Verdensudstillinger

Dette er en Liste over verdensudstillinger (og eventuelle bemærkelsesværdige permanente udstillingsbygninger). Listen omfatter både udstillinger, der er godkendt af organisationen Bureau international des expositions og andre verdensudstillinger.

Fpr verdensudstillinger godkendt af BIE, se Verdenudstillinger godkendt af BIE.

1750'erne

1756 – London, Storbritannien – First Exhibition (1756) sponseret af the Society of Arts i England

1790'erne

1798 – Paris, Frankrig – First Exhibition (1798) og Second Exhibition (1798) i Europa

1800'erne

1802 – Paris, Frankrig – Third Exposition (1802)

1820'erne

1829 – New York, USA – American Institute Fair (1829)

1840'erne

1844 – Paris, Frankrig – French Industrial Exposition (1844)
1849 – Birmingham, Storbritannien – Exposition of British Society (1849)
1849 – First Exhibition of British Manufacturers (1849)

1850'erne

1851 – London, Storbritannien – Great Exhibition (of the Works of Industry of All Nations) -- The Crystal Palace
1852 – Cork, Irland – Irish Industrial Exhibition (1852)
1853 – New York, USA – Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations (1853)
1853 – Dublin, Irland – Great Industrial Exhibition (1853)
1854 – München, Tyskland – Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung (1854)
1854 – Melbourne, Australien – Melbourne Exhibition (1854) (i forbindelse med Exposition Universelle (1855))
1855 – Paris, Frankrig – Exposition Universelle (1855)
1855 – Dublin, Irland – Dublin International Exhibition (1855)
1857 – Manchester, Storbritannien – Art Treasures Exhibition (1857)

1860'erne

1860 – Besançon, Frankrig – Exposition universelle (1860)
1861 – Melbourne, Australien – Victorian Exhibition (1861)
1862 – Hamburg, Tyskland – International Agricultural Exhibition (1862)
1862 – London, Storbritannien – International Exhibition (1862) (Great London Exposition) (South Kensington, England)
1864 – Amsterdam, Holland – Dutch Industry Expostion (1864)
1865 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – Great Central Fair for the US Sanitary Commission (1865)
1865 – Porto, Portugal – Exposição Internacional (1865)
1865 – Dublin, Irland – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1865)
1865 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand Exhibition (1865)
1866 – Melbourne, Australien – Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia (1866)
1867 – Paris, Frankrig – Exposition Universelle (1867)
1868 – Le Havre, Frankrig – Exposition Maritime Internationale (1868)

1870'erne

1870 – Córdoba, Argentina – Exposición Nacional (1870)
1870 – Sydney, Australien – Intercolonial Exhibition (1870)
1871 – London, Storbritannien – First Annual International Exhibition (1871)
1872 – London, Storbritannien – Second Annual International Exhibition (1872)
1872 – Lyon, Frankrig – Exposition Universelle et Internationale (1872)
1872 – Kyoto, Japan – Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1872)
1873 – London, Storbritannien – Third Annual International Exhibition (1873)
1873 – Wien, Østrig – Weltausstellung 1873 Wien
1873 – Sydney, Australien – Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition (1873)
1874 – London, Storbritannien – Fourth Annual International Exhibition (1874)
1874 – Dublin, Irland – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures (1874)
1874 – Rom, Italien – Esposizione internazionale (1874) (ikke afholdt)
1875 – Santiago, Chile – Exposicion Internacional de 1875
1875 – Melbourne, Australien – Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
1875 – Nizjnij Novgorod, Rusland – Nizhni Novgorod Fair (1875)
1875 – Sydney, Australien – Intercolonial Exhibition (1875)
1875 – Santiago, Chile – Exposición Internacional de Chile
1876 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – Centennial Exhibition
1876 – Brisbane, Australien – Intercolonial Exhibition (1876)
1877 – Cape Town, Sydafrika – South African International Exhibition (1877)
1877 – Tokyo, Japan – First National Industrial Exhibition (1877) (Ueno Park)
1878 – Paris, Frankrig – Exposition Universelle (1878)
1878 – Ballarat, Australien – Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1878)
1879 – Sydney, Australien – Sydney International Exhibition (1879)
1879 – Melbourne, Australien – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1879)

