All Countries in the World & Whether They Have Masonic Grand Lodges
Please note: The purpose of this webpage is to attempt to list every country in the world (those which are members of the United Nations are in italics) and indicate which are known to have at least one Masonic Grand Lodge. If anyone has any suggested changes or additions for this chart, please contact Paul M. Bessel, at paulb’at’bessel.org
Please note that there are many lodges and Masons in countries that do not have their own Grand Lodges. For example, the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) has chartered many lodges in such countries, and the members of those lodges are Masons under the UGLE even though they live in countries other than England.
North America
| Country |
2005 “Freedom” Rating from Freedom House (http://www.freedomhouse.org) |
Does this country have 1 or more Masonic Grand Lodges? |
| Canada |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Mexico |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| United States of America |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| |
3 |
|
|
3 |
|
Central America
| Country |
2005 “Freedom” Rating from Freedom House (http://www.freedomhouse.org) |
Does this country have 1 or more Masonic Grand Lodges? |
| Belize |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Costa Rica |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| El Salvador |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Guatemala |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Honduras |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Nicaragua |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Panama |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| |
4 |
3 |
|
6 |
1 |
Caribbean
| Country |
2005 “Freedom” Rating from Freedom House (http://www.freedomhouse.org) |
Does this country have 1 or more Masonic Grand Lodges? |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
free |
|
|
|
I don’t think so |
| Bahamas |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Barbados |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Cuba |
|
|
not free |
Yes |
|
| Dominica |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Dominican Republic |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Granada |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Haiti |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Jamaica |
free |
|
|
Yes (I think so) |
|
| Saint Kitts and Nevis |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Saint Lucia |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| |
11 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
7 |
South America
| Country |
2005 “Freedom” Rating from Freedom House (http://www.freedomhouse.org) |
Does this country have 1 or more Masonic Grand Lodges? |
| Argentina |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Bolivia |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Brazil |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Chile |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Colombia |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Ecuador |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Guyana |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Paraguay |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Peru |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Suriname |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Uruguay |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Venezuela |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| |
5 |
7 |
|
10 |
2 |
Europe
| Country |
2005 “Freedom” Rating from Freedom House (http://www.freedomhouse.org) |
Does this country have 1 or more Masonic Grand Lodges? |
| Albania |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Andorra |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Armenia |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Austria |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Azerbaijan |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Belarus |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Belgium |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Bulgaria |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Croatia |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Cyprus (Greek) |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Cyprus (Turkish Cyprus) |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Czech Republic |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Denmark |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Estonia |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Finland |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| France |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Georgia |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Germany |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Greece |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Hungary |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Iceland |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Ireland |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Italy |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Latvia |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Liechtenstein |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Lithuania |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Luxembourg |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Macedonia |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Malta |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Moldova |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Monaco |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Netherlands |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Norway |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Poland |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Portugal |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Romania |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Russia |
|
|
not free |
Yes |
|
| San Marino |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Slovakia |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Slovenia |
free |
|
|
reported to have a Grand Lodge |
|
| Spain |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Sweden |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Switzerland (not a U.N. member) |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Turkey |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Ukraine |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Yugoslavia |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Vatican City (not a U.N. member) |
|
|
|
|
No |
| |
35 |
10 |
3 |
37 |
11 |
Asia
| Country |
2005 “Freedom” Rating from Freedom House (http://www.freedomhouse.org) |
Does this country have 1 or more Masonic Grand Lodges? |
| Afghanistan |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Australia |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Bahrain |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Bangladesh |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Bhutan |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Brunei |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Cambodia |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| China (Peoples Republic) |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| China (Taiwan) (not a U.N. Member) |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| East Timor |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Fiji |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| India |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Indonesia |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Iran |
|
|
not free |
Yes (in exile) |
|
