# List of participating nations at the Winter Youth Olympic Games

This is a list of nations, as represented by National Olympic Committees (NOCs), that have participated in the Winter Olympic Games between 2012 and 2024. The Winter Youth Olympic Games have been held every four years since 2012. 66 NOCs (105 of the current 206 NOCs) have participated in at least one Winter Games, and Seventy nations in all two Winter Youth Olympic Games date.

## List of nations
### Table legend

| 12 | In the table headings, indicates the Games year |
| • | Participated in the specified Games |
| H | Host nation for the specified Games |

### Alphabetical list

| A | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Albania | ALB | | | • | |
| Algeria | ALG | | | | • |
| Andorra | AND | • | • | • | • |
| Argentina | ARG | • | • | • | • |
| Armenia | ARM | • | • | • | • |
| Australia | AUS | • | • | • | • |
| Austria | AUT | H | • | • | • |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | | | • | |
| B | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Belarus | BLR | • | • | • | |
| Belgium | BEL | • | • | • | • |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | • | • | • | • |
| Brazil | BRA | • | • | • | • |
| Bulgaria | BUL | • | • | • | • |
| C | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Canada | CAN | • | • | • | • |
| Cayman Islands | CAY | • | | | |
| Chile | CHI | • | • | • | • |
| China | CHN | • | • | • | • |
| Chinese Taipei | TPE | • | • | • | • |
| Colombia | COL | | • | • | • |
| Croatia | CRO | • | • | • | • |
| Cyprus | CYP | • | • | • | • |
| Czech Republic | CZE | • | • | • | • |
| D | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Denmark | DEN | • | • | • | • |
| E | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| East Timor | TLS | | • | | |
| Ecuador | ECU | | | • | |
| Eritrea | ERI | • | | | |
| Estonia | EST | • | • | • | • |
| F | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Finland | FIN | • | • | • | • |
| France | FRA | • | • | • | • |
| G | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Georgia | GEO | • | • | • | • |
| Germany | GER | • | • | • | • |
| Great Britain | GBR | • | • | • | • |
| Greece | GRE | • | • | • | • |
| H | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Haiti | HAI | | | • | |
| Hong Kong | HKG | | | • | • |
| Hungary | HUN | • | • | • | • |
| I | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Iceland | ISL | • | • | • | • |
| India | IND | • | • | | • |
| Iran | IRI | • | • | • | • |
| Ireland | IRL | • | • | • | • |
| Israel | ISR | | • | • | • |
| Italy | ITA | • | • | • | • |
| J | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Jamaica | JAM | | • | | • |
| Japan | JPN | • | • | • | • |
| K | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | • | • | • | • |
| Kenya | KEN | | • | | • |
| South Korea | KOR | • | • | • | H |
| Kosovo | KOS | | | • | • |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | • | • | • | • |
| L | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Latvia | LAT | • | • | • | • |
| Lebanon | LIB | • | • | • | • |
| Liechtenstein | LIE | • | • | • | • |
| Lithuania | LTU | • | • | • | • |
| Luxembourg | LUX | • | • | • | |
| M | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Malaysia | MAS | | • | • | |
| Mexico | MEX | • | • | • | • |
| Moldova | MDA | • | • | • | • |
| Monaco | MON | • | • | | • |
| Mongolia | MGL | • | • | • | • |
| Montenegro | MNE | • | • | • | • |
| Morocco | MAR | • | | | |
| N | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Nepal | NEP | • | • | | • |
| Netherlands | NED | • | • | • | • |
| New Zealand | NZL | • | • | • | • |
| Nigeria | NGR | | | | • |
| North Macedonia | MKD | • | • | • | • |
| Norway | NOR | • | H | • | • |
| P | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Pakistan | PAK | | | • | |
| Peru | PER | • | | | |
| Philippines | PHI | • | | • | • |
| Poland | POL | • | • | • | • |
| Portugal | POR | | • | • | • |
| Puerto Rico | PUR | | | | • |
| Q | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Qatar | QAT | | | • | • |
| R | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Romania | ROU | • | • | • | • |
| Russia | RUS | • | • | • | |
| S | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| San Marino | SMR | • | • | • | • |
| Serbia | SRB | • | • | • | • |
| Singapore | SGP | | | • | • |
| Slovakia | SVK | • | • | • | • |
| Slovenia | SLO | • | • | • | • |
| South Africa | RSA | • | • | • | • |
| Spain | ESP | • | • | • | • |
| Sweden | SWE | • | • | • | • |
| Switzerland | SUI | • | • | H | • |
| T | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Thailand | THA | | | • | • |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TRI | | | • | |
| Tunisia | TUN | | | | • |
| Turkey | TUR | • | • | • | • |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | | | • | |
| U | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Ukraine | UKR | • | • | • | • |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE | | | | • |
| United States | USA | • | • | • | • |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | • | | • | • |
| Other entries | Code | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 |
| Mixed team | ZZX | ^ | ^ | ^ |
| Total | Total | 69 | 71 | 79 | 78 |

