Status of licensing systems for parties to the Kigali Amendment

# Party Date of
ratification		 Entry into force date Status of licensing system
1 Albania 18-Jan-2019 18-Apr-2019 √
2 Andorra 23-Jan-2019 23-Apr-2019 √
3 Angola 16-Nov-2020 14-Feb-2021 √
4 Argentina 22-Nov-2019 20-Feb-2020 √
5 Armenia 02-May-2019 31-Jul-2019 √
6 Australia 27-Oct-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
7 Austria 27-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
8 Azerbaijan 24-Nov-2025 22-Feb-2026 Pending
9 Bahamas 30-May-2023 28-Aug-2023 √
10 Bahrain 01-Jul-2024 29-Sep-2024 √
11 Bangladesh 08-Jun-2020 06-Sep-2020 √
12 Barbados 19-Apr-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
13 Belarus 03-Nov-2022 01-Feb-2023 √
14 Belgium 04-Jun-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
15 Belize 03-Oct-2023 01-Jan-2024 √
16 Benin 19-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
17 Bhutan 27-Sep-2019 26-Dec-2019 √
18 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 09-Oct-2020 07-Jan-2021 √
19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 26-May-2021 24-Aug-2021 √
20 Botswana 19-Sep-2020 18-Dec-2020 √
21 Brazil 19-Oct-2022 17-Jan-2023 √
22 Brunei Darussalam 18-Sep-2025 17-Dec-2025 Pending
23 Bulgaria 01-May-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
24 Burkina Faso 26-Jul-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
25 Burundi 26-Mar-2021 24-Jun-2021 √
26 Cabo Verde 28-Oct-2020 26-Jan-2021 √
27 Cambodia 08-Apr-2021 07-Jul-2021 √
28 Cameroon 24-Aug-2021 22-Nov-2021 √
29 Canada 03-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
30 Central African Republic 15-Oct-2025 13-Jan-2026 Pending
31 Chad 26-Mar-2019 24-Jun-2019 √
32 Chile 19-Sep-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
33 China 17-Jun-2021 15-Sep-2021 √
34 Colombia 25-Feb-2021 26-May-2021 √
35 Comoros 16-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
36 Congo 16-Jun-2022 14-Sep-2022 √
37 Cook Islands 22-Aug-2019 20-Nov-2019 √
38 Costa Rica 23-May-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
39 Côte d'Ivoire 29-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
40 Croatia 06-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
41 Cuba 20-Jun-2019 18-Sep-2019 √
42 Cyprus 22-Jul-2019 20-Oct-2019 √
43 Czechia 27-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
44 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 21-Sep-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
45 Denmark 06-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
46 Djibouti 08-Mar-2024 06-Jun-2024 Pending
47 Dominican Republic 14-Apr-2021 13-Jul-2021 √
48 Ecuador 22-Jan-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
49 Egypt 22-Aug-2023 20-Nov-2023 √
50 El Salvador 13-Sep-2021 12-Dec-2021 √
51 Eritrea 07-Feb-2023 08-May-2023 √
52 Estonia 27-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
53 Eswatini 24-Nov-2020 22-Feb-2021 √
54 Ethiopia 05-Jul-2019 03-Oct-2019 √
55 European Union 27-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
56 Fiji 16-Jun-2020 14-Sep-2020 √
57 Finland 14-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
58 France 29-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
59 Gabon 28-Feb-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
60 Gambia 05-May-2021 03-Aug-2021 √
61 Georgia 11-Jul-2023 09-Oct-2023 √
62 Germany 14-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
63 Ghana 02-Aug-2019 31-Oct-2019 √
64 Greece 05-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
65 Grenada 29-May-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
66 Guatemala 11-Jan-2024 10-Apr-2024 √
67 Guinea 05-Dec-2019 04-Mar-2020 √
68 Guinea-Bissau 22-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
69 Holy See 17-Jun-2020 15-Sep-2020 √
70 Honduras 28-Jan-2019 28-Apr-2019 √
71 Hungary 14-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
72 Iceland 25-Jan-2021 25-Apr-2021 √
73 India 27-Sep-2021 26-Dec-2021 √
74 Indonesia 14-Dec-2022 14-Mar-2023 √
75 Ireland 12-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
76 Italy 25-May-2022 23-Aug-2022 √
77 Japan 18-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
78 Jordan 16-Oct-2019 14-Jan-2020 √
79 Kenya 22-Sep-2023 21-Dec-2023 √
80 Kiribati 26-Oct-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
81 Kuwait 04-Nov-2024 02-Feb-2025 √
82 Kyrgyzstan 08-Sep-2020 07-Dec-2020 √
83 Lao People's Democratic Republic 16-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
84 Latvia 17-Aug-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
85 Lebanon 05-Feb-2020 05-May-2020 √
86 Lesotho 07-Oct-2019 05-Jan-2020 √
87 Liberia 12-Jul-2020 10-Oct-2020 √
88 Liechtenstein 16-Sep-2020 15-Dec-2020 √
89 Lithuania 24-Jul-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
90 Luxembourg 16-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
91 Malawi 21-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
92 Malaysia 21-Oct-2020 19-Jan-2021 √
93 Maldives 13-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
94 Mali 31-Mar-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
95 Malta 19-Dec-2025 19-Mar-2026 √
96 Marshall Islands 15-May-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
