How many countries have a McDonald's?
July 14, 2023 6:31 AM   Subscribe

Is there any list of all the U.N. recognized countries that have a McDonald's? I've seen the Wikipedia list but it includes territories.
posted by matkline to Grab Bag (4 answers total)
 
The official McDonald's list seems to list only countries that I would expect to be recognized by the UN, except that they include Puerto Rico and list Saudi Arabia twice.
posted by Mr.Know-it-some at 7:33 AM on July 14, 2023


The Economist magazine's Big Mac Index tracks currency prices by comparing the price of a Big Mac in every country that has a McDonalds. Bon Apetite!
posted by BadgerDoctor at 8:22 AM on July 14, 2023


Best answer: Well, first you're going to have to decide what U.N. recognized countries means.
Member states of the United Nations? Compare and contrast with List of states with limited recognition.

Going directly from the Wikipedia article, so excuse any inaccuracies, exonyms, and misclassifications:

Territories (8)
 American Samoa(territory of United States)
 French Polynesia (territory of France)
 Gibraltar(territory of United Kingdom)
 Guam(territory of United States)
 New Caledonia (territory of France)
 Northern Mariana Islands(territory of United States)
 Puerto Rico(territory of United States)
 United States Virgin Islands(territory of United States)

Part of (including the Netherlands' constituent countries and France's overseas departments) (8)
 Aruba(part of  Netherlands Antilles at the time)
 Curaçao(part of  Netherlands Antilles at the time)
 French Guiana (part of France)
 Guadeloupe(part of France)
 Martinique(part of France)
 Mayotte(part of France)
 Réunion(part of France)
 Sint Maarten(part of  Netherlands Antilles at the time)

Dependencies (2)
 Guernsey and  Jersey(British Crown dependencies)
 Isle of Man (British Crown dependency)

China SARs (2)
Hong Kong
Macau

Taiwan (1)
Taiwan

UN Member States (93)
 Andorra
 Argentina
 Australia
 Austria
 Azerbaijan
 Bahamas
 Bahrain
 Belgium
 Brazil
 Brunei
 Bulgaria
 Canada (details)
 Chile
 China
 Colombia
 Costa Rica
 Croatia
 Cuba
 Cyprus
 Czech Republic(part of  Czechoslovakia at the time)
 Denmark
 Dominican Republic
 Ecuador
 Egypt
 El Salvador
 Estonia
 Fiji
 Finland
 France (details)
 Georgia
 Germany
 Greece
 Guatemala
 Honduras
 Hungary( Hungarian People's Republic at the time)
 India
 Indonesia
 Iraq
 Ireland
 Israel (details)
 Italy
 Japan
 Jordan
 Kuwait
 Latvia
 Lebanon
 Liechtenstein
 Lithuania
 Luxembourg
 Malaysia
 Malta
 Mauritius
 Mexico
 Moldova
 Monaco
 Morocco
 Netherlands
 New Zealand (details)
 Nicaragua
 Norway
 Oman
 Pakistan (details)
 Panama
 Paraguay
 Peru
 Philippines (details)
 Poland
 Portugal
 Qatar
 Romania
 Samoa(named Western Samoa at the time)
 Saudi Arabia
 Serbia(part of  Yugoslavia at the time)
 Singapore
 Slovakia
 Slovenia
 South Africa
 South Korea
 Spain
 Sri Lanka
 Suriname
 Sweden
 Switzerland
 Thailand
 Trinidad and Tobago
 Turkey
 Ukraine
 United Arab Emirates
 United Kingdom
 United States
 Uruguay
 Venezuela
 Vietnam
posted by zamboni at 8:33 AM on July 14, 2023 [4 favorites]


This article might be of interest to you: Why Does Iceland Not Have McDonald's?
posted by DanSachs at 7:18 AM on July 15, 2023


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