### Nations that have never competed

112 of the 206 active NOCs have yet to compete in a Winter Youth Olympics.
| Nation | Code |
| Afghanistan | AFG |
| American Samoa | ASA |
| Angola | ANG |
| Antigua and Barbuda | ANT |
| Aruba | ARU |
| Bahamas | BAH |
| Bahrain | BRN |
| Bangladesh | BAN |
| Barbados | BAR |
| Belize | BIZ |
| Benin | BEN |
| Bermuda | BER |
| Bhutan | BHU |
| Bolivia | BOL |
| Botswana | BOT |
| British Virgin Islands | IVB |
| Brunei | BRU |
| Burkina Faso | BUR |
| Burundi | BDI |
| Cambodia | CAM |
| Cameroon | CMR |
| Cape Verde | CPV |
| Central African Republic | CAF |
| Chad | CHA |
| Comoros | COM |
| Republic of the Congo | CGO |
| Cook Islands | COK |
| Costa Rica | CRC |
| Cuba | CUB |
| Djibouti | DJI |
| Dominica | DMA |
| Dominican Republic | DOM |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | COD |
| Egypt | EGY |
| El Salvador | ESA |
| Equatorial Guinea | GEQ |
| Ethiopia | ETH |
| Federated States of Micronesia | FSM |
| Fiji | FIJ |
| Gabon | GAB |
| The Gambia | GAM |
| Ghana | GHA |
| Grenada | GRN |
| Guam | GUM |
| Guatemala | GUA |
| Guinea | GUI |
| Guinea-Bissau | GBS |
| Guyana | GUY |
| Honduras | HON |
| Indonesia | INA |
| Iraq | IRQ |
| Ivory Coast | CIV |
| Jordan | JOR |
| Kiribati | KIR |
| Kuwait | KUW |
| Laos | LAO |
| Lesotho | LES |
| Liberia | LBR |
| Libya | LBA |
| Madagascar | MAD |
| Malawi | MAW |
| Maldives | MDV |
| Mali | MLI |
| Malta | MLT |
| Marshall Islands | MHL |
| Mauritania | MTN |
| Mauritius | MRI |
| Mozambique | MOZ |
| Myanmar | MYA |
| Namibia | NAM |
| Nauru | NRU |
| Nicaragua | NCA |
| Niger | NIG |
| North Korea | PRK |
| Oman | OMA |
| Palau | PLW |
| Palestine | PLE |
| Panama | PAN |
| Papua New Guinea | PNG |
| Paraguay | PAR |
| Rwanda | RWA |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | SKN |
| Saint Lucia | LCA |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | VIN |
| Samoa | SAM |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | STP |
| Saudi Arabia | KSA |
| Senegal | SEN |
| Seychelles | SEY |
| Sierra Leone | SLE |
| Solomon Islands | SOL |
| Somalia | SOM |
| South Sudan | SSD |
| Sri Lanka | SRI |
| Sudan | SUD |
| Swaziland | SWZ |
| Suriname | SUR |
| Syria | SYR |
| Tajikistan | TJK |
| Tanzania | TAN |
| Togo | TOG |
| Tonga | TGA |
| Tuvalu | TUV |
| Uganda | UGA |
| Uruguay | URU |
| Vanuatu | VAN |
| Venezuela | VEN |
| Vietnam | VIE |
| Virgin Islands | ISV |
| Yemen | YEM |
| Zambia | ZAM |
| Zimbabwe | ZIM |