Most Appearances at the Men's FIFA World Cup
About This Dataset
Most Appearances at the Men's FIFA World Cup
Countries ranked by the number of FIFA World Cup final tournament appearances since 1930. Brazil is the only nation to have participated in every single FIFA World Cup since the tournament began in 1930, appearing in all 22 editions — a record of consistent qualification that reflects the depth and continuity of Brazilian football development across generations and through multiple different footballing philosophies.
Analysis
Brazil (23), Germany (21) and Argentina (19) take the top three in FIFA World Cup Appearances. Values run from 23 at the top to 9 at the bottom, a spread of 14. First and second are separated by 2, so the leader sits inside the field rather than apart from it. Below the top two the field is tightly packed: the remaining 18 run from 19 down to 9.
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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Brazil leads in FIFA World Cup Appearances with 23.
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Average FIFA World Cup Appearances: 15 · median: 14.
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Gap: Brazil is 2.6× larger than Scotland.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 20 entities · 20 observations
- Measure
- FIFA World Cup Appearances
- 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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