| COUNTRY | DATE OF RECOGNITION |
| Madagascar | February 28, 1976 |
| Burundi | March 1, 1976 |
| Algeria | March 6, 1976 |
| Benin | March 11, 1976 (revoked March 21, 1997) |
| Angola | March 11, 1976 |
| Mozambique | March 13, 1976 |
| Guinea- Bissau | March 15, 1976 (revoked April 2, 1997) |
| North Korea | March 16, 1976 |
| Togo | March 17, 1976 (revoked) |
| Rwanda | April 1, 1976 |
| South Yemen | February 2, 1977 |
| Seychelles | October 25, 1977 |
| Republic of the Congo | June 3, 1978 (revoked September 13, 1996) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | June 22, 1978 (revoked August 23, 1996) |
| Panama | June 23, 1978 |
| Tanzania | November 9, 1978 |
| Ethiopia | February 24, 1979 |
| Vietnam | March 2, 1979 |
| Cambodia | April 10, 1979 |
| Laos | May 9, 1979 |
| Afghanistan | May 23, 1979 |
| Cape Verde | July 4, 1979 |
| Grenada | August 20, 1979 |
| Ghana | August 24, 1979 |
| Guyana | September 1, 1979 |
| Dominica | September 1, 1979 (revoked) |
| Saint Lucia | September 1, 1979 (revoked) |
| Jamaica | September 4, 1979 |
| Uganda | September 6, 1979 |
| Nicaragua | September 6, 1979 |
| Mexico | September 8, 1979 |
| Lesotho | October 9, 1979 |
| Zambia | October 12, 1979 |
| Cuba | January 20, 1980 |
| Iran | February 27, 1980 |
| Sierra Leone | March 27, 1980 |
| Syria | April 15, 1980 |
| Libya | April 15. 1980 |
| Swaziland | April 28, 1980 (revoked) |
| Botswana | May 14, 1980 |
| Zimbabwe | July 3, 1980 |
| Chad | July 4, 1980 (revoked May 9, 1997) |
| Mali | July 4, 1980 |
| Costa Rica | October 30, 1980 |
| Vanuatu | November, 27, 1980 |
| Papua New Guinea | August 12, 1981 |
| Tuvalu | August 12, 1981 |
| Kiribati | August 12, 1981 |
| Nauru | August 12, 1981 |
| Solomon Islands | August 12, 1981 |
| Mauritius | July 1, 1982 |
| Venezuela | August 3, 1982 |
| Surinam | August 11, 1982 |
| Bolivia | December 14, 1982 |
| Ecuador | November 14, 1983 |
| Mauritania | February 27, 1984 |
| Burkina Faso | March 4, 1984 (revoked June 5, 1996) |
| Peru | August 16, 1984 (suspended relations in October 1996) |
| Nigeria | November 12, 1984 |
| Yugoslavia | November 28, 1984 |
| Colombia | February 27, 1985 |
| Liberia | July 31, 1985 (revoked September 1997) |
| India | October 1, 1985 (revoked June 26, 2000) |
| Guatemala | April 10, 1986 |
| Dominican Republic | June 24, 1986 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | November 1, 1986 |
| Belize | November 18, 1986 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis | February 25, 1987 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | February 27, 1987 |
| Albania | December 29, 1987 |
| Barbados | February 27, 1988 |
| El Salvador | July 31, 1989 |
| Honduras | November 8, 1989 |
| Namibia | June 2, 1990 |
| Malawi | November 16, 1994 |
| Source: Western Sahara Online | |
August 19th, 2004
Sahara Marathon
Countries That Recognize the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
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