This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. According to a report in the Journal of Peace Research, a coup is the illegal overthrow of a government (as opposed to legal coercion). Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days.Powell, Jonathan M.; Thyne, Clayton L. (1 March 2011). "Global instances of coups from 1950 to 2010 A new dataset" (PDF). Journal of Peace Research(Preprint). 48 (2): 249–259. doi:10.1177/0022343310397436. ISSN 0022-3433. S2CID 9066792. Retrieved 20 June 2022. Coups may be undertaken by any elite who is part of the state apparatus. These can include non-civilian members of the military and security services, or civilian members of government.

Afghanistan February 20, 1919: Nasrullah Khan overthrew Habibullah Khan. February 28, 1919: Amanullah Khan overthrew Nasrullah Khan. January 17, 1929: Habibullāh Kalakāni overthrew Inayatullah Khan. October 16, 1929: Mohammad Nadir Shah overthew Habibullāh Kalakāni. July 17, 1973: Mohammed Daoud Khan overthrew Mohammad Zahir Shah. December 9, 1976: Qiyam-i Islami (Islamic Uprising) attempted and failed to overthrow Mohammad Daoud Khan. April 30, 1978: Abdul Qadir overthrew Mohammed Daoud Khan. September 16, 1979: Hafizullah Amin overthrew Nur Muhammad Taraki. December 27, 1979: Babrak Karmal overthrew Hafizullah Amin. March 6, 1990: Shahnawaz Tanai attempted and failed to overthrow Mohammad Najibullah. April 2002: failed coup by members of hardline Islamist Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's Hezbi Islami against Afghan Interim Administration leader Hamid Karzai, which included killing former king Mohammed Zahir Shah on his planned return to Afghanistan.

Albania 1914: The Peasant Revolt in Albania, also known as the Islamic Revolt or Muslim Uprising in Albania, was an uprising of peasants from central Albania, mostly Muslims, against the regime of Wilhelm, Prince of Albania in 1914. It was one of the reasons for the prince's withdrawal from the country, which marked the fall of the Principality of Albania. The uprising was led by Muslim leaders Haxhi Qamili, Arif Hiqmeti, Musa Qazimi, and Mustafa Ndroqi. June–December 1924: The June Revolution (Albanian: or ), also known as the Antibourgeois Democratic Revolution (Albanian: ), was a peasant insurgency backed by the parliamentary opposition to the Zogu government, following the 1923 Albanian parliamentary election. Fan Noli became the Prime Minister of Albania. September 14, 1998: The funeral of Azem Hajdari, a Member of Parliament, turned violent as the office of the Albanian prime minister Fatos Nano was attacked, obliging Nano to hastily flee and step down shortly after. His party remained in power.

Algeria July 3, 1962: Houari Boumédiène and Ahmed Ben Bella overthrew Benyoucef Benkhedda. June 19, 1965: Houari Boumédiène overthrew Ahmed Ben Bella.Survivor of a coup TIME magazine December 14–16, 1967: Colonel Tahar Zbiri failed to overthrow Houari Boumédiène. January 11, 1992: Khaled Nezzar overthrew Chadli Bendjedid.Page 455 The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair On April 2, 2019, the president Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned under pressure from the military, following the 2019–2021 Algerian protests

Angola May 27, 1977: The Minister of Interior Nito Alves failed to overthrow Agostinho Neto.

