List of diplomatic missions of the United States

The United States has the second largest number of active diplomatic posts of any country in the world after the People's Republic of China, including 272 bilateral posts (embassies and consulates) in 174 countries, as well as 11 permanent missions to international organizations and seven other posts (as of May 2025). It maintains "interest sections" (in other states' embassies) in Afghanistan, Iran and North Korea.

History

In December 1777, Morocco became the first nation to seek diplomatic relations with the United States and together they maintain the United States' longest unbroken treaty. Benjamin Franklin established the first overseas mission of the United States in Paris in 1779. On April 19, 1782, John Adams was received by the States General and the Dutch Republic as they were the first country, together with Morocco and France, to recognize the United States as an independent government. John Adams then became the first U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands and the house that he had purchased there, at Fluwelen Burgwal 18 in The Hague, became the first U.S. embassy in the world.

In the period following the American Revolution, George Washington sent a number of close advisers, including Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Francis Dana, and John Jay, to the courts of European potentates in order to garner recognition of U.S. independence, with mixed results.

The first overseas consulate of the fledgling United States was founded in 1790 in Liverpool, Great Britain, by James Maury Jr., who was appointed by Washington. Maury held the post from 1790 to 1829. Liverpool was at the time Britain's leading port for transatlantic commerce and therefore of great economic importance to the United States.[citation needed] President George Washington, on November 19, 1792, nominated Benjamin Joy of Newbury Port as the first U.S. Consul to Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. Joy was not recognized as consul by the British East India Company but was permitted to "reside here as a Commercial Agent subject to the Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction of this Country." The United States' first owned overseas property is the American Legation in Tangier, which was a gift of the Sultan of Morocco in 1821. In general during the nineteenth century, the United States' diplomatic activities were done on a minimal budget.[additional citation(s) needed] The U.S. owned no property abroad and provided no official residences for its foreign envoys, paid them a minimal salary, and gave them the rank of ministers rather than ambassadors who represented the great powers—a position which the U.S. only achieved towards the end of the nineteenth century.

In the latter half of the nineteenth century, the State Department was concerned with expanding commercial ties in Asia, establishing Liberia, foiling diplomatic recognition of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, and securing its presence in North America. The Confederacy had diplomatic missions in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, the Papal States, Russia, Mexico, and Spain, and consular missions in Ireland, Canada, Cuba, Italy, Bermuda, and Nassau and New Providence.

The United States' global prominence became evident in the twentieth century, and the State Department was required to invest in a large network of diplomatic missions to manage its bilateral and multilateral relations. The wave of overseas construction began with the creation of the State Department's Foreign Service Buildings Commission in 1926.

Following the 1984 US embassy bombing in Beirut, and a 1985 report by Admiral Bobby Ray Inman, new guidelines for American diplomatic buildings focusing on security were issued. It advised that facilities should be located within a single, well-defended site, away from heavily populated areas.

As of 2024, America had the two largest embassy complexes in the world, in Baghdad and Beirut.

Current missions

Africa

At one point or another, the U.S. has maintained embassies in all the African states it recognizes with the exception of São Tomé and Príncipe. The U.S. Embassies in Libya and Sudan have been closed for security-related reasons since 26 July 2014 and 22 April 2023 respectively. The U.S. Embassies in Comoros and Guinea-Bissau closed in 1993 and 1998 respectively. The Comoros is covered by the U.S. Embassy in Antananarivo and Guinea-Bissau, which continues to host a Liaison Office in Bissau, is covered by the U.S. Embassy in Dakar.

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Algeria Algiers Embassy

Angola Luanda Embassy
Countries:
  • São Tomé and Príncipe

Benin Cotonou Embassy
Botswana Gaborone Embassy
Burkina Faso Ouagadougou Embassy
Burundi Bujumbura Embassy
Cameroon Yaoundé Embassy
Douala Embassy Branch Office
Cape Verde Praia Embassy
Central African Republic Bangui Embassy
Chad N'Djamena Embassy
Republic of the Congo Brazzaville Embassy
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa Embassy
Djibouti Djibouti Embassy
Egypt Cairo Embassy
Equatorial Guinea Malabo Embassy
Eritrea Asmara Embassy
Eswatini Mbabane Embassy
Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy
Gabon Libreville Embassy
Gambia Banjul Embassy
Ghana Accra Embassy
Guinea Conakry Embassy
Ivory Coast Abidjan Embassy
Kenya Nairobi Embassy
Lesotho Maseru Embassy
Liberia Monrovia Embassy
Madagascar Antananarivo Embassy
Countries:
  • Comoros

