List of countries with McDonald's franchises
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This is a listing of countries with McDonald's franchises, followed by countries without any. McDonald's is the largest chain of fast food restaurants in the world. [1] It has a total of more than 31,000 outlets worldwide. [2]
- Andorra (1984)
- Argentina (1986)
- Aruba (1985)
- Australia (1971)
- Austria (1977)
- Azerbaijan (1999)
- The Bahamas (1975)
- Belarus (1996)
- Belgium (1978)
- Botswana (1994)
- Brazil (1979)
- Brunei (1992)
- Bulgaria (1994)
- Canada (1967)
- People's Republic of China (1990), Hong Kong (1975), Macau (1987)
- Costa Rica (1970)
- Chile (1990)
- Colombia (1995)
- Croatia (1996)
- Cuba (only within Guantanamo Bay; none within the Republic of Cuba) (1986)
- Cyprus (1996)
- Czech Republic (1992)
- Denmark (1981)
- Dominican Republic (1996)
- Ecuador (1997)
- Egypt (1994)
- El Salvador (1972)
- Estonia (1995)
- Fiji (1996)
- Finland (1984)
- France (1972; Martinique 1991, Guadeloupe 1992, Réunion 1997, French Guiana 2000),French Polynesia (1996, in Tahiti)
- Germany (1971, in then West Germany)
- Georgia (1999)
- Greece (1991)
- Guatemala (1974)
- Honduras (1995)
- Hungary (1988)
- Iceland (1993)
- India (1996)
- Indonesia (1991)
- Ireland (1977)
- Israel (1993)
- Italy (1985)
- Japan (1971)
- Jordan (1996)
- Kazakhstan (2003)[3]
- South Korea (1988)
- Kuwait (1994)
- Latvia (1994)
- Lebanon (1998)
- Liechtenstein (1996)
- Lithuania (1996)
- Luxembourg (1985)
- Oman (1994)
- Macedonia (1997)
- Malaysia (1982)
- Malta (1995)
- Mauritius (2001)
- Mexico (1985)
- Moldova (1998)
- Monaco (1992)
- Montenegro (2004)
- Morocco (1992)
- Netherlands (1971)
- Netherlands Antilles (1974, Saint Maarten 1995)
- New Caledonia (1994)
- New Zealand (1976)
- Nicaragua (1975, re-established 1998)
- Northern Mariana Islands (1993)
- Norway (1983)
- Pakistan (1998)
- Panama (1999)
- Paraguay (1996)
- Peru (1996)
- Philippines (1981)
- Poland (1992)
- Portugal (1991)
- Qatar (1995)
- Romania (1995)
- Russia (1990)
- Samoa (1996)
- San Marino (1999)
- Saudi Arabia (1993)
- Serbia (1988)
- Singapore (1979)
- Slovakia (1995)
- Slovenia (1993)
- South Africa (1995)
- Suriname (1997)
- Sweden (1973)
- Switzerland (1976)
- Spain (1981)
- Sri Lanka (1998)
- Taiwan (Republic of China) (1984)
- Thailand (1985)
- Turkey (1986)
- Ukraine (1997)
- United Arab Emirates (1994)
- United Kingdom (1974 in England, Wales 1984, Scotland 1987, Northern Ireland 1991, Gibraltar (1999), Isle of Man (1997)
- United States (1940), United States Virgin Islands (1970), Guam (1971), Puerto Rico (1967), American Samoa (2000)
- Uruguay (1991)
- Venezuela (1985)
- Yemen (1997)
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[edit] By year
- (1940) United States
- (1967) Canada - 1 June
- (1967) Puerto Rico - 10 November
- (1970) United States Virgin Islands - 4 September
- (1970) Costa Rica - 28 December - First Mc Donald's outside of North America and second international franchise worldwide.
- (1971) Guam 10 June
- (1971) Japan - 20 July - with the opening of an outlet in Tokyo the company established a presence in Asia for the first time.
- (1971) Netherlands – 21 August - the first McDonald's in Europe.
- (1971) Panama – 1 September
- (1971) West Germany – 22 November
- (1971) Australia – 30 May - with the opening of an outlet in the Sydney suburb of Yagoona the company established a presence on the third new continent in the span of six months.
