International Statistics
134 14,893 16,077 100,950 1,249,596 170,629 397,982 557,460 1,514,928 1,129,175 134,731 10,611 199 144 37 302
Countries where The Salvation Army serves
Worshipping communities
Active officers
Employees
Soldiers
Adherents
Junior soldiers
Pupils in Salvation Army schools and colleges
Patients at Salvation Army hospitals and clinics in 2022
People helped with emergency relief after a disaster in 2022
People participated in programmes for refugees in 2022
Accommodation centres for homeless people
Children's homes
Homes for elderly people
Homes for disabled people
Addiction dependency programmes
Statistics as at 1 January 2023.
Thailand became the 134th country in which The Salvation Army has a legally and officially recognised ministry on 10 July 2023.
Countries where The Salvation Army is officially at work
A country in which the Army serves is defined in two ways:
(i) Politically
(ii) Where the General has given approval to the work, thus officially recognising it, ensuring it has legal identity and a Deed Poll is published to acknowledge this.
As far as political status is concerned, for the Army’s purposes, three categories are recognised:
(a) Independent countries, eg USA and New Zealand;
(b) Internally independent political entities which are under the protection of another country in matters of defence and foreign affairs, eg The Færoes, Isle of Man, Puerto Rico;
(c) Colonies and other dependent political units, eg Bermuda, French Guiana, Guernsey, Jersey.
Administrative subdivisions of a country such as Wales and Scotland in the UK are not recognised as separate countries for this purpose. The countries fulfilling the quoted criteria, with the date on which the work was officially recognised in brackets, are as follows:
Angola.....(1985)
Haiti.....(1950)
Romania.....(1999)
Antigua.....(1903)
Argentina.....(1890)
Australia.....(1881)
Austria.....(1927)
Bahamas.....(1931)
Bangladesh.....(1970)
Barbados.....(1898)
Belgium.....(1889)
Belize.....(1915)
Bermuda.....(1896)
Bolivia.....(1920)
Botswana.....(1997)
Brazil.....(1922)
Bulgaria.....(2021)
Burkina Faso.....(2018)
Burundi.....(2007)
Cambodia......(2012)
Canada.....(1882)
Chile.....(1909)
China.....(1916)
Colombia.....(1985)
Congo, Republic of (Brazzaville).....(1937)
Congo, Democratic Republic of.....(1934)
Costa Rica.....(1907 and 1975)
Cuba.....(1918)
Czech Republic.....(1919 and 1990)
Denmark.....(1887)
Dominican Republic.....(1995)
Ecuador.....(1985)
El Salvador.....(1989)
Estonia.....(1927 and 1995)
Eswatini.....(1960)
Færoes, The.....(1924)
Fiji.....(1973)
Finland.....(1889)
France.....(1881)
French Guiana.....(1980)
Gabon.....(2018)
Georgia.....(1993)
Germany.....(1886)
Ghana.....(1922)
Greece.....(2007)
Greenland.....(2012)
Grenada.....(1902)
Guam.....(1994)
Guatemala.....(1976)
Guernsey.....(1879)
Guinea.....(2022)
Guyana.....(1895)
Honduras.....(2000)
Hong Kong.....(1930)
Hungary.....(1924 and 1990)
Iceland.....(1895)
India.....(1882)
Indonesia.....(1894)
Ireland, Republic of (Eire).....(1880)
Isle of Man.....(1883)
Italy.....(1887)
Jamaica.....(1887)
Japan.....(1895)
Jersey.....(1879)
Kenya.....(1921)
Korea.....(1908)
Kuwait.....(2008)
Latvia.....(1923 and 1990)
Lesotho.....(1969)
Liberia.....(1988)
Lithuania....(2005)
Macau.....(2000)
Madagascar.....(2016)
Malawi.....(1967)
Malaysia.....(1938)
Mali.....(2008)
Marshall Islands.....(1985)
Mexico.....(1937)
Micronesia.....(1993)
Moldova.....(1994)
Mongolia.....(2008)
Mozambique.....(1916)
Myanmar.....(1915)
Namibia.....(1932 and 2008)
Nepal.....(2009)
Netherlands, The.....(1887)
New Zealand.....(1883)
Nicaragua.....(2010)
Nigeria.....(1920)
Norway.....(1888)
Pakistan.....(1883)
Panama.....(1904)
Papua New Guinea.....(1956)
Paraguay.....(1910)
Peru.....(1910)
Philippines, The.....(1937)
Poland.....(2005)
Portugal.....(1971)
Puerto Rico.....(1962)
Russia.....(1913 and 1991)
Rwanda.....(1995)
St Christopher Nevis (St Kitts).....(1904)
St Helena.....(1884)
St Lucia.....(1902)
St Maarten.....(1999)
St Vincent.....(1903)
Samoa.....(2018)
Sierra Leone.....(2010)
Singapore.....(1935)
Slovakia.....(2015)
Solomon Islands.....(2011)
South Africa.....(1883)
Spain.....(1971)
Sri Lanka.....(1883)
Suriname.....(1926)
Sweden.....(1882)
Switzerland.....(1882)
Taiwan.....(1965)
Tanzania.....(1933)
Thailand.....(2023)
Togo.....(2011)
Tonga.....(1986)
Trinidad & Tobago.....(1901)
Turks & Caicos.....(2011)
Uganda.....(1931)
Ukraine.....(1993)
United Arab Emirates.....(2010)
United Kingdom.....(1865)
United States of America.....(1880)
Uruguay.....(1890)
Venezuela.....(1972)
Virgin Islands.....(1917)
Zambia.....(1922)
Zimbabwe.....(1891)