History of Appointments by Post

The chart below shows the post-by-post division of ambassador slots
between career appointments and political appointments since 1960.

(Updated May 17, 2012)

 

Post

Career
Appointments

Political
Appointments

% Political Since 1960

91-100%

Andorra

0

4

100%

Holy See

0

9

100%

ICAO

0

11

100%

Ireland

0

19

100%

Liechtenstein

0

6

100%

Monaco

0

2

100%

San Marino

0

2

100%

UN/Rome

0

3

100%

United Kingdom

1

14

93.3%

New Zealand

1

12

92.3%

St. Lucia

1

12

92.3%

Bahamas

1

11

91.7%

Dominica

1

11

91.7%

St. Vincent/Grenadines

1

10

90.9%

Switzerland

2

19

90.5%

81-90%

Antigua and Barbuda

1

9

90%

Samoa

1

9

90%

Denmark

2

16

88.9%

Organization of American States (OAS)

2

16

88.9%

St. Kitts and Nevis

1

8

88.9%

United Nations

3

22

88%

France

2

14

87.5%

Czech Republic

1

6

85.7%

Austria

3

15

83.3%

Luxembourg

3

15

83.3%

Barbados

3

14

82.4%

Belgium

3

14

82.4%

Sweden

3

14

82.4%

71-80%

Grenada

2

8

80%

NATO

4

14

77.8%

Italy

3

10

77%

Netherlands

4

13

76.5%

Norway

4

13

76.5%

Jamaica

4

11

73.3%

Spain

5

13

72.2%

Australia

5

12

70.6%

Canada

5

12

70.6%

61-70%

UNESCO

3

7

70%

Japan

4

9

69.2%

Germany

5

11

68.8%

Trinidad & Tobago

5

11

68.8%

China

5

10

66.7%

Costa Rica

6

12

66.7%

Finland

6

12

66.7%

Hungary

5

10

66.7%

India

6

12

66.7%

UN/Vienna - IAEA

4

8

66.7%

UN/Geneva

6

12

66.7%

Belize

3

5

62.5%

Morocco

7

11

61.1%

51-60%

Singapore

6

9

60.0%

Malta

7

10

58.8%

Nauru 

58.3% 

OECD

7

9

56.3%

Mexico

7

8

53.3%

Seychelles

7

8

53.3%

European Union

8

9

52.9%

41-50%

ASEAN

1

1

50%

Fiji 

50% 

Portugal

8

8

50%

Romania

9

9

50%

Tonga 

50% 

Argentina

9

8

47%

South Africa

9

8

47.1%

Kenya

8

7

46.7%

Tuvalu 

7

6

46.2%

Panama

9

7

43.8%

El Salvador

11

8

42.1%

Saudi Arabia

11

8

42.1%

Comoros

7

5

41.6%

Tanzania

10

7

41.2%

31-40%

Afghanistan

6

4

40.0%

Chile

11

7

38.9%

Brunei Darussalam

7

4

36.4%

Lesotho

9

5

35.7%

Uruguay

11

6

35.3%

Dominican Republic

10

5

33.3%

Slovakia

4

2

33.3%

Timor-Leste

2

1

33.3%

Israel

11

5

31.3%

Mauritius

11

5

31.3%

21-30%

Colombia

14

6

30.0%

Kiribati 

6

3

30.0%

Brazil

12

5

29.4%

Iceland

12

5

29.4%

Nepal

12

5

29.4%

South Korea

12

5

29.4%

Poland

10

4

28.6%

Paraguay

13

5

27.8%

Philippines

13

5

27.8%

Madagascar

11

4

26.7%

Botswana

12

4

25.0%

Estonia

6

2

25.0%

Latvia

6

2

25.0%

Zimbabwe

9

3

25.0%

Cameroon

13

4

23.5%

Niger

13

4

23.5%

The Gambia

14

4

22.2%

Maldives

14

4

22.2%

Micronesia

7

2

22.2%

Ethiopia

11

3

21.4%

11-20%

Iraq

8

2

20%

Senegal

16

4

20%

Sri Lanka

16

4

20%

Vietnam

4

1

20%

Greece

13

3

18.8%

Russia

13

3

18.8%

Burundi

14

3

17.6%

Equatorial Guinea

14

3

17.6%

Sierra Leone

14

3

17.6%

Ecuador

15

3

16.7%

Eritrea

5

1

16.7%

Nicaragua

15

3

16.7%

Papua New Guinea

10

2

16.7%

Solomon Islands

10

2

16.7%

Ghana

16

3

15.8%

Guatemala

16

3

15.8%

Guinea

16

3

15.8%

Honduras

16

3

15.8%

Pakistan

17

3

15%

Bahrain

12

2

14.3%

Libya

6

1

14.3%

Qatar 

12 

14.3% 

Ukraine

6

1

16.7%

Azerbaijan

7

1

12.5%

Croatia

7

1

12.5%

Slovenia

7

1

12.5%

Swaziland

14

1

12.5%

Uganda

14

2

12.5%

Vanuatu

7

1

12.5%

Bolivia

15

2

11.8%

Cote d'Ivoire

15

2

11.8%

Malawi

15 

11.8% 

Rwanda

15

2

11.8%

Thailand

15

2

11.8%

Turkey

16

2

11.1%

Venezuela

16

2

11.1%

Peru

17

2

10.5%

1-10%

Cambodia

10

1

9.1%

Mozambique

10

1

9.1%

Oman

11

1

8.3%

Sudan

11

1

8.3%

Syria

11

1

8.3%

Egypt

13

1

7.7%

Algeria

14

1

6.7%

Indonesia

14

1

6.7%

Guyana

15

1

6.3%

Liberia

15

1

6.3%

Zambia

15

1

6.3%

Cyprus

16

1

5.9%

Mauritania

16

1

5.9%

Nigeria

16

1

5.9%

Burkina Faso

17

1

5.6%

Gabon

17

1

5.6%

Jordan 

17

1

5.6%

Malaysia

17

1

5.6%

Bulgaria

19

1

5.0%

Haiti

19

1

5.0%

Mali

19

1

5.0%

0%

Albania

8

0

0%

Angola

7

0

0%

Armenia

7

0

0%

Bangladesh

15

0

0%

Belarus

6

0

0%

Benin

17

0

0%

Bosnia and Herzegovina

8

0

0%

Burma

11

0

0%

Cape Verde

13

0

0%

Central African Republic

18

0

0%

Chad

19

0

0%

Congo (DR)

18

0

0%

Congo (Republic of)

14

0

0%

Djibouti

12

0

0%

Georgia

6

0

0%

Guinea-Bissau

12

0

0%

Kazakhstan

7

0

0%

Kosovo

3

0

0%

Kuwait

16

0

0%

Kyrgyz Republic

8

0

0%

Laos

14

0

0%

Lebanon

20

0

0%

Lithuania

7

0

0%

Macedonia

6

0

0%

Marshall Islands

9

0

0%

Moldova

8

0

0%

Mongolia

9

0

0%

Montenegro

2

0

0%

Namibia

8

0

0%

Palau

3

0

0%

São Tomé & Principe

12

0

0%

Serbia

4

0

0%

Somalia

12

0

0%

South Sudan

1

0

0%

Suriname

14

0

0%

Tajikistan

8

0

0%

Togo

20

0

0%

Tunisia

17

0

0%

Turkmenistan

7

0

0%

United Arab Emirates

14

0

0%

Uzbekistan

7

0

0%

Yemen

15

0

0%