1880'erne

1880 – Melbourne, Australien – Melbourne International Exhibition (1880)
1881 – Atlanta, Georgia, USA – International Cotton Exposition (1881)
1881 – Budapest, Ungarn – Országos Magyar Nöiparkiállitás (1881)
1882 – Bordeaux, Frankrig – Exposition internationale des vins (1882)
1882 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Continental Sud-Americana (1882)
1883 – Boston, Massachusetts, USA – The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations (1883)
1883 – Amsterdam, Holland – Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling (1883) (International Colonial Exhibition)
1883 – Calcutta, Indien – Calcutta International Exhibition (1883)
1883 – Parramatta, Australien – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibtion (1883)
1883 – Louisville, Kentucky, USA – Southern Exposition (1883)
1883 – New York, USA – World's Fair (1883) (ikke afholdt)
1884 – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – World Cotton Centennial (1884) (New Orleans Universal Expositon and World's Fair), (World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exhibition), (New Orleans Centennial)
1884 – Melbourne, Australien – Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed
1884 – Edinburgh, Skotland – International Forestry Exhibition (1884)
1884 – Saint Louis, Missouri, USA – Saint Louis Exposition (1884)
1884 – Torino, Italien – Esposizione generale italiana (1884)
1885 – Melbourne, Australien – Victorians' Jubilee Exhibition (1885) (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition)
1885 – Antwerpen, Belgien – Exposition Universelle d'Anvers (1885)
1885 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Industrial Exhibition (1885)
1885 – New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – North, Central and South American Exposition (1885)
1885 – London, Storbritannien – International Exhibition of Inventions
1886 – London, Storbritannien – Colonial and Indian Exhibition (1886)
1886 – Melbourne, Australien
1886 – Edinburgh, Skotland – International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art (1886)
1886 – Liverpool, England – International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry (1886)
1887 – Adelaide, Australien – Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition (1887)
1887 – Geelong, Australien – Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition (1887)
1887 – London, Storbritannien – American Exhibition (1887)
1887 – Rom, Italien – Esposizione mondiale (1887)
1888 – Melbourne, Australien – Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition (1888), Centennial International Exhibition
1888 – Glasgow, Skotland – International Exhibition (1888)
1888 – Bruxelles, Belgien – Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie (1888)
1888 – Barcelona, Spanien – Exposición Universal de Barcelona (1888)
1888 – Lissabon, Portugal – Exposição Industrial Portugueza (1888)
1888 – København, Danmark – Den Nordiske Industri, -Landbrugs, -og Kunstudstilling i Kjøbenhavn 1888
1889 – Paris, Frankrig – Exposition Universelle (1889) – Eiffeltårnet
1889 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition (1889)
1889 – Buffalo, New York, USA – International Industrial Fair (1889)

