Countries That Have Hosted the Most Olympic Games
About This Dataset
Countries That Have Hosted the Most Olympic Games
Nations ranked by the total number of Summer and Winter Olympic Games hosted on their soil throughout history. The United States has hosted more Olympic Games than any other country, staging events across multiple cities from the 1904 St. Louis Games to the upcoming 2028 Los Angeles Olympics — reflecting its economic capacity, geographic scale, and enduring prominence in global sport.
Analysis
The top three in Olympic Games Hosted are United States (8), France (6) and Japan (4). The 8 entries in Olympic Games Hosted cover a range of 5, from 8 down to 3. First and second are separated by 2, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. The other 6 are bunched between 3 and 4 Olympic Games Hosted.
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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United States leads in Olympic Games Hosted with 8.
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Average Olympic Games Hosted: 4 · median: 4.
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Gap: United States is 2.7× larger than United Kingdom.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- Olympic Games Hosted
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values are shown as reported by the source. Nothing is rescaled, rebased or converted — the only changes are thousand separators and decimals shown to two places.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
Data Sources & References
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