Fiscal year

This entry identifies the beginning and ending months for a country's accounting period of 12 months, which often is the calendar year but which may begin in any month. All yearly references are for the calendar year (CY) unless indicated as a noncalendar fiscal year (FY).

• Afghanistan

  21 December - 20 December

• Albania

  calendar year

• Algeria

  calendar year

• American Samoa

  1 October - 30 September

• Andorra

  calendar year

• Angola

  calendar year

• Anguilla

  1 April - 31 March

• Antigua and Barbuda

  1 April - 31 March

• Argentina

  calendar year

• Armenia

  calendar year

• Aruba

  calendar year

• Australia

  1 July - 30 June

• Austria

  calendar year

• Azerbaijan

  calendar year

• Bahamas, The

  1 July - 30 June

• Bahrain

  calendar year

• Bangladesh

  1 July - 30 June

• Barbados

  1 April - 31 March

• Belarus

  calendar year

• Belgium

  calendar year

• Belize

  1 April - 31 March

• Benin

  calendar year

• Bermuda

  1 April - 31 March

• Bhutan

  1 July - 30 June

• Bolivia

  calendar year

• Bosnia and Herzegovina

  calendar year

• Botswana

  1 April - 31 March

• Brazil

  calendar year

• British Virgin Islands

  1 April - 31 March

• Brunei

  1 April - 31 March

• Bulgaria

  calendar year

• Burkina Faso

  calendar year

• Burma

  1 April - 31 March

• Burundi

  calendar year

• Cabo Verde

  calendar year

• Cambodia

  calendar year

• Cameroon

  1 July - 30 June

• Canada

  1 April - 31 March

• Cayman Islands

  1 April - 31 March

• Central African Republic

  calendar year

• Chad

  calendar year

• Chile

  calendar year

• China

  calendar year

• Christmas Island

  1 July - 30 June

• Cocos (Keeling) Islands

  1 July - 30 June

• Colombia

  calendar year

• Comoros

  calendar year

• Congo, Democratic Republic of the

  calendar year

• Congo, Republic of the

  calendar year

• Cook Islands

  1 April - 31 March

• Costa Rica

  calendar year

• Cote d'Ivoire

  calendar year

• Croatia

  calendar year

• Cuba

  calendar year

• Cyprus

  calendar year

• Czechia

  calendar year

• Denmark

  calendar year

• Djibouti

  calendar year

• Dominica

  1 July - 30 June

• Dominican Republic

  calendar year

• Ecuador

  calendar year

• Egypt

  1 July - 30 June

• El Salvador

  calendar year

• Equatorial Guinea

  calendar year

• Eritrea

  calendar year

• Estonia

  calendar year

• Eswatini

  1 April - 31 March

• Ethiopia

  8 July - 7 July

• European Union

  NA

• Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)

  1 April - 31 March

• Faroe Islands

  calendar year

• Fiji

  calendar year

• Finland

  calendar year

• France

  calendar year

• French Polynesia

  calendar year

• Gabon

  calendar year

• Gambia, The

  calendar year

• Gaza Strip

  calendar year

• Georgia

  calendar year

• Germany

  calendar year

• Ghana

  calendar year

• Gibraltar

  1 July - 30 June

• Greece

  calendar year

• Greenland

  calendar year

• Grenada

  calendar year

• Guam

  1 October - 30 September

• Guatemala

  calendar year

• Guernsey

  calendar year

• Guinea

  calendar year

• Guinea-Bissau

  calendar year

• Guyana

  calendar year

• Haiti

  1 October - 30 September

• Holy See (Vatican City)