Malawi Lilongwe Embassy
Mali Bamako Embassy
Mauritania Nouakchott Embassy

Mauritius Port Louis Embassy
Mozambique Maputo Embassy
Morocco Rabat Embassy

Casablanca Consulate General
Namibia Windhoek Embassy
Niger Niamey Embassy
Nigeria Abuja Embassy
Lagos Consulate General
Rwanda Kigali Embassy
Senegal Dakar Embassy
Countries:
  • Guinea-Bissau

Seychelles Victoria Embassy
Sierra Leone Freetown Embassy
Somalia Mogadishu Embassy
South Africa Pretoria Embassy
Cape Town Consulate General
Durban Consulate General
Johannesburg Consulate General
South Sudan Juba Embassy
Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy
Togo Lomé Embassy
Tunisia Tunis Embassy
Countries:
  • Libya




Uganda Kampala Embassy
Zambia Lusaka Embassy
Zimbabwe Harare Embassy

Americas

The U.S. has embassies in all states in the North and South American continents with the exceptions of Antigua & Barbuda (where it has a consular agency), Dominica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela.

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Antigua and Barbuda St. John's Consular Agency
Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy
Bahamas Nassau Embassy
Barbados Bridgetown Embassy
Countries:
Belize Belmopan Embassy
Bolivia La Paz Embassy
Santa Cruz de la Sierra Consular Agency
Brazil Brasília Embassy

Porto Alegre Consulate General
Recife Consulate General
Rio de Janeiro Consulate General
São Paulo Consulate General
Belo Horizonte Embassy Branch Office
Fortaleza Consular Agency
Manaus Consular Agency
Salvador Consular Agency
Canada Ottawa Embassy
Calgary Consulate General
Halifax Consulate General
Montreal Consulate General
Quebec City Consulate General
Toronto Consulate General
Vancouver Consulate General
Winnipeg Consulate
Chile Santiago de Chile Embassy
Colombia Bogotá Embassy
Countries:
  • Venezuela


Costa Rica San José Embassy
Cuba Havana Embassy
Dominican Republic Santo Domingo Embassy
Bávaro Consular Agency
Puerto Plata Consular Agency
Ecuador Quito Embassy
Guayaquil Consulate General
El Salvador San Salvador Embassy
Grenada St. George's Mission
Guatemala Guatemala City Embassy
Guyana Georgetown Embassy
Haiti Port-au-Prince Embassy
Honduras Tegucigalpa Embassy
San Pedro Sula Consular Agency
Jamaica Kingston Embassy
Montego Bay Consular Agency
Mexico Mexico City Embassy
Ciudad Juárez Consulate General
Guadalajara Consulate General
Hermosillo Consulate General
Matamoros Consulate General
Mérida Consulate General
Monterrey Consulate General
Nogales Consulate General
Nuevo Laredo Consulate General
Tijuana Consulate General
Acapulco Consular Agency
Cabo San Lucas Consular Agency
Cancún Consular Agency
Mazatlán Consular Agency
Oaxaca City Consular Agency
Piedras Negras Consular Agency
Playa del Carmen Consular Agency
Puerto Vallarta Consular Agency
San Miguel de Allende Consular Agency
Nicaragua Managua Embassy
Panama Panama City Embassy
Paraguay Asunción Embassy
Peru Lima Embassy
Cusco Consular Agency
Suriname Paramaribo Embassy
Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain Embassy
Uruguay Montevideo Embassy

Asia

The U.S. has embassies in all Asian countries it recognizes apart from Afghanistan, Bhutan, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Yemen. It has 'interests sections' in other nations' embassies in Afghanistan, Iran, North Korea, and Syria. It also has a de facto embassy in Taiwan.

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Afghanistan Kabul Interests Section
Armenia Yerevan Embassy
Azerbaijan Baku Embassy
Bahrain Manama Embassy
Bangladesh Dhaka Embassy
Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan Embassy
Cambodia Phnom Penh Embassy
China Beijing Embassy
Countries:
  • Consular jurisdiction only:
  • North Korea
Guangzhou Consulate General
Shanghai Consulate General
Shenyang Consulate General
Wuhan Consulate General
Hong Kong Consulate General
Georgia Tbilisi Embassy
India New Delhi Embassy
Countries:
  • Bhutan





Bengaluru Consulate
Chennai Consulate General
Hyderabad Consulate General
Kolkata Consulate General
Mumbai Consulate General
Indonesia Jakarta Embassy
Surabaya Consulate General
Medan Consulate
Denpasar Consular Agency
Iran Tehran Interests Section
Iraq Baghdad Embassy
Erbil Consulate General
Israel Jerusalem Embassy
Tel Aviv Embassy Branch Office
Japan Tokyo Embassy
Fukuoka Consulate
Nagoya Consulate
Naha Consulate General
Osaka Consulate General
Sapporo Consulate General
Jordan Amman Embassy
Kazakhstan Astana Embassy

