Cuba

Dominican Republic

Caribbean

Spain

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

None

Mexico

North America

Equatorial Guinea

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows the countries where Spanish is an official or de facto language. These countries are highlighted in light orange and include Spain, Central America, and the western region of South America (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Chile).

Countries where Spanish is an official (or serves as a de facto) language

Countries

World

Ethnologue

Spanish as Official or de facto Language

Fiji

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Dominica

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Mongolia

Nepal

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Kosovo

Moldova

Montenegro

Northern Macedonia

Romania

Serbia

Ukraine

Belize

Brazil

Guyana

Mauritania

Mauritius

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Vanuatu

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Egypt

Iran

Jordan

Lebanon

Morocco

Tunisia

Turkey

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

A map highlights the total debt service of G N I. The highest debt service (over 20 percent) is shaded in dark blue in Zambia, around 23.1 percent. Lower levels (less than 5 percent) are shaded in light blue across Africa (Sudan) and Asia (India and China).

Costs of principal repayments and interest paid to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a percentage of total gross national income (GNI)

World Bank

Total Debt Service (Percentage of Gross Nation Income)

Percent of GNI

Australia

Nauru

New Zealand

Anguilla (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

St. Kitts and Nevis

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

South Korea

Austria

Belgium

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Monaco

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Slovakia

Slovenia

Sweden

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Suriname

Curaçao (Neth.)

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

Canada

United States

Spanish as Official or de facto Language	Total Debt Service (Percentage of Gross Nation Income)			Refugees by Destination
Value	Class	Rank	Percent of GNI	Class	Rank	People