Here’s all the countries eligible for the DV lottery according to the U.S. Department of State’s Diversity Visa Program. All the people born within these countries may participate in the lottery. The list of not eligible countries is much smaller.

You can use Ctrl+F search to find your country in the list.

Africa:

🇩🇿 Algeria, 🇦🇴 Angola, 🇧🇯 Benin, 🇧🇼 Botswana, 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso, 🇧🇮 Burundi, 🇨🇲 Cameroon, 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde, 🇨🇫 Central African Republic, 🇹🇩 Chad, 🇰🇲 Comoros, 🇨🇬 Congo, 🇨🇩 Democratic Republic of the Congo, 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire, 🇩🇯 Djibouti, 🇪🇬 Egypt, 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea, 🇪🇷 Eritrea, 🇸🇿 Eswatini, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇬🇦 Gabon, 🇬🇲 Gambia, 🇬🇭 Ghana, 🇬🇳 Guinea, 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇱🇸 Lesotho, 🇱🇷 Liberia, 🇱🇾 Libya, 🇲🇬 Madagascar, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇲🇱 Mali, 🇲🇷 Mauritania, 🇲🇺 Mauritius, 🇲🇦 Morocco, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇳🇦 Namibia, 🇳🇪 Niger, 🇷🇼 Rwanda, 🇸🇹 São Tomé and Príncipe, 🇸🇳 Senegal, 🇸🇨 Seychelles, 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone, 🇸🇴 Somalia, 🇿🇦 South Africa, 🇸🇸 South Sudan, 🇸🇩 Sudan, 🇹🇿 Tanzania, 🇹🇬 Togo, 🇹🇳 Tunisia, 🇺🇬 Uganda, 🇿🇲 Zambia, 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Asia:

🇦🇫 Afghanistan, 🇧🇭 Bahrain, 🇧🇹 Bhutan, 🇧🇳 Brunei, 🇲🇲 Burma (Myanmar), 🇰🇭 Cambodia, 🇮🇩 Indonesia, 🇮🇷 Iran, 🇮🇶 Iraq, 🇮🇱 Israel, 🇯🇵 Japan, 🇯🇴 Jordan, 🇰🇼 Kuwait, 🇱🇦 Laos, 🇱🇧 Lebanon, 🇲🇾 Malaysia, 🇲🇻 Maldives, 🇲🇳 Mongolia, 🇳🇵 Nepal, 🇰🇵 North Korea, 🇴🇲 Oman, 🇶🇦 Qatar, 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia, 🇸🇬 Singapore, 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka, 🇸🇾 Syria, 🇹🇼 Taiwan, 🇹🇭 Thailand, 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste, 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates, 🇾🇪 Yemen

Europe:

🇦🇱 Albania, 🇦🇩 Andorra, 🇦🇲 Armenia, 🇦🇹 Austria, 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan, 🇧🇾 Belarus, 🇧🇪 Belgium, 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina, 🇧🇬 Bulgaria, 🇭🇷 Croatia, 🇨🇾 Cyprus, 🇨🇿 Czech Republic, 🇩🇰 Denmark (including Greenland and the Faroe Islands), 🇪🇪 Estonia, 🇫🇮 Finland, 🇫🇷 France (including its overseas territories), 🇬🇪 Georgia, 🇩🇪 Germany, 🇬🇷 Greece, 🇭🇺 Hungary, 🇮🇸 Iceland, 🇮🇪 Ireland, 🇮🇹 Italy, 🇽🇰 Kosovo, 🇱🇻 Latvia, 🇱🇮 Liechtenstein, 🇱🇹 Lithuania, 🇱🇺 Luxembourg, 🇲🇹 Malta, 🇲🇩 Moldova, 🇲🇨 Monaco, 🇲🇪 Montenegro, 🇳🇱 Netherlands, 🇲🇰 North Macedonia, 🇳🇴 Norway, 🇵🇱 Poland, 🇵🇹 Portugal, 🇷🇴 Romania, 🇷🇺 Russia, 🇸🇲 San Marino, 🇷🇸 Serbia, 🇸🇰 Slovakia, 🇸🇮 Slovenia, 🇪🇸 Spain, 🇸🇪 Sweden, 🇨🇭 Switzerland, 🇺🇦 Ukraine, 🇻🇦 Vatican City

North America:

🇧🇸 The Bahamas

Oceania:

🇦🇺 Australia (including its external territories), 🇫🇯 Fiji, 🇰🇮 Kiribati, 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands, 🇫🇲 Micronesia (Federated States of), 🇳🇷 Nauru, 🇳🇿 New Zealand (including its dependent territories), 🇵🇼 Palau, 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea, 🇼🇸 Samoa, 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands, 🇹🇴 Tonga, 🇹🇻 Tuvalu, 🇻🇺 Vanuatu

South America, Central America, and the Caribbean:

🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda, 🇦🇷 Argentina, 🇧🇧 Barbados, 🇧🇿 Belize, 🇧🇴 Bolivia, 🇨🇱 Chile, 🇨🇷 Costa Rica, 🇨🇺 Cuba, 🇩🇲 Dominica, 🇪🇨 Ecuador, 🇬🇩 Grenada, 🇬🇹 Guatemala, 🇬🇾 Guyana, 🇳🇮 Nicaragua, 🇵🇦 Panama, 🇵🇾 Paraguay, 🇵🇪 Peru, 🇰🇳 Saint Kitts and Nevis, 🇱🇨 Saint Lucia, 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 🇸🇷 Suriname, 🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago, 🇺🇾 Uruguay