- (1972) France – 30 June – including the possessions of Martinique 16 December 1991, Guadeloupe 8 April 1992, Réunion 14 December 1997, French Guiana 22 February 2000.
- (1972) El Salvador - 20 July
- (1973) Sweden – 27 October
- (1974) Guatemala – 6 June
- (1974) Netherlands Antilles 16 August - Aruba (then part of the Netherlands Antilles) 4 April 1985, Sint Maarten 15 December 1995
- (1974) United Kingdom – 1 October - England 1 October 1974, (Powis Street, Woolwich, London) Wales 3 December 1984, Scotland 23 November 1987, (Reform Street, Dundee) Northern Ireland 14 October 1991,
- (1975) Hong Kong - 8 January at Paterson Street
- (1975) Nicaragua - McDonald’s outlets ceased operation during the Nicaraguan civil war and re-established a presence on 11 July 1998 after an absence of two decades.
- (1975) The Bahamas – 4 August
- (1976) New Zealand – 7 June
- (1976) Switzerland - 20 October
- (1977) Ireland – 9 May (Grafton Street, Dublin)
- (1977) Austria – 21 July
- (1978) Belgium 21 March
- (1979) Brazil – 13 February - with the opening of an outlet in Rio de Janeiro the company established a presence on the continent of South America for the first time.
- (1979) Singapore – 20 October at Liat Towers, Orchard Road.
- (1981) Spain - 10 March
- (1981) Denmark - 15 April
- (1981) Philippines – 27 September
- (1982) Malaysia – 29 April - with the opening of an outlet in Kuala Lumpur.
- (1983) Norway – 18 November
- (1984) Taiwan (Republic of China) – 28 January
- (1984) Andorra – 29 June
- (1984) Finland – 14 December
- (1985) Thailand – 23 February
- (1985) Luxembourg – 17 July
- (1985) Venezuela – 31 August
- (1985) Italy - 15 October
- (1985) Mexico – 29 October
- (1986) Cuba - 24 April - available only in Guantanamo Bay and inaccessible to Cuban citizens.
- (1986) Turkey – 24 October
- (1986) Argentina – 24 November
- (1987) Macau - 11 April
- (1988) Serbia – 24 March - the first outlet opened in Belgrade
- (1988) South Korea – 29 March
- (1988) Hungary – 30 April
- (1990) Union of Soviet Socialist Republics - 31 January - (in Russian SFSR, now Russia)
- (1990) People's Republic of China - 8 October - in Shenzhen [4]
- (1990) Chile – 19 November
- (1991) Indonesia – 23 February
- (1991) Portugal - 23 May
- (1991) Greece - 12 November
- (1991) Uruguay - 18 November
- (1992) Czechoslovakia - 20 March (in what is now the Czech Republic)
- (1992) Poland - 17 June
- (1992) Monaco - 20 November
- (1992) Brunei - 12 December
- (1992) Morocco – 18 December - with the opening of an outlet in Casablanca the company had expanded into Africa and had a presence on all continents except Antarctica.
