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