As the world's leading championship for youth sailing, the ISAF Youth Sailing World Championship has attracted thousands of young sailors since its introduction in 1971. Over that time nations from Africa, Asia, Europe, Oceania, North, South and Central America have all left their mark on the championships.

The introduction of the ISAF Athlete Participation Programme has seen the horizons of the Youth Worlds expand even further and attracted many new nations to the championship. To date, 105 different nations have competed in the Youth Worlds, with the most recent newcomer being Mozambique at the 2013 edition.

All nations are listed below and you can also download the spreadsheet below showing national participation at each edition.

Click here to view the national participation at each edition.

Nation	Country Code	First Edition	Nation Total
Algeria	ALG	1994	3
Andorra	AND	2009	2
Angola	ANG	2003	2
Argentina	ARG	1974	26
Australia	AUS	1973	41
Austria	AUT	1972	26
Bahamas	BAH	2005	7
Bahrain	BRN	2000	3
Barbados	BAR	2006	2
Belarus	BLR	1999	7
Belgium	BEL	1972	34
Bermuda	BER	1982	25
Botswana	BOT	2009	1
Brazil	BRA	1972	31
British Virgin Islands	IVB	1989	6
Bulgaria	BUL	1994	8
Canada	CAN	1971	42
Cayman Islands	CAY	1976	6
Chile	CHI	1973	10
China	CHN	1997	3
Chinese Taipei	TPE	1984	3
CIS	CIS	1992	1
Colombia	COL	1996	8
Cook Islands	COK	2003	1
Croatia	CRO	1993	19
Cuba	CUB	2004	2
Cyprus	CYP	1994	11
Czech Republic	CZE	1972	21
Denmark	DEN	1971	38
Ecuador	ECU	1996	5
El Salvador	ESA	2005	2
Estonia	EST	1999	11
Fiji	FIJ	1985	1
Finland	FIN	1971	41
France	FRA	1971	43
Germany	GER	1971	42
Great Britain	GBR	1971	43
Greece	GRE	1974	29
Guam	GUM	1998	2
Guatemala	GUA	2001	8
Hong Kong	HKG	1972	31
Hungary	HUN	1993	9
Iceland	ISL	2008	1
India	IND	1996	8
Indonesia	INA	2005	1
Ireland	IRL	1971	38
Israel	ISR	1971	35
Italy	ITA	1971	43
Jamaica	JAM	1983	2
Japan	JPN	1972	33
Kenya	KEN	1985	10
Korea	KOR	1996	18
Latvia	LAT	2004	3
Lithuania	LTU	1993	10
Luxemburg	LUX	1971	6
Macedonia (FYRO)	MKD	2010	2
Malaysia	MAS	1984	11
Malta	MLT	1986	4
Mexico	MEX	1976	25
Moldova	MDA	2001	3
Monaco	MON	1992	8
Mozambique	MOZ	2013	1
Myanmar	MYA	1997	6
Namibia	NAM	1998	1
Netherland Antilles	AHO	1994	9
Netherlands	NED	1971	43
New Zealand	NZL	1972	41
Norway	NOR	1971	35
Oman	OMA	2012	2
Pakistan	PAK	1984	3
Papua New Guinea	PNG	1997	1
Paraguay	PAR	2007	7
Peru	PER	1997	8
Philippines	PHI	1993	1
Poland	POL	1972	26
Portugal	POR	1972	34
Puerto Rico	PUR	1976	14
Qatar	QAT	2012	1
Romania	ROU	1986	1
Russia	RUS	1972	19
Samoa	SAM	2003	4
Serbia	SRB	2008	4
Seychelles	SEY	1993	8
Singapore	SIN	1984	22
Slovak Republic	SVK	2001	4
Slovenia	SLO	1997	11
South Africa	RSA	1971	30
Spain	ESP	1972	38
St Lucia	LCA	2007	6
Sweden	SWE	1971	43
Switzerland	SUI	1971	42
Tahiti	TAH	1998	2
Thailand	THA	1997	8
Trinidad and Tobago	TRI	1976	3
Tunisia	TUN	2001	3
Turkey	TUR	1990	13
UAE	UAE	1983	8
Ukraine	UKR	1993	9
Uruguay	URU	1993	13
US Virgin Islands	ISV	1971	12
USA	USA	1972	42
Uzbekistan	UZB	1999	1
Venezuela	VEN	1974	5
Yugoslavia	YUG	1979	3
Zimbabwe	ZIM	1973	11