Liste over verdensutstillinger

Dette er en Liste over verdensutstillinger (med noterbare permanente utstillingsbygninger bygget).
Verdensutstilling, også kalt expo, er fellesbetegnelsen på større internasjonale utstillinger som er holdt forskjellige steder i verden siden det 19. århundre.

Se også Liste over verdensutstillinger godkjent av BIE.

1750-tallet
1756 –  London, Storbritannia – First Exhibition sponset av «the Society of Arts» i England

1790-tallet
1798 –  Paris, Frankrike -First Exhibition i Paris og Second Exhibition i Europa

1800-tallet
1802 –  Paris, Frankrike – Third Exposition

1820-tallet
1829 –  New York, USA – American Institute Fair

1840-tallet 
1844 –  Paris, Frankrike – French Industrial Exposition
1849 –  Birmingham, Storbritannia – Exposition of British Society
1849 –  Storbritannia – First Exhibition of British Manufacturers

1850-tallet
1851 –  London, England, Storbritannia – Great Exhibition (omfattende verkene til industrien over hele verden) Krystallpalasset
1852 –  Cork, Irland – Irish Industrial Exhibition
1853 –  New York, USA – Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations
1853 –  Dublin, Irland – Great Industrial Exhibition
1854 –  München, Tyskland – Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung
1854 –  Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne Exhibition (i forbindelse med neste års utstilling «Exposition Universelle»
1855 –  Paris, Frankrike -Exposition Universelle
1855 –  Dublin, Irland – Dublin International Exhibition
1857 –  Manchester, Storbritannia – Art Treasures Exhibition

1860-tallet
1860 –  Besançon, Frankrike – Exposition universelle
1861 –  Melbourne, Australia – Victorian Exhibition
1862 –  Hamburg, Tyskland – International Agricultural Exhibition
1862 –  London, Storbritannia – International Exhibition (Great London Exposition, South Kensington, England)
1864 –  Amsterdam, Nederland – Dutch Industry Expostion
1865 –  Philadelphia, USA – Great Central Fair for the US Sanitary Commission
1865 –  Porto, Portugal – Exposição Internacional
1865 –  Dublin, Irland – International New Zealand Exhibition
1866 –  Melbourne, Australia – Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia
1867 –  Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle
1868 –  Le Havre, Frankrike – Exposition Maritime Internationale

1870-tallet
1870 –  Sydney, Australia – Intercolonial Exhibition
1871 –  Córdoba, Argentina – Exposición Nacional
1871 –  London, Storbritannia – First Annual International Exhibition
1872 –  London, Storbritannia – Second Annual International Exhibition
1872 –  Lyon, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle et Internationale
1872 –  Kyoto, Japan – Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures
1873 –  London, Storbritannia – Third Annual International Exhibition
1873 –  Wien, Østerrike – Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
1873 –  Sydney, Australia -Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition
1874 –  London, Storbritannia – Fourth Annual International Exhibition
1874 –  Dublin, Irland – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures
1874 –  Roma, Italia – Esposizione internazionale (ikke arrangert)
1875 –  Santiago, Chile – Exposicion Internacional de 1875
1875 –  Melbourne, Australia – Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition
1875 –  Nizjnij Novgorod, Russland – Nizhni Novgorod Fair
1875 –  Sydney, Australia – Intercolonial Exhibition
1875 –  Santiago, Chile – Exposición Internacional de Chile
1876 –  Philadelphia, USA – Centennial Exposition
1876 –  Brisbane, Australia – Intercolonial Exhibition
1877 –  Cape Town, Sør-Afrika – South African International Exhibition
1877 –  Tokyo, Japan – First National Industrial Exhibition (Ueno Park)
1878 –  Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle
1878 –  Ballarat, Australia – Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition
1879 –  Sydney, Australia – Sydney International Exhibition
1879 –  Melbourne, Australia – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