97 Mauritania 11-Nov-2025 09-Feb-2026 √
98 Mauritius 01-Oct-2019 30-Dec-2019 √
99 Mexico 25-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
100 Micronesia (Federated States of) 12-May-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
101 Mongolia 27-Jul-2022 25-Oct-2022 √
102 Montenegro 23-Apr-2019 22-Jul-2019 √
103 Morocco 22-Apr-2022 21-Jul-2022 √
104 Mozambique 16-Jan-2020 15-Apr-2020 √
105 Namibia 16-May-2019 14-Aug-2019 √
106 Nauru 03-Nov-2022 01-Feb-2023 √
107 Nepal 06-Aug-2025 04-Nov-2025 √
108 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 08-Feb-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
109 New Zealand 03-Oct-2019 01-Jan-2020 √
110 Nicaragua 30-Sep-2020 29-Dec-2020 √
111 Niger 29-Aug-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
112 Nigeria 20-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
113 Niue 24-Apr-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
114 North Macedonia 12-Mar-2020 10-Jun-2020 √
115 Norway 06-Sep-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
116 Oman 08-Nov-2024 06-Feb-2025 √
117 Pakistan 22-Oct-2025 20-Jan-2026 Pending
118 Palau 29-Aug-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
119 Panama 28-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
120 Papua New Guinea 12-Nov-2024 10-Feb-2025 √
121 Paraguay 01-Nov-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
122 Peru 07-Aug-2019 05-Nov-2019 √
123 Philippines 03-Nov-2022 01-Feb-2023 √
124 Poland 07-Jan-2019 07-Apr-2019 √
125 Portugal 17-Jul-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
126 Republic of Korea 19-Jan-2023 19-Apr-2023 √
127 Republic of Moldova 22-Sep-2023 21-Dec-2023 √
128 Romania 01-Jul-2020 29-Sep-2020 √
129 Russian Federation 03-Oct-2020 01-Jan-2021 √
130 Rwanda 23-May-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
131 Saint Kitts and Nevis 29-Aug-2025 27-Nov-2025 Pending
132 Saint Lucia 02-Nov-2021 31-Jan-2022 √
133 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 07-Nov-2022 05-Feb-2023 √
134 Samoa 23-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
135 San Marino 20-Oct-2020 18-Jan-2021 Pending
136 Sao Tome and Principe 04-Oct-2019 02-Jan-2020 √
137 Saudi Arabia 10-Sep-2025 09-Dec-2025 √
138 Senegal 31-Aug-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
139 Serbia 08-Oct-2021 06-Jan-2022 √
140 Seychelles 20-Aug-2019 18-Nov-2019 √
141 Sierra Leone 15-Jun-2020 13-Sep-2020 √
142 Singapore 01-Jun-2022 30-Aug-2022 √
143 Slovakia 16-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
144 Slovenia 07-Dec-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
145 Solomon Islands 23-May-2022 21-Aug-2022 √
146 Somalia 27-Nov-2019 25-Feb-2020 √
147 South Africa 01-Aug-2019 30-Oct-2019 √
148 Spain 09-Jun-2023 07-Sep-2023 √
149 Sri Lanka 28-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
150 Sweden 17-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
151 Switzerland 07-Nov-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
152 Syrian Arab Republic 05-Apr-2021 04-Jul-2021 √
153 Tajikistan 29-Jun-2022 27-Sep-2022 √
154 Thailand 03-Apr-2024 02-Jul-2024 √
155 Togo 08-Mar-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
156 Tonga 17-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
157 Trinidad and Tobago 17-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
158 Tunisia 27-Aug-2021 25-Nov-2021 √
159 Türkiye 10-Nov-2021 08-Feb-2022 √
160 Turkmenistan 31-Aug-2020 29-Nov-2020 √
161 Tuvalu 21-Sep-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
162 Uganda 21-Jun-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
163 United Arab Emirates 19-Apr-2024 18-Jul-2024 √
164 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 14-Nov-2017 01-Jan-2019 √
165 United Republic of Tanzania 25-Mar-2022 23-Jun-2022 √
166 United States of America 31-Oct-2022 29-Jan-2023 √
167 Uruguay 12-Sep-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
168 Vanuatu 20-Apr-2018 01-Jan-2019 √
169 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 05-Dec-2022 05-Mar-2023 √
170 Viet Nam 27-Sep-2019 26-Dec-2019 √
171 Zambia 15-Mar-2021 13-Jun-2021 √
172 Zimbabwe 18-Oct-2022 16-Jan-2023 √
Note: The symbol “√” indicates that the party has established a licensing system.
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Parties that have not ratified the Kigali Amendment, with HFC licensing systems

# Party Date of reporting on the establishment of the licensing system
1 Kazakhstan 09-Jul-2021 √
2 Ukraine 18-Aug-2021 √
Note: The symbol “√” indicates that the party has established a licensing system.
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Summary table, showing statistics by number of parties

Parties Number of parties
Parties that have ratified the Kigali Amendment 172
Parties that have ratified the Kigali Amendment and reported on the establishment and operation of their licensing systems 165
* A5 parties 122
* Non-A5 parties 43
Parties that have not ratified the Kigali Amendment but have reported on the establishment of their licensing systems 2
Total number of parties that have reported on the establishment of their licensing systems 167
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