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The following developing countries, which fall fully or partially in the Equatorial Belt, are eligible to be nominated for the Equator Prize.

The following countries are fully located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn ( 23.50 north and south of the Equator, respectively ).

Countries in the Equatorial Belt
  • American Samoa
  • Angola
  • Antigua and Barbuda
  • Barbados
  • Belize
  • Benin
  • Bolivia
  • Bonaire
  • Bougainville
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde Islands
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Colombia
  • Comoros Islands
  • Congo
  • Costa Rica
  • Cote d'Ivoire
  • Cuba
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Ethiopia
  • Federate State of Micronesia
  • Fiji
  • French Guiana
  • Gabon
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Grenada
  • Guadeloupe
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Guyana
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Indonesia
  • Jamaica
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Laos
  • Liberia
  • Malawi
  • Malaysia
  • Maldives
  • Mali
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius
  • Myanmar
  • Nauru
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Palau
  • Panama
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Rwanda
  • Sao TomŘ and Pr°ncipe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • Sri Lanka
  • St. Kitts-Nevis
  • St. Lucia
  • St. Vincent
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Togo
  • Tonga
  • Trinidad and Tobago
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Venezuela
  • Viet Nam
  • Western Sahara
  • Western Samoa
  • Yemen Arab Republic
  • Yemen, Democratic
  • Zaire
  • Zambia

  • The following countries are partially located between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn (23.50 north and south of the Equator, respectively)

    Countries Partially in the Equatorial Belt
    • Algeria
    • Argentina
    • Bangladesh
    • Botswana
    • Brazil
    • Chile
  • China
  • Egypt
  • India
  • Libya
  • Madagascar
  • Mauritania
  • Mexico
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Paraguay
  • Saudi Arabia
  • South Africa
  • Zimbabwe


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