Almaty Consulate General
Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy
Kyrgyzstan Bishkek Embassy

Laos Vientiane Embassy
Lebanon Beirut Embassy
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy
Maldives Malé Mission
Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Embassy
Myanmar Yangon Embassy
  Nepal Kathmandu Embassy
Oman Muscat Embassy
Pakistan Islamabad Embassy

Karachi Consulate General
Lahore Consulate General
Peshawar Consulate General
Philippines Manila Embassy
Cebu City Consular Agency
Qatar Doha Embassy
Saudi Arabia Riyadh Embassy
Countries:
  • Yemen

Dhahran Consulate General
Jeddah Consulate General
Singapore Singapore Embassy
South Korea Seoul Embassy
Busan Consulate
Sri Lanka Colombo Embassy
Taiwan Taipei American Institute
Kaohsiung Branch Office
Tajikistan Dushanbe Embassy

Thailand Bangkok Embassy
Chiang Mai Consulate General
Timor Leste Dili Embassy
Turkey Ankara Embassy
Istanbul Consulate General
Adana Consulate
Izmir Consular Agency
Gaziantep Branch Office
Turkmenistan Ashgabat Embassy

United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi Embassy
Dubai Consulate General
Uzbekistan Tashkent Embassy

Vietnam Hanoi Embassy
Ho Chi Minh City Consulate General

Europe

The U.S. has embassies in (or, in the case of Vatican City, near) all European countries it recognizes apart from Andorra, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino.

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Albania Tirana Embassy
Austria Vienna Embassy
Belgium Brussels Embassy

Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Embassy
Banja Luka Embassy Branch Office
Mostar Embassy Branch Office
Bulgaria Sofia Embassy
Croatia Zagreb Embassy
Cyprus Nicosia Embassy
Czech Republic Prague Embassy
Denmark Copenhagen Embassy
Nuuk, Greenland Consulate
Estonia Tallinn Embassy

Finland Helsinki Embassy
France Paris Embassy
Bordeaux Consulate General
Lyon Consulate General
Marseille Consulate General
Countries:
  • Monaco
Rennes Consulate General
Strasbourg Consulate General
Germany Berlin Embassy
Düsseldorf Consulate General
Frankfurt Consulate General
Hamburg Consulate General
Leipzig Consulate General
Munich Consulate General
Greece Athens Embassy
Thessaloniki Consulate General
Holy See Rome Embassy
Hungary Budapest Embassy
Iceland Reykjavík Embassy
Ireland Dublin Embassy
Italy Rome Embassy
Countries:
  • San Marino



Florence Consulate General
Milan Consulate General
Naples Consulate General
Genoa Consular agency
Palermo Consular agency
Venice Consular agency
Kosovo Pristina Embassy

Latvia Riga Embassy

Lithuania Vilnius Embassy
Luxembourg Luxembourg Embassy
Malta Attard Embassy
Moldova Chișinău Embassy

Montenegro Podgorica Embassy
Netherlands The Hague Embassy
Amsterdam Consulate General
Willemstad, Curaçao Consulate General
North Cyprus North Nicosia Ambassadorship Office
North Macedonia Skopje Embassy

Norway Oslo Embassy
Tromsø American Presence Post
Poland Warsaw Embassy
Kraków Consulate General
Poznań Consular agency
Portugal Lisbon Embassy
Ponta Delgada Consulate
Romania Bucharest Embassy
Russia Moscow Embassy
Serbia Belgrade Embassy
Slovakia Bratislava Embassy
Slovenia Ljubljana Embassy
Spain Madrid Embassy
Countries:
  • Andorra


Barcelona Consulate General
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Consular agency
Málaga Consular agency
Palma de Mallorca Consular agency
Seville Consular agency
Valencia Consular agency
Sweden Stockholm Embassy
 Switzerland Bern Embassy
Countries:
  • Liechtenstein
International Organizations:
  • World Trade Organization
Geneva Consular agency
Zürich Consular agency
Ukraine Kyiv Embassy
United Kingdom London Embassy

Belfast Consulate General
Edinburgh Consulate General
Hamilton, Bermuda Consulate General
George Town, Cayman Islands Consular agency

Oceania

The U.S. has embassies in all countries in Oceania it recognizes apart from the Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, and Tuvalu.

