 1972 1978 Burkina Faso 2 1989 2023 Tanzania 2 2001 2022 Sri Lanka 2 2003 2009 Malawi 2 2018 2021 Uzbekistan 2 2019 2021 Sudan 2 2020 2023 Uganda 2 2022 2025 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 1997 1997 Fiji 1 2005 2005 Laos 1 2017 2017 Mozambique 1 2017 2017 Syria 1 2017 2017 Niger 1 2018 2018 Ghana 1 2019 2019 Lesotho 1 2020 2020 Suriname 1 2020 2020 Somalia 1 2021 2021 Namibia 1 2023 2023 Madagascar 1 2025 2025 Papua New Guinea 1 2025 2025
Notes Submitted films include disqualified entries, except those resubmitted, so as to not count twice.
Submissions by year Year Ceremony Submitted films Countries submitting for the first time 1956 29th 8 , , , , , , , 1957 30th 12 , , , , 1958 31st 10 , 1959 32nd 13 , , , 1960 33rd 12 1961 34th 14 , , 1962 35th 13 1963 36th 14 , 1964 37th 18 , , 1965 38th 15 1966 39th 19 1967 40th 16 , 1968 41st 18 1969 42nd 24 1970 43rd 13 1971 44th 20 , 1972 45th 22 1973 46th 21 , 1974 47th 20 1975 48th 21 1976 49th 24 1977 50th 24 , , 1978 51st 19 , 1979 52nd 23 1980 53rd 26 , , , 1981 54th 25 1982 55th 25 1983 56th 26 1984 57th 32 1985 58th 30 1986 59th 32 1987 60th 30 1988 61st 31 1989 62nd 37 , 1990 63rd 37 , 1991 64th 34 1992 65th 33 , , , , , 1993 66th 35 , , 1994 67th 46 , , , , , , 1995 68th 41 , 1996 69th 39 , , 1997 70th 44 , , 1998 71st 45 1999 72nd 47 , , 2000 73rd 46 2001 74th 51 , 2002 75th 56 , , , 2003 76th 56 , 2004 77th 52 2005 78th 62 , , 2006 79th 63 2007 80th 64 , 2008 81st 67 2009 82nd 67 2010 83rd 66 , 2011 84th 65 2012 85th 73 2013 86th 76 , , 2014 87th 83 , , , 2015 88th 82 2016 89th 89 2017 90th 92 , , , , , 2018 91st 89 , 2019 92nd 94 , , 2020 93rd 97 , , 2021 94th 93 2022 95th 93 2023 96th 92 2024 97th 89 2025 98th 92 , 2026 99th TBD ,
See also Academy Award for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award winners and nominees for Best International Feature Film List of Academy Award–winning foreign-language films (in categories other than the International Feature Film category itself)
References General
Specific Puerto Rico queda excluido de la carrera por el Oscar; El Nuevo Día (5 October 2011)