Various Sanctioned Countries Lists

To block those who engage in illegal or illicit activities from utilizing financial systems, sanctions lists are collated, maintained, and published by governments and financial authorities globally. Individuals, organizations, or governments that have been sanctioned are included on sanctions lists. Here, Blockpass provides the most prominent lists of countries sanctioned by the relevant authorities and governments.

Alphabet	Country	EU sanctions list	UN sanctions list	US sanctions list (OFAC)	UK sanctions list	FATF Grey List (High Risk)	FATF Blacklist
A	Afghanistan	✓		✓	✓
	Albania			✓		✓
	Algeria
	Andorra
	Angola
	Antigua and Barbuda
	Argentina
	Armenia
	Australia
	Austria
	Azerbaijan
B	Bahamas
	Bahrain
	Bangladesh
	Barbados					✓
	Belarus	✓		✓	✓
	Belgium
	Belize
	Benin
	Bhutan
	Bolivia
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	✓		✓	✓
	Botswana
	Brazil
	Brunei
	Bulgaria
	Burkina Faso					✓
	Burundi	✓			✓
C	Cabo Verde
	Cambodia					✓
	Cayman Islands					✓
	Cameroon
	Canada
	Central African Republic	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Chad
	Chile
	China	✓		✓
	Colombia
	Comoros
	Costa Rica
	Côte d’Ivoire
	Croatia
	Cuba			✓
	Cyprus
	Czech Republic
D	Democratic Republic of Congo	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
	Denmark
	Djibouti
	Dominica
	Dominican Republic
E	East Timor (Timor-Leste)
	Ecuador
	Egypt
	El Salvador
	Equatorial Guinea
	Eritrea		✓
	Estonia
	Eswatini
	Ethiopia			✓
F	Fiji
	Finland
	France
G	Gabon
	The Gambia
	Georgia
	Germany
	Ghana
	Greece
	Grenada
	Gibraltar					✓
	Guatemala
	Guinea	✓			✓
	Guinea-Bissau	✓	✓		✓
	Guyana
H	Hong Kong			✓
	Haiti	✓				✓
	Honduras
	Hungary
I	Iceland
	India
	Indonesia
	Iran	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓
	Iraq	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Ireland
	Israel
	Italy
J	Jamaica					✓
	Japan
	Jordan					✓
K	Kazakhstan
	Kenya
	Kiribati
	Korea, South
	Kosovo			✓
	Kuwait
	Kyrgyzstan
L	Laos
	Latvia
	Lebanon	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Lesotho
	Liberia
	Libya	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Liechtenstein
	Lithuania
	Luxembourg
M	Madagascar
	Malawi
	Malaysia
	Maldives
	Mali	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Malta
	Marshall Islands
	Mauritania
	Mauritius
	Mexico
	Micronesia, Federated States of
	Moldova	✓
	Monaco
	Mongolia
	Montenegro	✓		✓
	Morocco					✓
	Mozambique
	Myanmar	✓		✓	✓	✓
N	Namibia
	Nauru
	Nepal
	Netherlands
	New Zealand
	Nicaragua	✓		✓	✓	✓
	Niger
	Nigeria
	North Macedonia			✓
	Norway
O	Oman			✓
P	Pakistan					✓
	Palau
	Panama					✓
	Papua New Guinea
	Paraguay
	Peru
	Philippines					✓
	Poland
	Portugal
Q	Qatar
R	Republic of Congo
	Romania
	Russia	✓		✓	✓
	Rwanda
S	Saint Kitts and Nevis
	Saint Lucia
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
	Samoa
	San Marino
	Sao Tome and Principe
	Saudi Arabia
	Senegal					✓
	Serbia	✓		✓
	Seychelles
	Sierra Leone
	Singapore
	Slovakia
	Slovenia
	Solomon Islands
	Somalia	✓	✓	✓	✓
	South Africa
	Spain
	Sri Lanka
	Sudan	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Sudan, South	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Suriname
	Sweden
	Switzerland
	Syria	✓		✓	✓	✓
T	Taiwan
	Tajikistan
	Tanzania
	Thailand
	Togo
	Tonga
	Trinidad and Tobago
	Tunisia	✓
	Turkey	✓				✓
	Turkmenistan
	Tuvalu
U	Uganda					✓
	Ukraine	✓		✓
	United Arab Emirates					✓
	United Kingdom
	United States	✓
	Uruguay
	Uzbekistan
V	Vanuatu
	Vatican City
	Venezuela	✓		✓	✓
	Vietnam
Y	Yemen	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Z	Zambia
	Zimbabwe	✓		✓	✓

