This is a list of coups d'état and coup attempts by country, listed in chronological order. A coup is an attempt to illegally overthrow a country's government. Scholars generally consider a coup successful when the usurpers are able to maintain control of the government for at least seven days.

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Angola

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Belgium

Austrian Netherlands

United Belgian States

Benin

Bolivia

Brazil

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Upper Volta

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cambodia

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Imperial China

Republic of China

People's Republic of China

Colombia

Gran Colombia

Modern State

Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

Congo, Republic of the

Costa Rica

Cuba

Curaçao

Cyprus

Czechoslovakia

Denmark

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

England

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

Fiji

Finland

France

Ancien Régime

Revolutionary France and First Republic

First Empire

Second Republic

Third Republic

Fourth Republic

Fifth Republic

Gabon

The Gambia

Georgia

Germany

Weimar Republic

Third Reich

Federal Republic

Ghana

Greece

1st Hellenic Republic

Kingdom of Greece

Second Hellenic Republic

Kingdom of Greece

Third Hellenic Republic

Grenada

Guam

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Haiti

Hawaii

Honduras

Hungary

Indonesia

Iran

Achaemenid Empire

Sassanid Empire

Safavid Empire

Afsharid dynasty

Qajar Dynasty

Pahlavi Iran

Islamic Republic of Iran

Iraq

Italy

Ivory Coast

Japan

Over a century later, in 632 A.D. the title Ōkimi was posthumously reassigned to the term Tenno. This term is currently equated with Emperor.

Jordan

Kenya

Korea, North

Korea, South

Kyrgyzstan

Laos

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

There are estimated to be over 10 unsuccessful coups during the period of 1919–1940 in Lithuania.

Luxembourg

Madagascar

Kingdom of Madagascar (Imerina)

Republic of Madagascar

Maldives

Mali

Mauritania

Mexico

Prior to independence

Mexican Empire

Mexican Republic

Revolutionary period

Moldova

Montenegro

Morocco

Myanmar

Nepal

Netherlands

Habsburg Netherlands

Dutch Republic

Batavian Republic

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Norway

Oman

Panama

Pakistan

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

From the 1565 Spanish conquest until 1898, there were more than 20 failed Philippine revolts against Spain, including the Chinese revolts (1603, 1662), Dagohoy rebellion (1744–1825), Silang rebellion (1762–1763), and Pule revolt (1840–1841), all crushed by the Spanish colonial government. Most of these were due to redress personal grievances (land use, unjust taxation, forced labor) and were not aimed to overthrow the government in Manila. The following list includes plots that did aim to overthrow the national government.

Prior to Independence

Commonwealth of the Philippines

Third Republic

Marcos Era

Fifth Republic

Alleged plots that have not been attempted yet: Rebellions that have not yet led to the point where the rebels had a chance of overthrowing the government: Attempts to wrest control of a chamber of Congress are plots, not coups, because the do not the definition of "removal of an existing government from power" because the head of state and government are not at stake (The Philippines uses the presidential system of government with separation of powers). There had been several instances of this, the latest of which were in 2020 in the House of Representatives and in 2018 in the Senate. One example was in March to April 1952 when the Senate presidency changed three times.

Poland

Portugal

Qatar

Romania

Russia

Russian Empire

Revolutionary Russia

Soviet Union

Russian Federation

Rwanda

São Tomé and Príncipe

Saudi Arabia

San Marino

Scotland

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

South Africa

South African bantustans

Transkei

Bophuthatswana

Venda

Ciskei

Solomon Islands

Somalia

Spain

Visigothic Kingdom

Kingdom of Spain

First Spanish Republic

Kingdom of Spain

Second Spanish Republic

Kingdom of Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Switzerland

Sweden

Syria

Thailand

The number of coups in Thailand—whether successful or unsuccessful— is uncertain, leading one academic to call for a concerted effort to make a definitive list. According to Paul Chambers, a professor at Chiang Mai University's Institute for South-East Asian Affairs, there have been almost 30 coup attempts in Thailand (whether successful or unsuccessful) since 1912. Some count 11 coups since 1932. Others claim there were 13 since 1932.

Togo

Tunisia

Tuva

Turkey

Ottoman Empire

Turkish Republic

Trinidad and Tobago

Uganda

Ukraine

Cossack Hetmanate

Ukrainian War of Independence

Post-1991 State

United Arab Emirates

Emirates

Sharjah

Federal Government

United Kingdom

United States

Prior to independence

Federal level

State level

Counties and municipalities

Uruguay

Venezuela

Vietnam

South Vietnam

Yanaon

Yemen

North Yemen South Yemen United Yemen

Yugoslavia

Zanzibar

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Southern Rhodesia

Zimbabwe