A National Paralympic Committee (NPC) is a national constituent of the worldwide Paralympic movement. Subject to the controls of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), NPCs are responsible for organizing their people's participation in the Paralympic Games.
The Paralympic Games are a major international multi-sport event where athletes with physical disabilities compete; this includes athletes with mobility disabilities, amputations, blindness, and cerebral palsy. There are Winter and Summer Paralympic Games, which are held immediately following their respective Olympic Games, in the same host city.
there are 183 NPCs who are full members of the IPC.[1] [2] Only NPCs in good standing may enter athletes in the Paralympic Games. Within countries, some NPCs serve as the national governing body for one or more sports, while others only act as the IPC member with responsibility for Paralympic Games.
There are five regional organizations:[2]
| Continent | Association | NPCs | |
|---|---|---|---|
| African Paralympic Committee | 49 | ||
| Americas Paralympic Committee | 33 | ||
| Asian Paralympic Committee | 45 | ||
| European Paralympic Committee | 49 | ||
| Oceania Paralympic Committee | 9 | ||
| Country | National Paralympic Committee | |
|---|---|---|
| Algerian National Paralympic Committee | ||
| Federation Handisport du Benin-Comité National Paralympique | ||
| Paralympic Association of Botswana | ||
| National Paralympic Committee Burkina Faso | ||
| Burundi Paralympic Committee | ||
| Cameroonian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Comité Paralímpico de Cabo Verde | ||
| Comité National Paralympique Centrafricain | ||
| Comité National Paralympic des Comores | ||
| Comité National Paralympique Congolais | ||
| Paralympic Committee of the Democratic Republic of Congo | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Djibouti | ||
| Egyptian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Eritrean National Paralympic Committee[3] | ||
| Ethiopian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Federation Gabonaise Omnisports pour Paralympique pour Handicapées | ||
| Gambia Association of the Physically Disabled | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Ghana | ||
| Guinea Paralympic Committee | ||
| Guinea-Bissau Federation of Sports for the Disabled | ||
| Fédération Ivoirienne des Sports Paralympiques | ||
| Kenya National Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Lesotho | ||
| Liberia National Paralympic Committee | ||
| Libyan Paralympic Committee | ||
| Fédération Malagasy Handisport | ||
| Malawi Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Mali | ||
| Mauritius National Paralympic Committee | ||
| Paralympic Committee of Mozambique | ||
| Namibia National Paralympic Committee | ||
| Fédération Nigérienne des Sports Paralympiques | ||
| Nigeria Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Rwanda | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of São Tomé and Príncipe | ||
| Comité National Provisoire Handisport et Paralympique Sénégalais | ||
| Paralympic Association of Seychelles | ||
| Sierra Leone Paralympic Committee | ||
| Somali Paralympic Committee | ||
| South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee | ||
| Sudan National Paralympic Committee | ||
| Tanzania Paralympic Committee | ||
| Federation Togolaise de Sports pour Personnes Handicapees | ||
| Tunisian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Uganda National Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Zambia | ||
| Zimbabwe Paralympic Committee |
| Country | National Paralympic Committee | |
|---|---|---|
| Antigua and Barbuda Paralympic Committee | ||
| Argentine Paralympic Committee | ||
| Aruba Paralympic Committee | ||
| Paralympic Association of Barbados | ||
| Bermuda Paralympic Association | ||
| Brazilian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Canadian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Colombian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Grenada Paralympic Committee | ||
| Guyana Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Haiti | ||
| Jamaica Paralympic Association | ||
| Paralympic Committee of Paraguay | ||
| National Paralympic Committee St Vincent & the Grenadines | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Suriname | ||
| Trinidad & Tobago Paralympic Committee | ||
| United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee | ||
| Uruguayan Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Paralympic Committee US Virgin Islands | ||
| Country | National Paralympic Committee | |
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan Paralympic Committee | ||
| Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation-Bahrain Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Bangladesh | ||
| Bhutan Paralympic Committee | ||
| Paralympic Council of Brunei Darussalam | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Cambodia | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of China | ||
| Paralympic Committee of India | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Indonesia | ||
| I. R. Iran National Paralympic Committee | ||
| Iraqi National Paralympic Committee | ||
| Japanese Paralympic Committee | ||
| Jordan Paralympic Committee | ||
| Kuwait Paralympic Committee | ||
| Lao Paralympic Committee | ||
| Associação Recreativa dos Deficientes de Macau | ||
| Paralympic Council of Malaysia | ||
| Maldives Paralympic Committee | ||
| Mongolian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Myanmar Paralympic Sports Federation | ||
| National Paralympic Committee Nepal | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Democratic People's Republic of Korea | ||
| Oman Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Pakistan | ||
| Palestinian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Paralympic Committee of the Philippines | ||
| Qatar Paralympic Committee | ||
| Singapore National Paralympic Council | ||
| Korean Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Federation of Sports for the Disabled | ||
| Syrian Paralympic Committee | ||
| Tajik Paralympic Committee | ||
| Paralympic Committee of Thailand | ||
| Comité Paralimpico Nacional de Timor-Leste | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Turkmenistan | ||
| UAE Paralympic Committee | ||
| National Paralympic Committee of Uzbekistan | ||
| Vietnam Paralympic Association | ||
| Yemen Paralympic Association |
| Country | National Paralympic Committee | |
|---|---|---|
| Paralympics Australia | ||
| Fiji Paralympic Association | ||
| Kiribati National Paralympic Committee | ||
| Paralympics New Zealand | ||
| Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee | ||
| Tonga National Paralympic Committee | ||
| Vanuatu Paralympic Committee |