1890'erne

1890 – Bremen, Tyskland – Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung (1890)
1891 – Moskva, Rusland – Exposition française (1891)
1891 – Kingston, Jamaica – International Exhibition (1891)
1891 – Launceston, Australien – Tasmanian International Exhibition (1891)
1891 – Prag, Bøhmen – General Land Centennial Exhibition (1891) i Prague Exhibition Grounds
1892 – Genova, Italien – Esposizione italo-americana (1892)
1892 – Madrid, Spanien – Exposición Histórico-Americana (1892)
1892 – Washington, DC, USA – Exposition of the Three Americas (1892) (ikke afholdt)
1893 – Chicago, Illinois, USA – World's Columbian Exposition
1893 – Kimberly, Sydafrika – South Africa and International Exhibition (1893)
1893 – New York, USA – World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition (1893)
1894 – San Francisco, Californien, USA – California Mid-Winter Exposition (1894)
1894 – Antwerpen, Belgien – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers (1894)
1894 – Lyon, Frankrig – Exposition internationale et coloniale (1894)
1894 – Porto, Portugal – Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza (1894)
1895 – Hobart, Australien – Tasmanian International Exhibition (1895)
1895 – Ballarat, Australien – Australian Industrial Exhibition (1895)
1895 – Atlanta, Georgia, USA – Cotton States and International Exposition (1895) (Atlanta Exposition)
1896 – Berlin, Tyskland – Gewerbe-Ausstellung (1896)
1896 – Mexico City, Mexico – International Exposition (1896) (ikke afholdt)
1897 – Bruxelles, Belgien – Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles (1897)
1897 – Guatemala City, Guatemala – Exposición Centro-Americana (1897)
1897 – Brisbane, Australien – Queensland International Exhibition (1897)
1897 – Chicago, Illinois, USA – Irish Fair (1897)
1897 – Nashville, Tennessee, USA – Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition
1897 – Stockholm, Sverige – Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen (1897)
1898 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition (1898)
1898 – Omaha, Nebraska, USA – Trans-Mississippi Exposition
1898 – Bergen, Norge – International Fisheries Exposition (1898)
1898 – München, Tyskland – Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung (1898)
1898 – San Francisco, California, USA – California's Golden Jubilee (1898)
1898 – Torino, Italien – Esposizione generale italiana (1898)
1898 – Wien, Østrig – Jubiläums-Ausstellung (1898)
1899 – Coolgardie, Australien – Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition (1899)
1899 – Omaha, Nebraska, USA – Greater America Exposition (1899)
1899 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – National Export Exposition (1899)
1899 – London, Storbritannien – Greater Britain Exhibition (1899)

1900'erne

1900 – Paris, Frankrig – Exposition Universelle (1900)*
1900 – Adelaide, Australien – Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries (1900)
1901 – Buffalo, New York, USA – Pan-American Exposition
1901 – Glasgow, Skotland – Glasgow International Exhibition (1901)
1901 – Wien, Østrig – Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung (1901)
1901 – Charleston, South Carolina, USA – South Carolina and Interstate and West Indian Exposition (1901)
1902 – Torino, Italien – Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna (1902)
1902 – Hanoi, Vietnam (Tonkin), Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale (1902)
1902 – New York, USA – United States, Colonial and International Exposition (1902) (ikke afholdt)
1902 – Toledo, Ohio, USA – Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition (1902) – (ikke afholdt)
1903 – Osaka, Japan – National Industrial Exposition (1903)
1904 – Saint Louis, Missouri, USA – Louisiana Purchase Exposition (også kaldet Louisiana Purchase International Exposition and Olympic Games): OL 1904*
1905 – Portland, Oregon, USA – Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition (1905)
1905 – Liège, Belgien – Exposition universelle et internationale (1905)
1905 – London, Storbritannien – Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition (1905)
1905 – New York, USA – Irish Industrial Exposition (1905)
1906 – Milano, Italien – Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione (1906)
1906 – London, Storbritannien – Austrian Exhibition (1906)
1906 – Marseille, Frankrig – Exposition coloniale (1906)
1906 – Christchurch, New Zealand – International Exhibition (1906)
1907 – Dublin, Irland – Irish International Exhibition (1907)
1907 – Hampton Roads, Virginia, USA -Jamestown Exposition
1907 – Chicago, Illinois, USA – World's Pure Food Exposition (1907)
1907 – Mannheim, Tyskland – Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (1907)
1908 – London, Storbritannien – Franco-British Exhibition (1908)
1908 – New York, USA – International Mining Exposition (1908)
1908 – Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien – Exposição Nacional (1908)
1909 – Seattle, Washington, USA – Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition
1909 – New York, USA – Hudson-Fulton Celebration (1909)
1909 – San Francisco, California, USA – Portolá Festival (1909)
1909 – Quito, Ecuador – Exposición Nacional (1909)