| Iraq |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Israel |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Japan |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Jordan |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Kazakhstan |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Kiribati (not a U.N. member) |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of (North Korea) |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Korea, Republic of (South Korea) |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Kuwait |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Kyrgyzstan (Kyrgyz Republic) |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Lebanon |
|
|
not free |
|
I have heard there might be a Grand Lodge there, but I’m not sure about this. |
| Malaysia |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Maldives |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Marshall Islands |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Mauritius |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Micronesia |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Mongolia |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Myanmar, Union of (Burma) |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Nauru (not a U.N. member) |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Nepal |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| New Zealand |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Oman |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Pakistan |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Palau |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Papua New Guinea |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Philippines |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Qatar |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Samoa (Western Samoa) |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Saudi Arabia |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Singapore |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Solomon Islands |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Sri Lanka |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Syria |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Tajikistan |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Thailand |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Turkmenistan |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Tuvalu (not U.N. member) |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| United Arab Emirates |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Uzbekistan |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Vanuatu |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Viet Nam |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Yemen |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
|
19 |
13 |
25 |
8 |
48 |
Africa
| Country |
2005 “Freedom” Rating from Freedom House (http://www.freedomhouse.org) |
Does this country have 1 or more Masonic Grand Lodges? |
| Algeria |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Angola |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Benin |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Botswana |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Burkina Faso |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Burundi |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Cameroon |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Cape Verde |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Central African Republic |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Chad |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Comoros |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the (formerly Zaire) |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville) |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Djibouti |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Egypt |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Equatorial Guinea |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Eritrea |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Ethiopia |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Gabon |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Gambia (The Gambia) |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Ghana |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Guinea |
|
|
not free |
Yes |
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivoire) |
|
|
not free |
Yes |
|
| Kenya |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Lesotho |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Liberia |
|
partly free |
|
|
No longer |
| Libya |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Madigascar |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Malawi |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Mali |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Mauritania |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Morocco |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Mozambique |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Namibia |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Niger |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Nigeria |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Rwanda |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Sao Tome and Principe |
free |
|
|
|
No |
| Senegal |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Seychelles |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Sierra Leone |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Somalia |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| South Africa |
free |
|
|
Yes |
|
| Sudan |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Swaziland |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Tanzania |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Togo |
|
partly free |
|
Yes |
|
| Tonga (not U.N. member) |
|
partly free |
|
|
|
| Tunisia |
|
|
not free |
|
No |
| Uganda |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Zambia |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| Zimbabwe |
|
partly free |
|
|
No |
| |
8 |
25 |
20 |
11 |
42 |
Summary
| Continent |
Number of Countries in each category of “Freedom” as rated by Freedom House in its 2005 report (http://www.freedomhouse.org) |
Number of Countries that have Masonic Grand Lodges, in each “Freedom” category as rated by Freedom House in its 2005 report (http://www.freedomhouse.org) |
| |
free |
partly free |
not free |
free |
partly free |
not free |
| North America |
3 |
|
|
3 |
|
|
| Central America |
4 |
3 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
| Caribbean |
11 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
| South America |
5 |
7 |
|
3 |
7 |
|
| Europe |
35 |
10 |
3 |
30 |
6 |
1 |
| Asia |
19 |
13 |
25 |
7 |
|
1 |
| Africa |
8 |
25 |
20 |
3 |
6 |
2 |
| Totals |
85 |
59 |
49 |
53 |
23 |
5 |
Of the 192 countries in the world, 75, or 39%, have Masonic Grand Lodges. 118, or 61% of the countries in the world do not have Masonic Grand Lodges.
Of the 86 countries of the world rated as free, Masonic Grand Lodges exist in 49 (57%), but not in the following 37 (43%).
| Central America (1) |
Belize |
| Caribbean (6) |
Dominica
Granada
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago |
| South America (1) |
Guyana |
| Europe (10) |
Cyprus (Greek)
Estonia
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Malta
Monaco
San Marino
Slovakia |
| Asia (15) |
Fiji
Kiribati
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia
Mongolia
Nauru
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa (Western Samoa)
Solomon Islands
Thailand
Tuvalu
Vanuatu |
| Africa (5) |
Botswana
Cape Verde
Mauritania
Namibia
Sao Tome and Principe |
|
