World Expo Timeline 1929-2020


World Expo Timeline 1929-2020*


 1929                -  Barcelona, Spain
                        -  Sevile, Spain

1930                -  Antwerp, Belgium – Exposition Internationale
                        -  Stockholm, Sweden

1931                -  Paris, France – Exposition Coloniale Internationale

1933-34           -  Chicago, Illinois, USA – A century of Progress Exposition

1935                -  Brussels, Belgium

1935-36           -  San Diego, California, USA – California-Pacific International Exposition

1936-37           -  Johannesburg, South Africa -  Empire Exhibition

1937                -  Paris, France – Exposition Internationale

1938                -  Glasgow, UK – British Empire Exhibition

1939                -  New York, USA New York World’s Fair
                        -  San Francisco, California, USA – Golden Gate International Exposition
                        -  Wellington, New Zealand

1940                -  Lisbon, Portugal

1949-50           -  Port-au-Prince, Haiti

1951                -  London, UK – Festival of Britain

1958                -  Brussels, Belgium – Expo ‘58

1962                -  Seattle, Washington, USA – Century 21 Exposition

1964-65           -  New York – New York World’s Fair

1967                -  Montreal, Canada – Expo ‘67

1968                -  San Antonio, Texas, USA – Hemisfair ‘68

1970                -  Osaka, Japan – Expo ’70 Japan World Exposition

1974                -  Spokane, Washington – Expo ’74 - International Exposition on the Environment

1975-76           - Okinawa, Japan – Expo ’75 - International Ocean Exposition

1982                -  Knoxville, Tennessee, USA – The 1982 World’s Fair

1984                -  New Orleans, Louisiana, USA – Louisiana World Exposition

1985                -  Tsukuba, Japan – Expo ’85 – The International Exposition, Tsukuba

1986                -  Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada – Expo ’86 – The 1986 World Exposition

1988                -  Brisbane, Queensland, Australia – World Expo ‘88

1992                -  Seville (Sevilla), Spain Expo ‘92
                        -  Genoa, Italy – Colombo ‘92

1993                -  Taejon, South Korea – Expo ’93 – Taejon International Exposition

1998                -  Lisbon, Portugal – Expo ’98 – The Lisbon World Exposition

2000                -  Hanover, Germany – Expo 2000

2005                -  Aichi Prefecture, Japan – Expo 2005

2008                -  Zaragoza, Spain – Expo 2008

2010                -  Shanghai, China – Expo 2010

2012                -  Yeosu, South Korea – Expo 2012

2015                - Milan, Italy – Expo 2015

2017                - Astana, Kazakhstan

2020------------------  NOT CONFIRMED YET
  • ·         Dubai- UAE
  • ·         Ekaterinburg- Russia
  • ·         Izmir- Turkey
  • ·         Sao Paulo- Brazil


All the above four cities officially bid to host Expo 2020 by 02 November 2011 deadline.

Decision will be made by the Bureau of International Expositions General Assembly in November 2013.



                                                                                                                                     *courtesy :expomuseum.com