1880-tallet 
1880 –  Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne International Exhibition
1881 –  Atlanta, USA – International Cotton Exposition
1881 –  Budapest, Ungarn – Országos Magyar Nöiparkiállitás
1882 –  Bordeaux, Frankrike – Exposition internationale des vins
1882 –  Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Continental Sud-Americana
1883 –  Boston, USA – The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations
1883 –  Amsterdam, Nederland – Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling også kalt (International Colonial Exhibition)
1883 –  Calcutta, India – Calcutta International Exhibition
1883 –  Parramatta, Australia -Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibtion
1883 –  Louisville, USA – Southern Exposition
1883 –  New York, USA – World's Fair (1883) (aldri holdt)
1884 –  New Orleans, USA – World Cotton Centennial (New Orleans Universal Expositon and World's Fair),
1884 –  Melbourne, Australia – Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed
1884 –  Edinburgh, Skottland, Storbritannia – International Forestry Exhibition
1884 –  St. Louis, USA – Saint Louis Exposition
1884 –  Torino, Italia – Esposizione generale italiana
1885 –  Melbourne, Australia – Victorians Jubilee Exhibition''' (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)
1885 –  Antwerpen, Belgia – Exposition Universelle d'Anvers1885 –  Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Industrial Exhibition1885 –  New Orleans, USA – North, Central and South American Exposition1885 –  London, Storbritannia – International Exhibition of Inventions1886 –  London, Storbritannia – Colonial and Indian Exhibition1886 –  Melbourne, Australia
1886 –  Edinburgh, Skottland, Storbritannia – International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art1886 –  Liverpool, England, Storbritannia – International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry     
1887 –  Adelaide, Australia -Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition1887 –  Geelong, Australia – Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition1887 –  London, Storbritannia – American Exhibition (1887)1887 –  Roma, Italia – Esposizione mondiale1888 –  Melbourne, Australia – Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, (Centennial International Exhibition)
1888 –  Glasgow, Skottland, Storbritannia – International Exhibition1888 –  Brussel, Belgia – Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie1888 –  Verdensutstillinga i Barcelona 1888, Spania – Exposición Universal de Barcelona1888 –  Lisboa, Portugal – Exposição Industrial Portugueza1888 –  København, Danmark
1889 –  Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle – Eiffeltårnet
1889 –  Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition1889 –  Buffalo, USA – International Industrial Fair1890-tallet
1890 –  Bremen, Tyskland – Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung1891 –  Moskva, Russland – Exposition française1891 –  Kingston, Jamaica – International Exhibition1891 –  Launceston, Australia – Tasmanian International Exhibition1891 –  Praha, Böhmen, (tidl. Østerrike, nå, Tsjekkia) – General Land Centennial Exhibition 
1892 –  Genova, Italia – Esposizione italo-americana1892 –  Madrid, Spania -Exposición Histórico-Americana1892 –  Washington, D.C., USA – Exposition of the Three Americas (aldri holdt)
1893 –  Chicago, USA – World's Columbian Exposition (Norges bidrag: Kopi av Gokstadskipet, et maleri av Mimi FalsenAnne Wichstrøm: Kvinneliv, kunstnerliv: kvinnelige malere i Norge før 1900; s. 204. Digital utgave på Nasjonalbiblitokets nettsted www.nb.no.
1893 –  Kimberly, Sør-Afrika -South Africa and International Exhibition1893 –  New York, USA – World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition1894 –  San Francisco, USA – California Mid-Winter Exposition1894 –  Antwerpen, Belgia – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers      
1894 –  Lyon, Frankrike – Exposition internationale et coloniale1894 –  Porto, Portugal – Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza      
1895 –  Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -Tasmanian International Exhibition1895 –  Ballarat -Australia – Australian Industrial Exhibition1895 –  Atlanta, USA – Cotton States and International Exposition (også kalt Atlanta Exposition)
1896 –  Berlin, Tyskland – Gewerbe-Ausstellung1896 –  Mexico by, Mexico – International Exposition (ikke arrangert)
