List of countries in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest

The Junior Eurovision Song Contest is a contest held annually for children aged between 9 and 14 (8 and 15 between 2003 and 2006; 10 and 15 between 2007 and 2015). The contest is held by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and was based on the Eurovision Song Contest, which takes place annually since 1956. Only members of the EBU may take part in the contest. 37 countries have taken part between 2003 and 2016.

Participation in the contest tends to change dramatically each year. The original Scandinavian broadcasters left the contest in 2006 because they found the treatment of the contestants unethical, and revived the MGP Nordic competition, which had not been produced since the Junior Eurovision Song Contest began.

Out of the thirty-seven countries that have participated at least once, two (Belarus and the Netherlands) have been represented by an act at every contest as of 2016.

Listed are all the countries that have ever taken part in the competition, alongside the year in which they made their debut:

The following list of countries have Active EBU Membership and are eligible to participate in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, but have yet to make their début at the contest.

Estonia, Finland and Germany broadcast the inaugural contest in 2003, followed by Andorra in 2006 and Bosnia and Herzegovina (in 2006, 2008 and 2009), however these countries have yet to participate. Germany and Slovakia were originally on the list of participants for the 2003 contest but later withdrew as did Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2007.

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