List of Kyoto Protocol signatories

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1 Signed and ratified
2 Signed but not ratified
3 Signed but not intending to ratify
4 Not signed and not ratified
5 References

See also: Kyoto Protocol

Participation in the Kyoto Protocol, where dark green indicates countries that have signed and ratified the treaty. As of 25 September 2006

As of December 2006, 166 states have signed and ratified the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, aimed at combatting global warming. The count on the UNFCCC list ^[1] ^[2] includes three extra entities:

Niue and Cook Islands are counted separately. These are self-governing islands, but are not independent from New Zealand.
In addition to its member states, the European Union is counted as in individual entity.

Note: Signing is optional, indicating intention to ratify. Ratification is the key step for a country to formally accept an international treaty.

Country		Signed	Ratification/Acceptance	Notes
1	Fiji	17 September 1998	17 September 1998
2	Antigua and Barbuda	16 March 1998	3 November 1998
3	Tuvalu	16 November 1998	16 November 1998
4	Maldives	16 March 1998	30 December 1998
5	Turkmenistan	28 September 1998	11 January 1999
6	Trinidad and Tobago	7 January 1999	28 January 1999
7	Panama	8 June 1998	5 March 1999
8	Bahamas		9 April 1999
9	Georgia		16 June 1999
10	Micronesia	17 March 1998	21 June 1999
11	Jamaica		28 June 1999
12	Cyprus		16 July 1999
13	Paraguay	25 August 1998	27 August 1999
14	Guatemala	10 July 1998	5 October 1999
15	Uzbekistan	20 November 1998	12 October 1999
16	Nicaragua	7 July 1998	18 November 1999
17	Bolivia	29 July 1998	30 November 1999
18	Palau		10 December 1999
19	Mongolia		15 December 1999
20	Ecuador	15 January 1999	13 January 2000
21	El Salvador	8 June 1998	13 January 2000
22	Honduras	25 February 1999	19 July 2000
23	Barbados		7 August 2000
24	Equatorial Guinea		16 August 2000
25	Lesotho		6 September 2000
26	Guinea		7 September 2000
27	Kiribati		7 September 2000
28	Mexico	9 June 1998	7 September 2000
29	Azerbaijan		28 September 2000
30	Samoa	16 March 1998	27 November 2000
31	Uruguay	29 July 1998	5 February 2001
32	Romania	5 January 1999	19 March 2001
33	Mauritius		9 May 2001
34	Gambia		1 June 2001
35	Vanuatu		17 July 2001
36	Senegal		20 July 2001
37	Nauru		16 August 2001
38	Argentina	16 March 1998	28 September 2001
39	Burundi		18 October 2001
40	Bangladesh		22 October 2001
41	Malawi		26 October 2001
42	Malta	17 April 1998	11 November 2001
43	Czech Republic	23 November 1998	15 November 2001
44	Colombia		30 November 2001
45	Morocco		25 January 2002
46	Dominican Republic		12 February 2002
47	Benin		25 February 2002
48	Djibouti		12 March 2002
49	Uganda		25 March 2002
50	Mali	27 January 1999	28 March 2002
51	Papua New Guinea	2 March 1999	28 March 2002
52	Cuba	15 March 1999	30 April 2002
53	Iceland		23 May 2002	55^th entity (if counting with the Cook Islands and Niue), this fulfills the first condition for coming-into-force
54	Norway	29 April 1998	30 May 2002
--	European Union	29 April 1998	31 May 2002	All ratifications of the then-EU-members are deposited simultaneously (see 55-70)
55	Austria	24 September 1998	31 May 2002
56	Belgium	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
57	Denmark	29 April 1998	31 May 2002	Greenland: applied Faroe Islands: not applied
58	Finland	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
59	France	29 April 1998	31 May 2002	French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Réunion: applied French Polynesia, New Caledonia, Wallis and Futuna, French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Mayotte, Saint Pierre and Miquelon: not applied
60	Germany	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
61	Greece	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
62	Ireland	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
63	Italy	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
64	Luxembourg	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
65	Netherlands	29 April 1998	31 May 2002	Aruba: not applied Netherlands Antilles: not applied