1910'erne

1910 – Nanking, Kina – Nanking Exposition (1910)
1910 – Bruxelles, Belgien – Exposition Universelle et Industrielle de Bruxelles (1910)
1910 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Internacional (1910)
1910 – London, Storbritannien – Japan-British Exhibition (1910)
1910 – San Francisco, California, USA – Admission Day Festival (1910)
1910 – Wien, Østrig – Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung (1910)
1911 – Dresden, Tyskland – International Hygiene Exhibition (1911)
1911 – London, Storbritannien – Coronation Exhibition (1911)
1911 – London, Storbritannien – Festival of Empire (1911)
1911 – Rom, Italien – Esposizione internazionale d'arte (1911)
1911 – Torino, Italien – Esposizione internazionale delle industrie e del lavor (1911)
1911 – Glasgow, Skotland – Scottish Exhibition, Art and Industry
1911 – New York, USA – International Mercantile Exposition (1911)
1912 – Manila, Filippinerne – Philippine Exposition (1912)
1912 – London, Storbritannien – Latin-British Exhibition (1912)
1912 – Tokyo, Japan – Grand Exposition of Japan (1912) (ikke afholdt)
1913 – Gent, Belgien – Exposition universelle et internationale (1913)
1913 – Amsterdam, Holland – Tentoonstelling De Vrouw 1813-1913
1913 – Knoxville, Tennessee, USA – National Conservation Exposition (1913)
1914 – Boulogne-sur-Mer, Frankrig – International Exposition of Sea Fishery Industries (1914)
1914 – Köln, Tyskland – Werkbund Exposition (1914)
1914 – Nottingham, Storbritannien – Universal Exhibition (1914)
1914 – Semarang, Indonesien – Koloniale Tentoonstelling (1914)
1914 – Kristiania, Norge – Norges Jubilæumsutstilling (1914)
1915 – San Francisco, California, USA – Panama-Pacific International Exposition (1915)
1915 – San Diego, California, USA – Panama-California Exposition (1915)
1915 – Panama City, Panama – Exposición Nacional de Panama (1915)
1915 – Richmond, Virginia, USA – Negro Historical and Industrial Exposition (1915)
1915 – Washington, DC, USA – National Star-Spangled Banner Centennial Celebration (ikke afholdt)
1917 – San Francisco, California, USA – Allied War Exposition (1917)
1918 – New York, USA – Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries (1918)
1918 – Chicago, Illinois, USA – Allied War Exposition (1918)
1918 – Los Angeles, California, USA – California Liberty Fair (1918)

1920'erne

1920 – Shanghai, Kina – American-Chinese Exposition (1920) (?)
1921 – London, Storbritannien – International Exhibition of Rubber and Other Tropical Products (1921)
1922 – Marseille, Frankrig – Exposition nationale coloniale (1922)
1922 – Tokyo, Japan – Peace Exhibition (1922)
1922 – Rio de Janeiro, Brasilien – Exposição do Centenario do Brasil (1922)
1923 – Los Angeles, Californien, USA – American Historical Review and Motion Picture Exposition (1923)
1923 – Calcutta, Indien – Calcutta Exhibition (1923) som forløber for British Empire Exhibition
1924 – Wembley, London, Storbritannien – British Empire Exhibition
1924 – New York, USA – French Exposition (1924)
1925 – Lyon, Frankrig – Foire (1925)
1925 – San Francisco, California, USA – California's Diamond Jubilee (1925)
1925 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas International Exhibition (1925)
1925 – Paris, Frankrig – Exposition internationale des Arts décoratifs et industriels modernes
1926 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA – Sesquicentennial Exposition
1926 – Berlin, Tyskland – Internationale Polizeiausstellung (1926)
1927 – Lyon, Frankrig – Foire internationale (1925)
1928 – Köln, Tyskland – Internationale Presse-Ausstellung (1928)
1928 – Long Beach, Californien – Pacific Southwest Exposition (1928)
1929 – Barcelona, Spanien, og Sevilla, Spanien – Expo '29 (Exposición Ibero-Americana) eller (Spain International Exposition)
1929 – Newcastle upon Tyne, Storbritannien – North East Coast Exhibition

