Belgrade Expo 2027

Expo 2027

Belgrade hosts a Specialised Expo from 15 May to 15 August 2027 at Surčin. We're tracking what's confirmed, what's reported, and what's still unknown — and showing you how an Expo visit can become a city visit.

280
days until opening day
15 May – 15 Aug 2027
93 days at Surčin, Belgrade
139
confirmed international participants
Play
Play for Humanity: Sport and Music for All
Belgrade Expo 2027 guide

Belgrade Expo 2027, in plain terms

Confirmed: Belgrade hosts a Specialised Expo from 15 May to 15 August 2027 — the first World Expo in the Western Balkans — on a site at Surčin, next to Nikola Tesla Airport. The official theme is 'Play for Humanity: Sport and Music for All,' and well over a hundred countries have committed to take part, each with its own National Day. What's not yet announced matters just as much: ticket prices and sales, the daily programme and headliners, and the final transport plan. We mark what's confirmed, what's only reported, and what's still unknown — and update as official information lands.

Plan your visit

The visitor guides

Everything we know — and honestly what nobody knows yet — page by page.

Beyond the Expo gates

Make it a Belgrade trip

You'll sleep, eat and explore in the city — these guides carry the rest of the trip.

Visiting Expo 2027 in Belgrade: what's known and what isn't

Search interest in Expo 2027 Belgrade is climbing, and a lot of what circulates online mixes firm facts with guesswork. Here's the honest split.

What's confirmed. The dates (15 May–15 August 2027), the host city and Surčin location near the airport, the Specialised Expo status, and the theme — Play for Humanity: Sport and Music for All. The concept is built around themed pavilion areas and city-wide programming in sport and music, with participating nations each hosting a National Day.

What's reported or projected. Official materials project on the order of four million visits across the three months, but estimates vary and 'visits' aren't unique visitors — treat any attendance number as a projection. A rail link connecting the airport and Expo area has been announced, but timelines for big infrastructure can slip, so we frame it as planned rather than guaranteed.

What's still unknown. Expo 2027 tickets — prices, categories, and on-sale dates — haven't been released; the daily schedule, performers, and pavilion details aren't public yet either. There's no special tourist visa for the Expo: general visitors rely on Serbia's normal visa rules.

Our approach is to keep each fact labelled and current rather than guess, and to help you turn an Expo day into a proper city break. For arrival, money, and transport logistics see Plan your trip; for basing yourself near the site or the centre, Where to stay; and for the city itself, Visit Belgrade.

Who's coming

The Expo, in numbers

Live from our independently sourced participant data — last updated 7 August 2026.

139
confirmed participants (official counter)
93
countries publicly named — all listed below
5
continents represented
21
pavilion & participant profiles published
Read the two numbers honestly. The official counter claims 139 participants, but only 93 countries have been publicly named — absence from the list below doesn't mean absence from the Expo. The full methodology, growth timeline and every source live on the participant tracker.

Full timeline & sources on the tracker →

Countries A–Z

All 93 publicly named countries

Search, filter by region, or sort — every country links to its pavilion profile where we have one.

Country Region Confirmation reported Profile
Algeria Africa
Antigua and Barbuda Americas
Armenia Asia
Austria Europe Profile →
Azerbaijan Asia 5 Apr 2025 Profile →
Bangladesh Asia
Belarus Europe
Belize Americas
Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe Profile →
Burkina Faso Africa
Burundi Africa 1 Apr 2025
Cabo Verde Africa
Cameroon Africa
Central African Republic Africa
Chad Africa
China Asia 22 Mar 2025 Profile →
Comoros Africa
Cuba Americas
Cyprus Europe
Djibouti Africa 3 Apr 2025
Ecuador Americas
Equatorial Guinea Africa
Eswatini Africa 24 Apr 2025
Ethiopia Africa
Fiji Oceania
France Europe
Gabon Africa
Georgia Asia
Germany Europe 26 Feb 2025 Profile →
Ghana Africa
Greece Europe
Grenada Americas
Guinea Africa
Guinea-Bissau Africa 21 Mar 2025
Hungary Europe
Indonesia Asia
Iran Asia 3 Mar 2025
Iraq Asia
Israel Asia Profile →
Italy Europe 31 Jan 2025 Profile →
Japan Asia Profile →
Kazakhstan Asia
Kiribati Oceania
Kyrgyzstan Asia
Lesotho Africa
Liberia Africa 11 Apr 2025
Libya Africa 1 Feb 2026
Madagascar Africa 24 Mar 2025
Malawi Africa
Maldives Asia
Mali Africa
Micronesia Oceania
Monaco Europe
Montenegro Europe 3 Mar 2025
Mozambique Africa
Nauru Oceania
Nepal Asia
Niger Africa
North Macedonia Europe Profile →
Palau Oceania
Qatar Asia
Russia Europe 25 Dec 2025 Profile →
Saint Lucia Americas
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Americas
São Tomé and Príncipe Africa
Saudi Arabia Asia Profile →
Serbia (host) Europe Profile →
Seychelles Africa
Slovakia Europe 1 Nov 2025 Profile →
Solomon Islands Oceania 14 Feb 2025
Somalia Africa
South Africa Africa
South Korea Asia Profile →
South Sudan Africa
Sudan Africa
Suriname Americas
Switzerland Europe 12 Dec 2024 Profile →
Tajikistan Asia
Tanzania Africa
The Gambia Africa 22 Apr 2025
Togo Africa
Tunisia Africa
Türkiye Asia 11 Jan 2025 Profile →
Turkmenistan Asia 15 Mar 2025 Profile →
Uganda Africa
United Arab Emirates Asia Profile →
United States Americas 11 May 2026 Profile →
Uzbekistan Asia
Vanuatu Oceania 14 Feb 2025
Venezuela Americas
Yemen Asia
Zambia Africa
Zimbabwe Africa
Pavilions & organisations

