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European Countries NOT in NATO

Name countries of Europe which are not part of NATO, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
A friendly reminder that JetPunk considers Cyprus as not in Europe!
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Country
Andorra
Austria
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ireland
Kosovo
Liechtenstein
Malta
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Moldova
Monaco
Russia
San Marino
Serbia
Switzerland
Ukraine
Vatican City
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40 Comments
+5
Level 76
Jan 27, 2018
What about Kosovo?
+10
Level 68
Jan 27, 2018
My apologies, somehow it must've slipped my mind! I'll try to be even more thorough in the future.
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Level 72
Apr 13, 2020
North Macedonia has now joined NATO and the UK isn't in NATO
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Level 68
Apr 13, 2020
Fixed the former, and UK is in NATO.
+44
Level 59
May 31, 2023
You're confusing NATO with the EU for the UK.
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Level 15
Oct 12, 2024
Uk is in NATO but not in EU
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Level 59
Apr 4, 2023
Cyprus is in Europe!
+15
Level 59
May 31, 2023
its people descend from European peoples but Cyprus is geographically in Asia.
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Level 30
Jan 16, 2026
Its in the EU
+8
Level 77
Oct 19, 2023
Have you looked at a map?
+1
Level 56
Apr 10, 2023
did you add finland?
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Level 68
Apr 10, 2023
Yes, Finland was removed from this quiz upon joining NATO on April 4th
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Level 83
Oct 19, 2023
I really struggle to comprehend the "Cyprus is not in Europe" drama. Continents are, by definition, arbitrary. There is no scientific definition of continents that would be completely objective. The line is even blurrier when we talk about the islands as parts of continents. So, you can say "we at JetPunk don't consider Cyprus to be a part of Europe", that is completely fine. But to proclaim as an absolute truth "Cyprus is not in Europe" is just wrong, at least as much as to say it is in Europe. For example, this article: https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/what-continent-is-cyprus-in.html says: "If anything, the country has an interesting story here as to whether it should be placed in Europe or Asia. If we talk about the geographical location of the country, it is very close to Asia in terms of the border, but its history, stories, and cultural heritage have more of a European influence." How did you come to completely ignore one arbitrary definition and vehemently stick by another?
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Level 68
Oct 19, 2023
I think the wording changed when the quiz was featured. I have updated it to include "JetPunk considers..." for specificity.
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Level 77
Oct 19, 2023
Continents are based on physical geography. If you want to start bringing cultural ties into the equation then you would have to consider whether Australia or Mexico or Brazil are part of Europe. Cyprus is geographically closest to Asia, followed by Africa and in third place Europe.
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Level 71
Oct 27, 2023
Just a reminder that Trinidad and Tobago is 11 kilometers from Venezuela, yet Jetpunk has no problem considering it part of North America. So, it's clearly not about physical geography.
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Level 68
Nov 26, 2023
Your key words are “11 kilometers from”. That’s very physical.
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Level 71
Dec 5, 2023
Since you didn't get the point: Trinidad and Tobago is a lot closer to South America than to North America, and it's also a lot closer to South America than Cyprus is to Asia.

So, the argument that "continents are based on physcial geography" clearly doesn't seem to apply here.

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Level 72
Nov 27, 2023
If you follow physical geography strictly, then Europe and Asia are not separate continents.
+2
Level 34
Dec 18, 2025
So as North America and South America
+10
Level 68
Oct 19, 2023
Ok I forgot Russia
+1
Level 69
Dec 18, 2025
Same 😔
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Level 19
Nov 4, 2023
Ukraine is now in Nato, so u need to remove it from the quiz.
+36
Level 73
Nov 26, 2023
no it is not
+15
Level 61
Nov 26, 2023
what
+24
Level 41
Nov 26, 2023
I love it when people who think they're right could not be any more in the wrong
+10
Level 35
Dec 6, 2023
I don't understand why you would take the time to comment on this quiz when you are just completely wrong. Why not just take the time to look it up before you comment?
+10
Level 65
Feb 15, 2024
Were you drunk while typing this?
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Level 15
Oct 12, 2024
Ukraine is not in NATO but Ukraine wants to join NATO since the Russian invasion on Ukraine begun. Still, Ukraine might join NATO in the future.
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Level 65
Feb 15, 2024
The only one I missed was Russia lol.
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Level 46
Jul 2, 2024
it says COUNTRIES, not NATO base regions, now i got 4 instead of 5 points thanks to you not knowing the difference beetwen an occupied region of Serbia and a sovereign country.
+3
Level 58
Nov 20, 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_recognition_of_Kosovo

just gonna drop this here

+2
Level 72
Dec 20, 2025
This site recognises Kosovo as independent put Palestine for example not. Doube standards I guess hahaha....
+1
Level 28
Sep 14, 2025
HOW did I forget UKRAINE
+1
Level 20
Dec 18, 2025
How is austria not in NATO?!
+1
Level 46
Dec 18, 2025
Austria was split between The USSR, US, UK, and France they decided to reunite it into a neutral state not joining NATO or The Warsaw Pact and they have stayed by the treaty and have still not joined NATO
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Level 94
Dec 18, 2025
Seems strange from modern perspective that Austria and Ireland aren't in NATO. I assume Ireland never joined because of pent up hatred of the UK at the time of NATOs organization and neutrality in WW2 and Austria was too busy trying to survive the first 10 years of the cold war to align with the west. Both now seem unlikely targets of military actions since you'd literally have to go through NATO aligned countries to get to Austria and likely go though NATO airspace to strike Ireland.
+1
Level 56
Dec 18, 2025
Would be better with whammies
+1
Level 85
Dec 19, 2025
What on earth is Austria playing at?
+1
Level 44
Dec 31, 2025
How did I forget Switzerland of all places...