- (1993) Northern Mariana Islands 18 March
- (1993) Iceland - 3 September
- (1993) Israel - 14 October[5][6]
- (1993) Slovenia – 2 December
- (1993) Saudi Arabia – 8 December
- (1994) Botswana - 13 May
- (1994) Kuwait – 15 June
- (1994) New Caledonia - 26 July
- (1994) Oman – 30 July
- (1994) Egypt – 20 October
- (1994) Bulgaria – 10 December
- (1994) Bahrain – 15 December
- (1994) Latvia – 15 December
- (1994) United Arab Emirates – 21 December
- (1995) Estonia – 29 April
- (1995) Romania – 16 June
- (1995) Malta - 7 July
- (1995) Colombia – 14 July
- (1995) Slovakia – 13 October
- (1995) South Africa - 11 November
- (1995) Qatar – 13 December
- (1995) Honduras – 14 December
- (1996) Croatia – 2 February
- (1996) Samoa – 2 March
- (1996) Fiji – 1 May
- (1996) Liechtenstein – 3 May
- (1996) Lithuania - 31 May
- (1996) Cyprus - 12 June
- (1996) India – 13 October
- (1996) Peru – 18 October
- (1996) Jordan – 7 November
- (1996) Paraguay – 21 November
- (1996) Dominican Republic - 30 November
- (1996) Belarus - 10 December; the company claimed this as McDonald's "100th country" although this calculation included many non-sovereign territories
- (1996) French Polynesia - 10 December - in Tahiti
- (1997) Ukraine - 28 May
- (1997) Yemen - 22 August
- (1997) Macedonia - 6 September
- (1997) Ecuador - 9 October
- (1997) Isle of Man - 15 December
- (1997) Suriname - 18 December
- (1998) Moldova - 30 April
- (1998) Lebanon – 18 September
- (1998) Pakistan – 19 September
- (1998) Sri Lanka – 16 October
- (1999) Georgia - 5 February
- (1999) San Marino – 6 July
- (1999) Gibraltar - 13 August
- (1999) Azerbaijan - 6 November
- (2000) American Samoa - 29 September
- (2001) Mauritius - 4 July
- (2003) Kazakhstan
- (2004) Montenegro - June - the first outlet opened in Budva
- (2008) Algeria - December
[edit] Former locations
- (1997-2002) Bolivia [1] - closed due to slow sales and cost
- (1996 - six months) Barbados [2] - slow sales
- (1997-2003) Trinidad and Tobago [3]
- (1985-1995) Bermuda [4] - government influence
- (1995-2005) Jamaica [5]
[edit] Countries without McDonald's locations
Ask Yahoo! compared the United States Department of State's list of independent states to a list of franchises on the McDonald's website, and derived that the following countries don't have McDonald's locations.[6]
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN (13 out of 35 countries)
- Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago
In addition there is a McDonalds restaurant in the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, land leased from Cuba that hosts a US Naval facility.
EUROPE (5 out of 48 countries)
THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA (5 out of 19 countries) Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria and Tunisia.
ASIA (16 out of 30 countries)
- Afghanistan, Bhutan, Burma (also known as Myanmar), Cambodia, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, North Korea, Tajikistan, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (45 out of 48)
- Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Zambia and Zimbabwe
OCEANIA (10 out of 14)
- Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu and Vanuatu
[edit] Golden Arches Theory of Conflict Prevention
In Thomas L. Friedman's 1999 book The Lexus and the Olive Tree the following observation was presented: "No two countries that both had McDonald's had fought a war against each other since each got its McDonald's". While that statement was somewhat tongue-in-cheek, his point was that due to globalization, countries that have made strong economic ties with one another have too much to lose to ever go to war with one another. While the observation may have been true, the conclusions to be drawn are unclear. The global expansion of McDonald's restaurants is a relatively recent phenomenon when put into the context of the history of warfare, and, with a few notable exceptions, has proceeded into relatively stable markets.
The 2008 South Ossetia war between Russia and Georgia is a counterexample to the theory, both countries having McDonalds at the time (started in 1990 and 1999, respectively).[7] Other conflicts that provide possible counterexamples, depending on what one considers "a war", include the 1989 United States invasion of Panama, the bombing of Serbia, and the Kargil War along with ongoing skirmishes between factions of India and Pakistan over the Kashmir region.
The appearance of McDonald's does not end an existing state of war: the states of Lebanon and Israel have been under a state of war since 1973, with South Lebanon occupied until May 2000 and a significant flareup in 2006, which did not hinder the establishment of McDonald's franchises in Israel and Lebanon in 1993 and 1998, respectively. The two countries engaged in a brief state of warfare in the summer of 2006.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ 2007 R&I Top 400 Chain Restaurants, retrieved August 18, 2008
- ^ McDonald's :: About Us :: FAQ, retrieved August 18, 2008
- ^ "First McDonald's in Central Asia to open in Kazakhstan in 2003", Kazahkstan News Bulletin Released Weekly By the Embassy of Kazakhstan, Volume 4, Number 3, October 9, 2002, retrieved August 10, 2008]
- ^ "McDonald's to open store in SW China city", People's Daily, July 20, 2005, retrieved December 8, 2005
- ^ McDonald's Israel, retrieved January 11, 2006
- ^ Israelis begin week-long observance of Passover, CNN, April 10, 1998, retrieved January 11, 2006
- ^ Russia, Georgia, and IR Theory: Part 1, Lawyers, Guns, and Money (featuring photos of McDonalds in both countries)
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