The chart below shows the post-by-post division of ambassador slots between career appointments and political appointments since 1960.
(Updated May 24, 2013)
Post
Career Appointments
Political Appointments
% Political Since 1960
91-100%
Andorra
0
4
100%
Holy See
9
ICAO
11
Ireland
19
Liechtenstein
6
Monaco
2
San Marino
UN/Rome
3
United Kingdom
1
14
93.3%
New Zealand
12
92.3%
St. Lucia
Bahamas
91.7%
Dominica
St. Vincent/Grenadines
10
90.9%
Switzerland
90.5%
81-90%
Antigua and Barbuda
90%
Samoa
Denmark
16
88.9%
Organization of American States (OAS)
St. Kitts and Nevis
8
United Nations
22
88%
France
87.5%
Czech Republic
85.7%
Austria
15
83.3%
Luxembourg
Barbados
82.4%
Belgium
Sweden
71-80%
Grenada
80%
NATO
78.9%
Italy
77%
Netherlands
13
76.5%
Norway
Jamaica
73.3%
Spain
5
72.2%
Australia
70.6%
Canada
61-70%
UNESCO
7
70%
Japan
69.2%
Germany
68.8%
Trinidad & Tobago
China
66.7%
Costa Rica
Finland
Hungary
India
UN/Vienna - IAEA
UN/Geneva
Belize
62.5%
Morocco
61.1%
51-60%
Singapore
60.0%
Malta
58.8%
Nauru
58.3%
OECD
56.3%
Mexico
53.3%
Seychelles
European Union
52.9%
41-50%
ASEAN
50%
Fiji
Portugal
Romania
Tonga
Argentina
47%
South Africa
47.1%
Tuvalu
46.2%
Kenya
43.8%
Panama
El Salvador
42.1%
Saudi Arabia
Comoros
41.6%
Tanzania
41.2%
31-40%
Chile
38.9%
Afghanistan
36.4%
Brunei Darussalam
Lesotho
35.7%
Uruguay
35.3%
Dominican Republic
33.3%
Slovakia
Timor-Leste
Israel
31.3%
Mauritius
21-30%
Colombia
30.0%
Kiribati
Brazil
29.4%
Iceland
Nepal
South Korea
Paraguay
27.8%
Philippines
Madagascar
26.7%
Poland
Botswana
25.0%
Estonia
Latvia
Zimbabwe
Cameroon
23.5%
Niger
The Gambia
22.2%
Maldives
Micronesia
Ethiopia
21.4%
11-20%
Senegal
20%
Sri Lanka
Vietnam
Greece
18.8%
Russia
Iraq
18.2%
Equatorial Guinea
17.6%
Sierra Leone
Burundi
16.7%
Ecuador
Eritrea
Nicaragua
Ghana
15.8%
Guatemala
Honduras
Papua New Guinea
15.4%
Solomon Islands
Guinea
17
15%
Bahrain
14.3%
Pakistan
18
Qatar
Azerbaijan
12.5%
Croatia
Libya
Slovenia
Swaziland
Uganda
Ukraine
Bolivia
11.8%
Cote d'Ivoire
Malawi
Rwanda
Thailand
Turkey
11.1%
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Peru
10.5%
1-10%
Cambodia
9.1%
Mozambique
Sudan
8.3%
Syria
Oman
7.7%
Egypt
7.1%
Algeria
6.7%
Indonesia
Guyana
6.3%
Liberia
Zambia
Mauritania
5.9%
Cyprus
5.6%
Gabon
Jordan
Malaysia
Nigeria
Burkina Faso
5.3%
Haiti
5.0%
Mali
Bulgaria
20
4.8%
0%
Albania
Angola
Armenia
Bangladesh
Belarus
Benin
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Burma
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo (DR)
Congo (Republic of)
Djibouti
Georgia
Guinea-Bissau
Kazakhstan
Kosovo
Kuwait
Kyrgyz Republic
Laos
Lebanon
Lithuania
Macedonia
Marshall Islands
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Namibia
Palau
São Tomé & Principe
Serbia
Somalia
South Sudan
Suriname
Tajikistan
Togo
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
United Arab Emirates
Uzbekistan
Yemen