  calendar year

• Honduras

  calendar year

• Hong Kong

  1 April - 31 March

• Hungary

  calendar year

• Iceland

  calendar year

• India

  1 April - 31 March

• Indonesia

  calendar year

• Iran

  21 March - 20 March

• Iraq

  calendar year

• Ireland

  calendar year

• Isle of Man

  1 April - 31 March

• Israel

  calendar year

• Italy

  calendar year

• Jamaica

  1 April - 31 March

• Japan

  1 April - 31 March

• Jersey

  1 April - 31 March

• Jordan

  calendar year

• Kazakhstan

  calendar year

• Kenya

  1 July - 30 June

• Kiribati

  NA

• Korea, North

  calendar year

• Korea, South

  calendar year

• Kuwait

  1 April - 31 March

• Kyrgyzstan

  calendar year

• Laos

  1 October - 30 September

• Latvia

  calendar year

• Lebanon

  calendar year

• Lesotho

  1 April - 31 March

• Liberia

  calendar year

• Libya

  calendar year

• Liechtenstein

  calendar year

• Lithuania

  calendar year

• Luxembourg

  calendar year

• Macau

  calendar year

• Madagascar

  calendar year

• Malawi

  1 July - 30 June

• Malaysia

  calendar year

• Maldives

  calendar year

• Mali

  calendar year

• Malta

  calendar year

• Marshall Islands

  1 October - 30 September

• Mauritania

  calendar year

• Mauritius

  1 July - 30 June

• Mexico

  calendar year

• Micronesia, Federated States of

  1 October - 30 September

• Moldova

  calendar year

• Monaco

  calendar year

• Mongolia

  calendar year

• Montenegro

  calendar year

• Montserrat

  1 April - 31 March

• Morocco

  calendar year

• Mozambique

  calendar year

• Namibia

  1 April - 31 March

• Nauru

  1 July - 30 June

• Nepal

  16 July - 15 July

• Netherlands

  calendar year

• New Caledonia

  calendar year

• New Zealand

  1 April - 31 March
  
  note: this is the fiscal year for tax purposes

• Nicaragua

  calendar year

• Niger

  calendar year

• Nigeria

  calendar year

• Niue

  1 April - 31 March

• Norfolk Island

  1 July - 30 June

• North Macedonia

  calendar year

• Northern Mariana Islands

  1 October - 30 September

• Norway

  calendar year

• Oman

  calendar year

• Pakistan

  1 July - 30 June

• Palau

  1 October - 30 September

• Panama

  calendar year

• Papua New Guinea

  calendar year

• Paraguay

  calendar year

• Peru

  calendar year

• Philippines

  calendar year

• Pitcairn Islands

  1 April - 31 March

• Poland

  calendar year

• Portugal

  calendar year

• Puerto Rico

  1 July - 30 June

• Qatar

  1 April - 31 March

• Romania

  calendar year

• Russia

  calendar year

• Rwanda

  calendar year

• Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

  1 April - 31 March

• Saint Kitts and Nevis

  calendar year

• Saint Lucia

  1 April - 31 March

• Saint Pierre and Miquelon

  calendar year

• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

  calendar year

• Samoa

  June 1 - May 31

• San Marino

  calendar year

• Sao Tome and Principe

  calendar year

• Saudi Arabia

  calendar year

• Senegal

  calendar year

• Seychelles

  calendar year

• Sierra Leone

  calendar year

• Singapore

  1 April - 31 March

• Slovakia

  calendar year

• Slovenia

  calendar year

• Solomon Islands

  calendar year

• Somalia

  NA

• South Africa

  1 April - 31 March

• Spain

  calendar year

• Sri Lanka

  calendar year

• Sudan

  calendar year

• Suriname

  calendar year

• Sweden

  calendar year

• Switzerland

  calendar year

• Syria

  calendar year

• Taiwan

  calendar year

• Tajikistan

  calendar year

• Tanzania

  1 July - 30 June

• Thailand

  1 October - 30 September

• Timor-Leste

  calendar year

• Togo

  calendar year

• Tokelau

  1 April - 31 March

• Tonga

  1 July - 30 June

• Trinidad and Tobago

  1 October - 30 September

• Tunisia

  calendar year

• Turkey

  calendar year

• Turkmenistan

  calendar year

• Turks and Caicos Islands

  calendar year

• Tuvalu

  calendar year

• Uganda

  1 July - 30 June

• Ukraine

  calendar year

• United Arab Emirates

  calendar year

• United Kingdom

  6 April - 5 April

• United States

  1 October - 30 September

• Uruguay

  calendar year

• Uzbekistan

  calendar year

• Vanuatu

  calendar year

• Venezuela

  calendar year

• Vietnam

  calendar year

• Virgin Islands

  1 October - 30 September

• Wallis and Futuna

  calendar year

• West Bank

  calendar year

• Yemen

  calendar year

• Zambia

  calendar year

• Zimbabwe

  calendar year