Europe hosted over half of the meetings held by international associations worldwide between 2001 and 2020. Over the same period, around four out of ten such international events took place in Asian or American countries.
Distribution of international association meetings held worldwide between 2001 and 2020, by region
including only meetings of international associations*
Supplementary notes
*Only including events that meet the following criteria:
"• The meeting must have a clear link to an international association included in the UIA database, the source of the Yearbook of International Organizations.
• The meeting can be linked to either an international non-governmental organization (INGO) or an intergovernmental organization (IGO).
• The meeting is eligible for inclusion regardless of its frequency. A meeting can be a one-off event, part of a regular series, or part of an irregular series.
• The meeting is eligible for inclusion regardless of its location. A meeting series can be held always in the same location, or rotate according to a pattern between locations, or change locations randomly.
• The meeting is eligible for inclusion regardless of its participant numbers".
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Union of International Associations. (June 15, 2021). Distribution of international association meetings held worldwide between 2001 and 2020, by region [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/741739/international-organization-meetings-world-regions/
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Union of International Associations. (2021). Distribution of international association meetings held worldwide between 2001 and 2020, by region. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/741739/international-organization-meetings-world-regions/
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Distribution of international association meetings held worldwide between 2001 and 2020, by region [Graph], Union of International Associations, June 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/741739/international-organization-meetings-world-regions/