1897 –  Brussel, Belgia – Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles1897 –  Guatemala by, Guatemala – Exposición Centro-Americana1897 –  Brisbane, Australia – Queensland International Exhibition1897 –  Chicago, USA – Irish Fair (1897)1897 –  Nashville, USA – Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition1897 –  Stockholm, Sverige – Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen1898 –  Dunedin, New Zealand – Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition1898 –  Omaha, USA – Trans-Mississippi Exposition1898 –  Bergen, Norge – International Fisheries Exposition1898 –  München, Tyskland – Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung1898 –  San Francisco, USA – California's Golden Jubilee1898 –  Torino, Italia – Esposizione generale italiana]
1898 –  Wien, Østerrike – Jubiläums-Ausstellung1899 –  Coolgardie, Australia – Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition1899 –  Omaha, USA – Greater America Exposition1899 –  Philadelphia, USA – National Export Exposition1899 –  London, Storbritannia – Greater Britain Exhibition1900-årene
1900 –  Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle1900 –  Adelaide, Australia – Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries1901 –  Buffalo, USA – Pan-American Exposition1901 –  Glasgow, Skottland, Storbritannia – Glasgow International Exhibition1901 –  Wien, Østerrike – Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung1901 –  Charleston, USA – South Carolina and Interstate and West Indian Exposition1902 –  Torino, Italia – Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna   
1902 –  Hanoi, Vietnam (Tonkin), Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale1902 –  New York, USA – United States, Colonial and International Exposition (ikke arrangert)
1902 –  Toledo, USA – Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition – (ikke arrangert)
1903 –  Osaka, Japan – National Industrial Exposition1904 –  St. Louis, USA – Louisiana Purchase Exposition (samarrangement med Sommer-OL 1904)
1905 –  Portland, USA – Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition1905 –  Liège, Belgia – Exposition universelle et internationale1905 –  London, Storbritannia – Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition1905 –  New York, USA – Irish Industrial Exposition1906 –  Milano, Italia – Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione1906 –  London, Storbritannia – Austrian Exhibition1906 –  Marseille, Frankrike – Exposition coloniale1906 –  Christchurch, New Zealand – International Exhibition1907 –  Dublin, Irland – Irish International Exhibition1907 –  Hampton Roads, USA – Verdensutstillingen i Jamestown (1907)'
1907 –  Chicago, USA – World's Pure Food Exposition1907 –  Mannheim, Tyskland – Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung1908 –  London, Storbritannia – Franco-British Exhibition1908 –  New York, USA – International Mining Exposition1908 –  Rio de Janeiro, Brasil – Exposição Nacional         
1909 –  Seattle, USA – Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition1909 –  New York, USA – Hudson-Fulton Celebration1909 –  San Francisco, USA – Portolá Festival1909 –  Quito, Ecuador – Exposición Nacional1910-tallet
1910 –  Nanking, Kina – Nanking Exposition1910 –  Brussel, Belgia -Exposition Universelle et Industrielle des Bruxelles1910 –  Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Internacional1910 –  London, Storbritannia – Japan-British Exhibition1910 –  San Francisco, USA – Admission Day Festival1910 –  Wien, Østerrike – Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung1911 –  Dresden, Tyskland – International Hygiene Exhibition1911 –  London, Storbritannia – Coronation Exhibition 
1911 –  London, Storbritannia – Festival of Empire 
1911 –  Roma, Italia – Esposizione internazionale d'arte 
1911 –  Torino, Italia – Esposizione internazionale delle industrie e del lavor 
1911 –  Glasgow, Skottland, Storbritannia – Scottish Exhibition, Art and Industry1911 –  New York, USA – International Mercantile Exposition1912 –  Manila, Filippinene – Philippine Exposition         
1912 –  London, Storbritannia – Latin-British Exhibition1912 –  Tokyo, Japan – Grand Exposition of Japan (aldri holdt)
1913 –  Gent, Belgia – Exposition universelle et internationale1913 –  Amsterdam, Nederland – Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 
1913 –  Knoxville, USA – National Conservation Exposition1914 –  Boulogne-sur-Mer, Frankrike – International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries1914 –  Köln, Tyskland – Werkbund Exposition1914 –  Nottingham, Storbritannia – Universal Exhibition1914 –  Semarang, Indonesia – Koloniale Tentoonstelling 
1914 –  Kristiania, Norge – Jubileumsutstillingen på Frogner 1914 
1914 –  Malmö, Sverige – Den baltiske utstillingen 
1915 –  San Francisco, USA – Panama-Pacific International Exposition1915 –  San Diego, USA – Panama-California Exposition1915 –  Panama by, Panama – Exposición Nacional de Panama 
