Countries Without McDonald's 2024

	Afghanistan	No
	Albania	No
	Algeria	No
	Andorra	No
	Angola	No
	Anguilla	No
	Antigua and Barbuda	No
	Armenia	No
	Bahamas	No
	Bangladesh	No
	Barbados	No
	Belize	No
	Benin	No
	Bermuda	No
	Bhutan	No
	Botswana	No
	British Virgin Islands	No
	Burkina Faso	No
	Burundi	No
	Cambodia	No
	Cameroon	No
	Cayman Islands	No
	Central African Republic	No
	Chad	No
	Comoros	No
	Cuba	No
	Cyprus	No
	DR Congo	No
	Djibouti	No
	Dominica	No
	Equatorial Guinea	No
	Eritrea	No
	Eswatini	No
	Ethiopia	No
	Gabon	No
	Gambia	No
	Ghana	No
	Grenada	No
	Guinea	No
	Guinea Bissau	No
	Haiti	No
	Iceland	No
	Iran	No
	Iraq	No
	Isle Of Man	No
	Ivory Coast	No
	Jamaica	No
	Kenya	No
	Kosovo	No
	Kyrgyzstan	No
	Laos	No
	Lesotho	No
	Liberia	No
	Libya	No
	Liechtenstein	No
	Macau	No
	Madagascar	No
	Malawi	No
	Maldives	No
	Mali	No
	Marshall Islands	No
	Mauritania	No
	Micronesia	No
	Monaco	No
	Mongolia	No
	Montenegro	No
	Montserrat	No
	Mozambique	No
	Myanmar	No
	Namibia	No
	Nauru	No
	Nepal	No
	New Caledonia	No
	Niger	No
	Nigeria	No
	North Korea	No
	North Macedonia	No
	Northern Mariana Islands	No
	Palau	No
	Palestine	No
	Papua New Guinea	No
	Republic of the Congo	No
	Rwanda	No
	Saint Barthelemy	No
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	No
	Saint Lucia	No
	Saint Martin	No
	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	No
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	No
	San Marino	No
	Sao Tome and Principe	No
	Senegal	No
	Seychelles	No
	Sierra Leone	No
	Solomon Islands	No
	Somalia	No
	South Sudan	No
	Sudan	No
	Syria	No
	Tajikistan	No
	Tanzania	No
	Timor Leste	No
	Togo	No
	Turkmenistan	No
	Turks and Caicos Islands	No
	Uganda	No
	Uzbekistan	No
	Vanuatu	No
	Vatican City	No
	Western Sahara	No
	Yemen	No
	Zambia	No
	Zimbabwe	No

Introduction

As a beacon of the global fast food industry, McDonald's has etched its presence in over 100 nations worldwide, cranking up the count of its restaurants to an astounding 39,000 locations. The company's symbolic golden arches have firmly represented American culinary influence across continents. Yet, despite McDonald's extensive global footprint, numerous countries remain untouched by the allure of the Big Mac. Diverse factors, including the lack of supply-chain infrastructure, political instability, contrasting national diets, and resistance to Western consumer culture, contribute to this absence.

The list of countries without a McDonald's is extensive, spanning over 70 nations. Many of these countries are situated in Africa, such as Chad, Sudan, and Nigeria, suggesting that economic barriers and infrastructural challenges may inhibit McDonald's expansion in these regions.
Certain nations in the Middle East, including Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as North Korea in East Asia, also lack McDonald's, indicating that political instability and stringent restrictions on Western businesses could be contributing factors.
Interestingly, several prosperous European micro-states, including Andorra, Monaco, and San Marino, feature on the list. This might be attributed to these nations' petite size and preference for preserving local food culture and heritage.
McDonald's has yet to venture into several notable island nations, including the British Virgin Islands and numerous Caribbean countries like Jamaica and the Bahamas. This suggests that logistics, size, and a preference for local cuisines could be obstacles.

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