Argentina

September 6, 1930: General José Félix Uriburu and the Nacionalistas overthrew President Hipólito Yrigoyen and suspended the 1853 Constitution. December 18, 1932: failed military uprising against Agustín Pedro Justo by Atilio Cattáneo and the Radical Civic Union. June 4, 1943: the military overthrew president Ramón Castillo. September 28, 1951: failed military revolt against President Juan Perón by Benjamín Menéndez. September 16–23, 1955: the military, led by General Eduardo Lonardi, overthrew president Juan Perón. June 6, 1956: failed military uprising, led by General Juan José Valle, against de facto President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu. June 19, 1959: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by . November 30, 1960: failed military uprising against Arturo Frondizi by . March 29, 1962: the military, led by General , overthrew President Arturo Frondizi. 21 September 1962 – 5 April 1963: a revolt by Anti Peronist elements of the Argentine Navy after the government decided to allow Peronist candidates to run for political office. June 28, 1966: a military uprising led by General Juan Carlos Onganía overthrew president Arturo Umberto Illia. December 18–22, 1975: failed military uprising against Isabel Perón by . March 24, 1976: Jorge Videla overthrew Isabel Perón and established the National Reorganization Process. December 11, 1981: the military overthrew Roberto Viola, with Leopoldo Galtieri being appointed president of Argentina one week later. April 1987: mutiny by members of the Carapintada faction in the Argentine Army.

Armenia May 10–14, 1920: Uprising by Pro-Bolshevik forces in Yerevan. February 25, 2021: the Armenian military called for Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan to resign, similar to the 1997 Turkish military memorandum September 2023: The Armenian government announced it had foiled a coup plot by a militia. September 18, 2024: Several people were arrested for taking part in a plot to install a pro-Russian government. June 25, 2025: 15 people were arrested on charges of planning a coup to overthrow Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan.

Australia

Pre-federation

January 26, 1808: the New South Wales Corps overthrew William Bligh, Governor of New South Wales, and installed Major George Johnston as acting lieutenant-governor.

Federation

November 11, 1975: Opposition leader Malcolm Fraser and Governor-General John Kerr committed a 'soft coup' when Kerr dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam and replaced him with Fraser.

Austria 1931: Attempted coup by members of the Heimwehr paramilitary group, led by Walter Pfrimer. March 15, 1933: Self-coup by Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss, which effectively ended democracy and the First Republic. July 25, 1934: the Austrian Nazi Party and the Austrian SS attempted to overthrow the Fatherland Front government in the Federal State of Austria, resulting in the assassination of Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss and his succession by Kurt Schuschnigg. April 2017: Austrian police arrested members of the far right for plotting a coup.

Azerbaijan June 9, 1993: Heydar Aliyev overthrew Abulfaz Elchibey during the First Nagorno-Karabakh WarPage 130 Azerbaijan A Country Study March 13, 1995: Colonel Rovshan Javadov and his unit of OPON troops failed to seize power from President Heydar Aliyev and reinstate his predecessor Abulfaz Elchibey after Turkish president Süleyman Demirel warned Aliyev. May 16, 2023: Alleged Iran-backed coup plot. 2025 Azerbaijani coup plot

Bahrain 1895: attempted coup by Shubar al-Sitri. December 16, 1981: Seventy-three members of the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain were arrested by the Bahraini government for attempting to orchestrate a coup. The coup was allegedly assisted by Iran, although the Iranian government denied this claim.

Bangladesh

August 15, 1975: Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad overthrew the BaKSAL government of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman. November 3, 1975: Khaled Mosharraf overthrew the government set up by the August coup. November 7, 1975: Soldiers from the Bangladesh Army overthrew and killed Khaled Mosharraf just a few days after he took power. May 30, 1981: Soldiers led by Major General Mohammad Abdul Monjur assassinated President Ziaur Rahman. They failed to seize power and were rounded up. March 24, 1982: Hussain Muhammad Ershad overthrew President Abdus Sattar. May 1996: Abu Saleh Mohammad Nasim attempted and failed to overthrow Abdur Rahman Biswas. January 11, 2007: General Moeen U Ahmed pressured President Iajuddin Ahmed into declaring a state of emergency, postponing elections, and appointing a new Chief Advisor to head the caretaker government. December 2011: Rebel army officers attempted and failed to overthrow Sheikh Hasina.

Belgium Austrian Netherlands

June 18, 1789: The Austrian Imperial Army occupied the Great Market of Brussels, dissolved the States of Brabant and Council of Brabant, and tried to arrest all its members.

