Mauritania

None

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iraq

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

Syria

Tunisia

United Arab Emirates

Western Sahara

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Chad

Comoros

Djibouti

Eritrea

Somalia

Sudan

Sub-Saharan Africa

A world map shows countries where Arabic is an official or de facto language. The countries are highlighted in dark green and include Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Libya, Chad, Egypt, Sudan, Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, and Somalia.

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

Countries

World

Arabic as Official or de facto Language

Australia

Fiji

French Polynesia (France)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

New Zealand

Palau

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Tuvalu

Australia & Oceania

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Bermuda (U.K.)

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Trinidad and Tobago

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Kosovo

Latvia

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Curaçao (Neth.)

Mauritius

New Caledonia (France)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Sint Maarten (Neth.)

Tonga

Vanuatu

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Southeast Asia

Israel

Turkey

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Democratic Republic of Congo

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sierra Leone

South Africa

South Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

A world map shows remittance outflows by country in millions of U.S. dollars. The highest outflows (dark green) are from the United States and Saudi Arabia. Light green regions, such as Brazil and Australia, have least outflows.

Outflows of migrant remittances in millions of U.S. dollars

World Bank / KNOMAD

Remittances: Outflow

Arabic as Official or de facto Language	Remittances: Outflow			Average Distribution of Dew Point Temperatures, January
Value	Class	Rank	Millions of U.S. dollars	Less than 20°F	20–29°F	30–39°F	40–49°F	50–54°F	55–59°F












				69.8%	31.1%	23.3%	22.8%	21.0%	7.07%