This is a list of industries, services, products, or companies that have been nationalized at various times, grouped by country.

List

Argentina 1946 Central Bank of Argentina 1946 Natural gas services (later privatized in 1992) 1947 Telephone network (later privatized in 1990) 1947 Radio networks (later privatized between 1980 and 1993) 1948 Rail transport (privatized between 1991 and 1999) 1959 Oil reserves (the state oil enterprise, YPF, had been established in 1922; mineral resources were nationalized with Article 40 of the 1949 Constitution; the latter was abrogated in 1956, but oil was renationalized in 1958 and private firms operated afterward via leases) 1949 Port administration (privatized in 1992) 1949 Merchant marine (privatized in 1991) 1951 LR3 TV Canal 7 (the first and only existing television network in the country at the time; despite not being founded by the state itself, it began as a state-owned venture. It was briefly privatized in 1954 and renationalized in 1955) 1952 Buenos Aires Metro (operations privatized in 1994) 1958 Electric utilities (privatized in 1992) 1974 Television networks (privatized between 1982 and 1998) 1980 Austral Líneas Aéreas (privatized in 1987, renationalized in 2008) 2003 Postal service renationalized (state-owned between 1949 and 1997) 2006 AySA, the water utility serving Buenos Aires (its state-owned precursor, OSN, was established in 1912 and privatized in 1993) 2008 Aerolíneas Argentinas renationalized (state-owned between 1949 and 1990) 2008 Pension funds (transferred to ANSES) 2010 FAdeA (state-owned between 1927 and 1995) 2012 YPF renationalized (state-owned between 1922 and 1993) 2013 Metrogas (part of the Gas del Estado state-owned enterprise privatized in 1992) 2015 Rail transport (renationalization of commuter lines began under the auspices of SOFSE in 2013)

Australia 1946 The South Australian Government nationalised the Adelaide Electricity Supply Company into the Electricity Trust of South Australia 1948 The government attempted to nationalize the banking industry, but the act was declared unconstitutional by the High Court of Australia in the case Bank of New South Wales v Commonwealth.The Constitutional Centre of Western Australia | The Role of The High Court 2023 The Government of the Australian Capital Territory nationalised Calvary Hospital, Canberra.

Bahrain 1975-1980 Nationalisation in three steps of Bahrain Petroleum Company, originally founded in Canada in 1929 by Standard Oil of California. The company had found oil in Bahrain in 1932 and was wholly nationalized 48 years later.

Bangladesh 1971 The State Bank of Bangladesh was founded by nationalization of the private shares in the eastern section of the State Bank of Pakistan.Muhammad Fazlul Hassan Yusuf (1980): Nationalisation of Industries in Bangladesh , doctoral thesis, University of Tasmania, December 1980, p 79. 1972-1974 Through this three years period after independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the government had taken over 786 industrial undertakings. Included in this number, the government nationalized 245 enterprises in 11 industries: 76 jute mills, 52 textile mills, 30 textile tanneries, 17 engineering companies, 16 food producers, 15 sugar mills, 10 paper industry companies, 9 companies within the fertilizer, pharma and chemical industries, 8 steel companies, 6 oil and gas companies, and 6 forest industry undertakings.Muhammad Fazlul Hassan Yusuf (1980): Nationalisation of Industries in Bangladesh , doctoral thesis, University of Tasmania, December 1980, p 154. A further 375 state-owned enterprises were founded in the same period, but 320 of them were placed for later re-privatization to Bengali owners, of which 211 had been privatized by 1978.Muhammad Fazlul Hassan Yusuf (1980): Nationalisation of Industries in Bangladesh , doctoral thesis, University of Tasmania, December 1980, p 155. 1972 On March 26, 1972, the Government of Bangladesh formally took over all assets having belonged to (West) Pakistani citizens. Many enterprises expropriated 1971-1974 were owned by West Pakistanis (citizens of present-day Pakistan) who had fled the country during war and liberation. This included all jute exports and 6 private shipping companies.Muhammad Fazlul Hassan Yusuf (1980): Nationalisation of Industries in Bangladesh , doctoral thesis, University of Tasmania, December 1980, p 70. 1972 On March 26, 1972, the government nationalised 12 commercial banks belonging to both (West) Pakistani and Bangladeshi shareholders.Muhammad Fazlul Hassan Yusuf (1980): Nationalisation of Industries in Bangladesh , doctoral thesis, University of Tasmania, December 1980, p 68. 1975 A reversal of policies started, with large-scale divestment of state-owned enterprises and reimbursement of compensation to previous private owners.Muhammad Fazlul Hassan Yusuf (1980): Nationalisation of Industries in Bangladesh , doctoral thesis, University of Tasmania, December 1980, p 146-147. 1977 This year, a total of 371 of the previously nationalized enterprises, still remained under state ownership. Approximately 400 companies had been de-nationalised and transferred to private owners.Muhammad Fazlul Hassan Yusuf (1980): Nationalisation of Industries in Bangladesh , doctoral thesis, University of Tasmania, December 1980, p 160-164.