1915 –  Richmond (Virginia), USA – Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition1915 –  Washington, DC, USA – National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration (ikke arrangert)
1917 –  San Francisco, USA – Allied War Exposition1918 –  New York, USA – Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries1918 –  Chicago, USA – Allied War Exposition1918 –  Los Angeles, USA – California Liberty Fair1920-tallet 
1920 –  Shanghai, Kina – American-Chinese Exposition (?) 
1921 –  London, Storbritannia – International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products1922 –  Marseille, Frankrike – Exposition nationale coloniale1922 –  Tokyo, Japan – Peace Exhibition1922 –  Rio de Janeiro, Brasil – Exposição do Centenario do Brasil1923 –  Los Angeles, USA – American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition1923 –  Calcutta, India – Calcutta Exhibition (preparatory to British Empire Exhibition) 
1924 –  Wembley, London, Storbritannia – British Empire Exhibition1924 –  New York, USA – French Exposition1925 –  Lyon, Frankrike – Foire 19251925 –  San Francisco, USA – California's Diamond Jubilee1925 –  Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition1925 –  Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes1926 –  Philadelphia, USA – Sesquicentennial Exposition1926 –  Berlin, Tyskland – Internationale Polizeiausstellung1927 –  Lyon, Frankrike – Foire internationale 
1928 –  Köln, Tyskland – Internationale Presse-Ausstellung'1928 – Long Beach, USA – Pacific Southwest Exposition1928 –  Bergen, Norge Landsutstillingen 1928 Nordahl Griegs kantate NORGE1929 –  Verdensutstillinga i Barcelona 1929, Spania – Expo '29 (Exposición Ibero-Americana) eller (Spain International Exposition)
1929 –  Newcastle upon Tyne, Storbritannia – North East Coast Exhibition1930-tallet
1930 –  Antwerpen, Belgia – Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand1930 –  Liège, Belgia – Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien1930 –  Stockholm, Sverige – Stockholmsutstillingen 1930
1930 –  Trondheim, Norge – Trøndelagsutstillingen 1930
1931 –  Paris, Frankrike -French Colonial Exposition1931 –  Milano, Italia – International Foundry Exhibition and Congress1931 –  Paris, Frankrike – Exposition coloniale internationale 
1931 –  Yorktown, USA – Yorktown Sesquicentennial1933 –  Chicago, USA – Century of Progress International Exposition1934 –  Porto, Portugal – Exposição Colonial Portuguesa 
1934 –  Tel Aviv, Israel – Levant Fair1935 –  Brussel, Belgia – Exposition universelle et internationale 
1935 –  San Diego, USA – California Pacific International Exposition1935 –  Porto Alegre, Brasil – Exposição do Centenario Farroupilha1935 –  Oslo, Norge – Vi kan-utstillingen på Frognerstranda
1936 –  Johannesburg, Sør-Afrika – Empire Exhibition1936 –  Cleveland, USA – Great Lakes Exposition1936 –  Dallas, USA – Texas Centennial Exposition1937 –  Berlin, Tyskland – Ausstellung 1937 
1937 –  Cleveland, Ohio, USA – Great Lakes Exposition1937 –  Dallas, USA – Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition1937 –  Düsseldorf, Tyskland – Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk1937 –  Miami, Florida, USA – Pan American Fair1937 –  Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne1937 –  Nagoya, Japan – Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition1938 –  Glasgow, Skottland, Storbritannia -British Empire Exhibition1938 –  Helsingfors, Finland – Second International Aeronautic Exhibition
1939 –  New York, USA – New York World's Fair utstilling med: «The World of Tomorrow]»
1939 –  San Francisco, USA – Golden Gate Exposition også kalt «Golden Gate International Exposition»
1939 –  Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Centennial Exhibition 
1939 –  Dresden, Tyskland – Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung1939 –  Liège, Belgia – Exposition internationale de l'eau1939 –  Zürich, Sveits – Schweizerische Landesausstellung1940-tallet
1940 –  Lisboa, Portugal – Exposição do Mundo Português 
1940 –  Los Angeles, USA – Pacific Mercado (aldri holdt)
1940 –  Napoli, Italia – Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare (Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Italian Territories) 
1940 –  Tokyo, Japan – Grand International Exposition of Japan (aldri holdt)
1942 –  Los Angeles, USA -Cabrillo Fair (aldri holdt)
1942 –  Roma, Italia – Esposizione universale (aldri holdt)  
1948 –  Brussel, Belgia – Foire coloniale1949 –  Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince1950-tallet
1951 –  London, Storbritannia – Festival of Britain1957 –  Guangzhou, Kina – Chinese Export Commodities Fair1958 –  Brussel, Belgia – Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) – Atomium