EU sanctions list

EU sanctions lists are diplomatic decisions taken by European Union countries, entities or individuals. These sanctions are safety measures aimed at protecting the interests of national security, peace and international law. It includes the following countries:

A	Afghanistan
B	Belarus	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Burundi
C	Central African Republic	China
D	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
G	Guinea	Guinea-Bissau
H	Haiti
I	Iran	Iraq
L	Lebanon	Libya
M	Mali	Moldova	Montenegro	Myanmar
N	Nicaragua
R	Russia
S	Serbia	Somalia	Sudan	Sudan, South	Syria
T	Tunisia	Turkey
U	Ukraine	United States
V	Venezuela
Y	Yemen
Z	Zimbabwe

OFAC (US) sanctions list

OFAC manages economic and commercial sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security objectives and implements the necessary procedures. It also takes measures against the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and other threats to the U.S.'s national security, foreign policy, or economy. It includes the following countries:

A	Afghanistan	Albania
B	Belarus	Bosnia and Herzegovina
C	Central African Republic	China	Cuba
D	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
E	Ethiopia
H	Hong Kong
I	Iran	Iraq
K	Kosovo
L	Lebanon	Libya
M	Mali	Montenegro	Myanmar
N	Nicaragua	North Macedonia
O	Oman
R	Russia
S	Serbia	Somalia	Sudan	Sudan, South	Syria
U	Ukraine
V	Venezuela
Y	Yemen
Z	Zimbabwe

UK sanctions list

UK sanctions list lists entities and individuals subjected to certain financial restrictions as part of the United Kingdom's government's domestic counter-terrorism regime policy. Also, it includes individuals prohibited by the European Union and the United Nations:

A	Afghanistan
B	Belarus	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Burundi
C	Central African Republic
D	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
G	Guinea	Guinea-Bissau
I	Iran	Iraq
L	Lebanon	Libya
M	Mali	Myanmar
N	Nicaragua
R	Russia
S	Somalia	Sudan	Sudan, South	Syria
V	Venezuela
Y	Yemen
Z	Zimbabwe

UN sanctions list

UN sanctions lists are diplomatic decisions enforced by the United Nations member states against states, entities, or individuals. These sanctions are measures of safety to preserve national safety interests, peace, and international law. it includes:

C	Central African Republic
D	Democratic Republic of Congo	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
E	Eritrea
G	Guinea-Bissau
I	Iran	Iraq
L	Lebanon	Libya
M	Mali
S	Somalia	Sudan	Sudan, South
Y	Yemen

FATF Grey List and Blacklist

FATF Grey List

For all countries identified as grey list, the FATF calls on all members and urges all jurisdictions to apply Enhanced Due Diligence, and in the most serious cases, countries are called upon to apply counter-measures to protect the international financial system from the ongoing money laundering, terrorist financing, and proliferation financing (ML/TF/PF) risks emanating from the country. It includes the following countries:

A	Albania
B	Barbados	Burkina Faso
C	Cambodia	Cayman Islands
G	Gibraltar
H	Haiti
J	Jamaica	Jordan
M	Mali	Morocco	Myanmar
N	Nicaragua
P	Pakistan	Panama	Philippines
S	Senegal	Sudan, South	Syria
T	Turkey
U	Uganda	United Arab Emirates
Y	Yemen

Barbados, Burkina Faso, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Jamaica, Jordan, Morocco, Pakistan, Panama, Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, United Arab Emirates do not appear on any sanctions lists but only the FATF Grey list, so Blockpass recommends applying Enhanced Due Diligence measures on them.

FATF Blacklist

The FATF Blacklist includes two countries:

D	Democratic People's Republic of Korea
I	Iran

Highest-risk Sanctions list

Mali, South Sudan, and Yemen appear in all of the above sanctions list, Blockpass recommends you to restrict these countries from using your service.