19 pavilion profiles, fact by sourced fact

What each country is building, who won the tenders, and what is confirmed versus merely reported.

Browse the pavilion directory

Organisations & special participants

For participants & business

How participation works

The framework behind the flags — and where your organisation fits in.

Each of the 139 confirmed participants is expected to have a designated National Day and to present itself through a pavilion, exhibitions, events, innovations, culture and cuisine. The legal framework is the Agreement on Privileges and Benefits, signed between Serbia and the BIE: customs and tax relief, legal status for national commissioner offices, recognition of driving licences, and a "one-stop shop" for administrative formalities. Each participating country runs a legally recognised commissioner's office in Serbia during the Expo.

There is also an Expo visa, issued free of charge, that allows accredited Expo participants and staff to live and work in Serbia for the Expo period — it is for participants, not general visitors.

The site itself is organised into three interconnecting zones: the Thematic Area (the "Play" story — see the programme), the International Participant Area (the national pavilions we profile in the directory, later the new Belgrade Fair), and the Best Practice & Corporate Area — around 45 modular timber pavilions for companies and institutions, covered in our corporate area guide.

Representing a pavilion, exhibitor or Expo supplier? Claim your free profile and keep your page accurate — and help yourself to the free assets: the embeddable countdown and the raw participant data (JSON), free to cite with attribution.
Common questions

Expo 2027 participation, answered

How many countries are taking part in Expo 2027?

The official Participants page counter shows 139 confirmed international participants, with a note that more are coming — already a record for a Specialised Expo (Astana 2017 hosted 115–117). Treat it as a growing snapshot rather than a final total; our participant tracker keeps the current figure and the growth timeline with sources.

Is my country participating in Expo 2027?

Check the country directory on this page — it lists every one of the 93 countries a source has publicly named, with regions and confirmation dates. Because the official list is published as a partial set of names rather than a complete table, absence from today's list does not always mean absence from the event.

Is the full list of participating countries public?

Not yet as a complete table. The official page names only a subset of the 139 confirmed participants, and the full roster including international organisations and companies is still pending. Our tracker maintains the deduped, sourced list of every publicly named country.

How are the Expo 2027 pavilions organised?

The 25-hectare Surčin site has three interconnecting zones: the Thematic Area (education, music, sport and innovation), the International Participant Area (the national pavilions — later the new Belgrade Fair), and the Best Practice & Corporate Area (around 45 modular timber pavilions on a 9×9-metre grid).

Which countries have announced pavilion plans?

19 national pavilions have public, sourced plans in our directory — Germany's 972 m² "Play for Progress" pavilion, Japan's fully published Basic Plan, Slovakia's winning "Living Playground" design and host Serbia's ~€40 million permanent flagship among them. Each profile lists what is confirmed versus reported.

Does the Expo visa help general visitors?

No. The free Expo visa allows accredited Expo participants and staff to live and work in Serbia for the Expo period — it is for participants, not for general visitors, who rely on Serbia's normal visa policy.

Has the schedule of National Days been announced?

Not yet. Every participating country gets a National Day, but the calendar has not been published — the only country-specific date public so far is Türkiye's planned 19 May 2027. We update the programme page as dates land.