66	Portugal	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
67	Slovakia	26 February 1998	31 May 2002
68	Spain	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
69	Sweden	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
70	United Kingdom	29 April 1998	31 May 2002
71	Japan	28 April 1998	4 June 2002
72	Latvia	14 December 1998	5 July 2002
73	Seychelles	20 March 1998	22 July 2002
74	South Africa		31 July 2002
75	Slovenia	21 October 1998	2 August 2002
76	Grenada		6 August 2002
77	Costa Rica	27 April 1998	9 August 2002
78	Bulgaria	18 September 1998	15 August 2002
79	Hungary		21 August 2002
80	Cambodia		22 August 2002
81	Brazil	29 April 1998	23 August 2002
82	Bhutan		26 August 2002
83	Chile	17 June 1998	26 August 2002
84	India		26 August 2002
85	Tanzania		26 August 2002
86	Cameroon		28 August 2002
87	Thailand	2 February 1999	28 August 2002
88	China	29 May 1998	30 August 2002	Hong Kong: applied since April 8, 2003 Macau: not applied
89	Sri Lanka		3 September 2002
90	Malaysia	12 March 1999	4 September 2002
91	Peru	13 November 1998	12 September 2002
92	Vietnam	3 December 1998	25 September 2002
93	Estonia	3 December 1998	14 October 2002
94	Liberia		5 November 2002
95	South Korea	25 September 1998	8 November 2002
96	Poland	15 July 1998	13 December 2002
97	Canada	29 April 1998	17 December 2002	Prime Minister Stephen Harper has recently declined ratification, under a new Conservative governement^{[citation needed]}
98	New Zealand	22 May 1998	19 December 2002	Niue: signed 8 December 1998, ratified 6 May 1999 Cook Islands: signed 16 September 1998, ratified 27 August 2001 Tokelau: not applied
99	Lithuania	21 September 1998	3 January 2003
100	Jordan		17 January 2003
101	Tunisia		22 January 2003
102	Laos		6 February 2003
103	Solomon Islands	29 September 1998	13 March 2003
104	Moldova		22 April 2003
105	Armenia		25 April 2003
106	Kyrgyzstan		13 May 2003
107	Ghana		30 May 2003
108	Switzerland	16 March 1998	9 July 2003
109	Guyana		5 August 2003
110	Botswana		8 August 2003
111	Marshall Islands	17 March 1998	11 August 2003
112	Myanmar		13 August 2003
113	Saint Lucia	16 March 1998	20 August 2003
114	Namibia		4 September 2003
115	Madagascar		24 September 2003
116	Belize		26 September 2003
117	Philippines	15 April 1998	20 November 2003
118	Israel	16 December 1998	15 March 2004
119	Ukraine	15 March 1999	12 April 2004
120	Togo		2 July 2004
121	Rwanda		22 July 2004
122	Yemen		15 September 2004
123	Niger	23 October 1998	30 September 2004
124	Sudan		2 November 2004
125	Russia	11 March 1999	18 November 2004	With Russia's ratification the "55 percent of 1990 carbon dioxide emissions of the Parties included in Annex I" clause was satisfied and the treaty brought into force, effective 16 February 2005.
126	Republic of Macedonia		18 November 2004
127	Indonesia	13 July 1998	3 December 2004
128	Liechtenstein	29 June 1998	3 December 2004
129	Nigeria		10 December 2004
130	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	19 March 1998	31 December 2004
131	Pakistan		11 January 2005
132	Qatar		11 January 2005
133	Egypt	15 March 1999	12 January 2005
134	Mozambique		18 January 2005
135	Oman		19 January 2005
136	Dominica		25 January 2005
137	United Arab Emirates		26 January 2005
138	Saudi Arabia		31 January 2005
139	Algeria		16 February 2005
140	Venezuela		18 February 2005
141	Kenya		25 February 2005
142	Kuwait		11 March 2005
143	Democratic Republic of the Congo		23 March 2005
144	Burkina Faso		31 March 2005
145	Albania		1 April 2005
146	Ethiopia		14 April 2005
147	North Korea		27 April 2005
148	Haiti		6 July 2005
149	Mauritania		22 July 2005
150	Eritrea		28 July 2005
151	Iran		22 August 2005
152	Belarus		26 August 2005
153	Nepal		16 September 2005
154	Guinea-Bissau		18 November 2005
155	Swaziland		13 January 2006
156	Syria		27 January 2006
157	Bahrain		31 January 2006
158	Cape Verde		10 February 2006
159	Monaco	29 April 1998	27 February 2006
160	Singapore		12 April 2006
161	Zambia	August 5, 1998	July 7, 2006
162	Libya		August 24, 2006
163	Suriname		September 25, 2006
164	Sierra Leone		November 10, 2006
165	Lebanon		November 13, 2006
166	Gabon		December 12, 2006