United Belgian States

March 1790: Statist coup was carried out against the Vonckists.

Kingdom of Belgium

: The Orangist movement launched an unsuccessful coup in Belgium.

Benin

Kingdom of Dahomey

1818: A coup, supported by the slave trader Francisco Félix de Souza, overthrew King Adandozan and enthroned Ghezo.

Republic of Dahomey October 28, 1963: Christophe Soglo overthrew Hubert Maga and the Dahomeyan Unity Party. November 27, 1965: Christophe Soglo overthrew Sourou-Migan Apithy. December 16, 1967: Maurice Kouandété overthrew Christophe Soglo. December 10, 1969: Maurice Kouandété overthrew Emile Derlin Zinsou. October 26, 1972: Mathieu Kérékou overthrew Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin.

People's Republic of Benin

January 17, 1977: French-led mercenaries attempted to overthrow Mathieu Kérékou and the People's Revolutionary Party of Benin government.

Republic of Benin

March 4, 2013: Failed coup attempt by Colonel against President Thomas Boni Yayi. September 26, 2024: 3 people arrested on charges of organising a coup. December 7, 2025: members of the Beninese Armed Forces attempted to overthrow President Patrice Talon

Bolivia

April 18, 1828: Military revolt. Antonio José de Sucre was wounded in the arm and resigned. December 31, 1828 to January 1, 1829: President Pedro Blanco Soto was deposed and killed in a coup led by José Ballivián. January 22, 1839: José Miguel de Velasco overthrew Andrés de Santa Cruz. June 10, 1841: Sebastián Ágreda overthrew José Miguel de Velasco. September 22, 1841: José Ballivián overthrew Mariano Enrique Calvo. January 2, 1848: Manuel Isidoro Belzu overthrew Eusebio Guilarte and installed José Miguel de Velasco as president. December 6, 1848: Manuel Isidoro Belzu overthrew José Miguel de Velasco; failed counter-coup by Velasco. 1854: Failed military revolt, with notable participant Mariano Melgarejo, against Manuel Isidoro Belzu. September 9, 1857: José María Linares overthrew Jorge Córdova. January 14, 1861: José María de Achá, Ruperto Fernández, and Manuel Antonio Sánchez overthrew José María Linares. December 28, 1864: Mariano Melgarejo overthrew José María de Achá. January 15, 1871: Agustín Morales overthrew Mariano Melgarejo. May 4, 1876: Hilarión Daza overthrew Tomás Frías. December 28, 1879: Hilarión Daza was declared deposed and, in his absence, Narciso Campero was proclaimed president on January 19, 1880. April 12, 1899: José Manuel Pando overthrew Severo Fernández. August 12, 1920: Bautista Saavedra overthrew José Gutiérrez. June 28, 1930: Carlos Blanco Galindo overthrew Hernando Siles Reyes' ministerial cabinet. November 27, 1934: Military revolt. Germán Busch, under the orders of David Toro and Enrique Peñaranda, overthrew Daniel Salamanca Urey and installed Vice President José Luis Tejada Sorzano as president. May 17, 1936: Germán Busch overthrew José Luis Tejada Sorzano and installed David Toro as president. July 13, 1937: Germán Busch overthrew David Toro. December 20, 1943: Gualberto Villarroel overthrew Enrique Peñaranda. July 21, 1946: An enraged mob lynched Gualberto Villarroel. Néstor Guillén, and then Tomás Monje, were installed as interim presidents. May 16, 1951: Mamerto Urriolagoitía enacted a self-coup and installed General Hugo Ballivián as president to stop President-elect Víctor Paz Estenssoro from taking office. April 11, 1952: Hernán Siles Zuazo overthrew Hugo Ballivián and installed Víctor Paz Estenssoro as president. November 5, 1964: René Barrientos and Alfredo Ovando Candía overthrew Víctor Paz Estenssoro.Page 175 Whiteout: The CIA, Drugs and the Press