1930'erne

1930 – Antwerpen, Belgien – Exposition internationale coloniale, maritime et d'art flamand (1930)
1930 – Liège, Belgien – Exposition internationale de la grande industrie, sciences et applications, art wallon ancien (1930)
1930 – Stockholm, Sverige – Stockholm International (1930) (Utställningen av konstindustri, konsthandverk och hemslöjd)
1930 – Trondheim, Norge – Trøndelag Exhibition (1930)
1931 – Paris, Frankrig – French Colonial Exposition (1931)
1931 – Milano, Italien – International Foundry Exhibition and Congress (1931)
1931 – Paris, Frankrig – Exposition coloniale internationale (1931)
1931 – Yorktown, Virginia, USA – Yorktown Sesquicentennial (1931)
1933 – Chicago, Illinois, USA – Century of Progress International Exposition
1934 – Porto, Portugal – Exposição Colonial Portuguesa (1934)
1934 – Tel Aviv, Israel – Levant Fair (1934)
1935 – Bruxelles, Belgien Exposition universelle et internationale (1935)
1935 – San Diego, Californien, USA – California Pacific International Exposition (1935)
1935 – Porto Alegre, Brasilien -Exposição do Centenario Farroupilha (1935)
1936 – Johannesburg, Sydafrika – Empire Exhibition (1936)
1936 – Cleveland, Ohio, USA – Great Lakes Exposition
1936 – Dallas, Texas, USA – Texas Centennial Central Exposition (1936)
1937 – Berlin, Tyskland – Ausstellung (1937)
1937 – Cleveland, Ohio, USA – Great Lakes Exposition
1937 – Dallas, Texas, USA – Greater Texas and Pan American Exposition (1937)
1937 – Düsseldorf, Tyskland – Reichsausstellung Schaffendes Volk (1937)
1937 – Miami, Florida, USA – Pan American Fair (1937)
1937 – Paris, Frankrig – Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne
1937 – Nagoya, Japan – Nagoya Pan-Pacific Peace Exposition (1937)
1938 – Glasgow, Skotland – British Empire Exhibition (1938)
1939 – New York, USA – 1939 New York World's Fair udstilling med: The World of Tomorrow Futurama Trylon Perisphere
1939 – San Francisco, Californien, USA – Golden Gate Exposition (1939) også kaldet Golden Gate International Exposition
1939 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Centennial Exhibition
1939 – Dresden, Tyskland – Deutsche Kolonial Ausstellung (1939)
1939 – Liège, Belgien – Exposition internationale de l'eau
1939 – Zürich, Schweiz – Schweizerische Landesausstellung (1939)

1940'erne

1940 – Lissabon, Portugal – Exposição do Mundo Português (1940)
1940 – Los Angeles, Californien, USA – Pacific Mercado (1940) (ikke afholdt)
1940 – Napoli, Italien – Mostra Triennale delle Terre Italiane d’Oltremare (Triennial Exhibition of Overseas Italian Territories)
1940 – Tokyo, Japan – Grand International Exposition of Japan (1940) (ikke afholdt)
1942 – Los Angeles, Californien, USA – Cabrillo Fair (1942) (ikke afholdt)
1942 – Rom, Italien – Esposizione universale (1942) (ikke afholdt) (E42)
1948 – Bruxelles, Belgien – Foire coloniale (1948)
1949 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti – Exposition internationale du bicentenaire de Port-au-Prince (1949)

1950'erne

1951 – London, Storbritannien – Festival of Britain
1957 – Guangzhou, Kina – Chinese Export Commodities Fair
1958 – Bruxelles, Belgien – Expo '58 (Exposition Universelle et Internationale de Bruxelles) – Atomium

1960'erne

1962 – Seattle, Washington, USA – Century 21 Exposition Space Needle
1964 – New York, USA – 1964/1965 New York World's Fair (NB! Ikke godkendt af Bureau International des Expositions)
1967 – Montreal, Canada – Expo '67, (Universal and International Exhibition of 1967) den mest succesfulde udstilling i historien med over 50 millioner besøgende.
1968 – San Antonio, Texas, USA – HemisFair '68

1970'erne

1970 – Osaka, Japan – Expo '70 (Japan World Exposition)
1974 – Spokane, Washington, USA – Expo '74 (International Exposition on the Environment)
1975 – Okinawa, Japan – Expo '75 (International Ocean Exposition)