Bolivia 1952 Bolivian nationalization of tin mining as part of the Bolivian National Revolution Most utilities were nationally owned before being privatized in 1994. 2006 On May 1, 2006, newly elected Bolivian president Evo Morales announced plans to nationalize the country's natural gas industry; foreign-based companies were given six months to renegotiate their existing contracts. 2008 On May 1, 2008, the nationalization of Bolivia's leading telecommunications company Entel was completed, previously having been owned by Telecom Italia. 2010 On May 1, 2010, the government nationalized the country's main hydroelectric plant, thereby assuming control over most of Bolivia's electrical generation and end-user sales. 2012 On May 1, 2012, the Morales government nationalized power grid operator Transportadora de Electricidad (TDE), until then 99.94% owned by Red Eléctrica de España. TDE owns and runs 73% of the power lines in Bolivia.

Canada 1918 Canadian National Railways, created from several systems nationwide following their bankruptcy during and after World War I, and since privatised in 1995. (Air Canada, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Marine Atlantic and Via Rail (still government-owned) were all subsidiaries of the company at one time) 1943 Eldorado Resources, private radium and uranium mining company nationalized by the Canadian federal government after it was contracted to supply uranium for the Manhattan Project. Privatized after merging with the Saskatchewan Mining Development Corporation to form Cameco in 1988. 1944 Hydro-Québec, first created through partial nationalisation of electricity concerns around Montreal in Quebec by the Liberal government of Adélard Godbout. During the Quiet Revolution of the early 1960s, the remaining 11 privately owned electricity companies in Quebec were nationalised by the Liberal government of Jean Lesage. 1975 Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan, Province of Saskatchewan nationalised part of the potash industry. Many potash producers agreed to sell to the government instead of being nationalised.

Chile 1970–1971 Chilean nationalization of steel and iron mining industry. 1966–1971 Chilean nationalization of copper mining industry, after a unanimous modification to the Constitution by the Chilean Congress on 11 July 1971, nationalising the operations of the US companies Anaconda, Kennecott, and Cerro. The act was carried out by the Socialist government of Salvador Allende. 2023–present Chilean nationalization of lithium extraction.

China In the period of Republican China, Sun Yat-sen had sweeping land reforms and nationalized many industries. The rise of the People's Republic of China under Mao Zedong nationalized all private assets, restricted private ownership, even of land, and the state determined output and price levels. Some of these were reversed after Deng Xiaoping launched the reform and opening up in 1978, allowing private and foreign investment to enter the country.

After the end of martial law period and democratization in Taiwan, the Republic of China began to privatize many government-owned assets, even those owned by the Kuomintang.

Colombia 1998 Granahorrar Bank nationalization

Croatia

On the break-up of Yugoslavia, The HDZ government nationalized private agricultural property and rezoned it under the guise of forest statesmanship, when their publicly professed agenda was to only complete the nationalization of the communists. Much of this land is in the process of being reinstated and the model rethought.

Cuba After the Cuban Revolution of 1959 the Castro government gradually expropriated all foreign-owned private companies, most of which were owned by American corporations and individuals. The immediate trigger was the refusal by American-owned oil refineries to refine the crude oil received from the Soviet Union. Faced with the prospect of no oil, Cuba nationalized the three American refineries. This action escalated the US embargo on Cuba, which responded by nationalizing all American owned property. Eventually all Cuban private property was nationalized.

Beginning in 1966, the Castro government nationalized all remaining privately owned businesses in Cuba, down to the level of street vendors. The process accelerated on March 14, 1968, with a new "revolutionary offensive."

Castro had offered bonds at 4.5% interest over twenty years to U.S. companies, but U.S. ambassador Philip Bonsal requested the compensation up front and rejected the offer. A minor amount of $1.3 million, was paid to U.S. interests before deteriorating relations ended all cooperation between the two governments. The U.S. established a registry of claims against the Cuban government, ultimately developing files on 5,911 specific companies. The Cuban government has refused to discuss the compensation of U.S. claims and the U.S. government continues to insist on compensation for U.S. companies.

Czechoslovakia 1945 Large manufacturing enterprise nationalized by the National Front government. 1948 All manufacturing enterprises nationalized by Klement Gottwald's Communist government after the 1948 Czechoslovak coup d'état.

Egypt 1956 In the Suez Crisis, on July 26, 1956 Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalized the Suez Canal Company's assets in Egypt, including the Suez Canal, and placed them under the control of the Suez Canal Authority.

Finland

1993 A minor part of the banking sector is nationalized, Omaisuudenhoitoyhtiö Arsenal was created to solve the banking crisis. 2015: Talvivaara Sotkamo Ltd which operated a nickel mine in Sotkamo, went bankrupt in November 2014, and the Finnish state immediately took over the mine in order to stabilize the mine's operations in order to prevent environmental damage. Terrafame, which is wholly owned by the Finnish state, bought the mine from the bankruptcy estate for one euro in August 2015. Since then, efforts have been made to privatize the mine. The state's holding in November 2020 was still 71.2%.

France Nationalisation dates back to the 'regies' or state monopolies organized under the Ancien Régime, for example, the monopoly on tobacco sales. Communications companies France Telecom and La Poste are relics of the state postal and telecommunications monopolies.

There was a major expansion of the nationalised sector following World War II.Myers (1949) A second wave followed in 1982. 1938 Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF) (originally a 51% State holding, increased to 100% in 1982)