1960-tallet
1961 –  Torino, Italia – Expo 61
1962 –  Seattle, USA – Century 21 Exposition Space Needle
1964 –  New York, USA – 1964 New York World's Fair (NB!- ikke godkjent av Bureau International des Expositions)
1965 –  München,Tyskland – IVA 65 «Transport»
1967 –  Montréal, Canada – Expo '67 (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967) den mest suksessfulle utstillingen i historien, med over 50 millioner besøkende.
1968 –  San Antonio, USA – HemisFair '681970-tallet
1970 –  Osaka, Japan – Expo '70 (Japan World Exposition)
1971 –  Budapest, Ungarn - Expo 71
1974 –  Spokane, USA – Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment)
1975 –  Okinawa, Japan – Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)

1980-tallet
1981 –  Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Expo 81 – «Hunting»
1982 –  Knoxville, USA – 1982 World's Fair (International Energy Exposition) – «Sunsphere»
1984 –  New Orleans, USA – 1984 World's Fair – «The World of Rivers– Fresh Water as a source of life»1985 –  Tsukuba, Japan – 1985 World's Fair – «Dwellings and Surroundings – Science and Technology for Man at Home»1985 –  Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Expo 85 – «Inventions»1986 –  Vancouver, Canada – Expo '86 – «Transportation and Communication: World in Motion - World in Touch»
1988 –  Brisbane, Australia – Expo '88 – «Leisure in the Age of Technology»1990-tallet
1991 –  Plovdiv, Bulgaria – Expo 91 – «The activity of young people in the service of a World of Peace» 
1992 –  Sevilla, Spania – Seville Expo '92 – «The Era of Discovery» 
1992 –  Genova, Italia – Genoa Expo '92 – «Christopher Columbus, The Ship and the Sea» 
1993 –  Daejeon, Sør-Korea – Taejŏn Expo '93 – «The Challenge of a New Road of Development» 
1998 –  Lisboa, Portugal – Expo '98 – «The Oceans: A Heritage for the Future»2000-tallet
2000 –  Hannover, Tyskland – Expo 2000 – «Man, Nature, Technology»2002 –  Biel, Murten, Neuchâtel og Yverdon-les-Bains i Sveits – Expo.02 (Nasjonal)2004 – Avlyst (planlagt arrangert i Seine-Saint-Denis, Frankrike) 
2005 –  Seto og Nagakute, Aichi prefekturet, Japan – Expo 2005 – «Nature's Wisdom»2008 –  Zaragoza, Spania – Expo 2008 – «Water and Sustainable development»2010-tallet
2010 –  Shanghai, Kina – Expo 2010 – «Better City, Better Life»2012 –  Yeosu, Sør-Korea – Expo 2012 – «The Living Ocean and Coast»2015 –  Milano, Italia – Expo 2015 – «Feeding the planet, Energy for life»2017 –  Astana, Kasakhstan – Expo 2017 – «Energy of the Future»'' 

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