Host country Host city Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
Australia Canberra Embassy
Melbourne Consulate General
Perth Consulate General
Sydney Consulate General
Fiji Suva Embassy
Countries:
  • Kiribati
  • Nauru
  • Tuvalu
Marshall Islands Majuro Embassy
New Zealand Wellington Embassy
Countries:
  • Cook Islands
Auckland Consulate General
Micronesia Kolonia Embassy
Palau Koror Embassy
Papua New Guinea Port Moresby Embassy
Samoa Apia Embassy
Solomon Islands Honiara Embassy
Tonga Nuku'alofa Embassy
Vanuatu Port Vila Embassy

International organizations

Organization Host city Host country Mission Concurrent accreditation Ref.
African Union Addis Ababa Ethiopia Delegation
ASEAN Jakarta Indonesia Mission
Asian Development Bank Manila Philippines Delegation
European Union Brussels Belgium Mission
ICAO Montreal Canada Delegation
NATO Brussels Belgium Mission
OECD Paris France Delegation
Organization of American States Washington, D.C. United States Delegation
International Monetary Fund Washington, D.C. United States Permanent Mission
World Bank Washington, D.C. United States Permanent Mission
OSCE Vienna Austria Delegation
Pacific Community Nouméa New Caledonia Permanent Mission
United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission



Geneva Switzerland Delegation
Nairobi Kenya Permanent Mission
Rome Italy Delegations
Vienna Austria Delegations
UNESCO Paris France Delegation

Closed missions

Africa

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
French Algeria Annaba Consulate General 1944

Algeria

Constantine Consulate General 1972
Oran Consulate General 1993
Egypt Alexandria Consulate-General 2018
Guinea-Bissau Bissau Embassy 1998
Libya Tripoli Embassy 2014
Benghazi Consulate General 2012
Spain Tangier Legation 1956
Nigeria Kaduna Consulate General 1956
Sudan Khartoum Embassy 2023
Zaire Bukavu Consulate General Unknown
Kisangani Consulate General Unknown
Lubumbashi Consulate General 1995

Americas

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Antigua and Barbuda St. John's Embassy 1994
Colombia Cartagena Consulate 1948
 Texas Austin Legation 1849
Venezuela Caracas Embassy 2019
Maracaibo Consular Agency 2019

Asia

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
 Afghanistan Kabul Embassy 2021
 China Nanjing Embassy 1950
Qingdao Consulate General 1950
Taiwan Taipei Embassy 1979
China Chengdu Consulate General 2020
Iraq Basra Consulate General 2018
Pahlavi Iran Tehran Embassy 1979
Tabriz Consulate General 1979
Israel Haifa Consular agency 2019
Japan Yokohama Consulate 1973
Philippines Cebu City Consulate Unknown
Davao City Consulate Unknown
South Vietnam Saigon Embassy 1975
South Yemen Aden Embassy 1969
Syria Damascus Embassy 2012
Yemen Sana'a Embassy 2015

Europe

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Belarus Minsk Embassy 2022
Germany Bremen Consular agency 2018
Stuttgart Consulate General 1995
Italy Genoa Consulate General 1993
Palermo Consulate 1994
Norway Bergen Consulate 1953
Portugal Porto Consulate 1966
Soviet Union Odesa Consulate 1991 [citation needed]
Sweden Gothenburg Consulate 1988
Russian Empire Odesa Consulate 1918
Russia Saint Petersburg Consulate General 2018
Vladivostok Consulate General 2020
Yekaterinburg Consulate General 2021
Ukraine Lviv Consular 2022
United Kingdom Birmingham Consulate 1965
Bradford Consulate 1953
Bristol Consulate 1948
Cardiff Consulate 1963
Glasgow Consulate 1965
Kingston upon Hull Consulate 1948
Liverpool Consulate 1962
Manchester Consulate 1963
Newcastle-on-Tyne Consulate 1953
Plymouth Consulate 1948
Southampton Consulate 1948

Oceania

Host country Host city Mission Year closed Ref.
Hawaiian Kingdom Honolulu Legation 1893
Republic of Hawaii Honolulu Legation 1898

Missions to open

Country Host city Mission Ref.
Antigua and Barbuda St. John's Embassy
Cook Islands Avarua Embassy
Dominica Roseau Embassy
India Ahmedabad Consulate
Kiribati South Tarawa Embassy
Libya Tripoli Embassy
Niue Alofi Embassy

See also

  • Ambassadors of the United States
  • History of United States diplomatic relations by country
  • List of countries by number of diplomatic missions
  • List of diplomatic missions in the United States
  • United States Foreign Service
  • Diplomatic Security Service

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