List of privatizations by country

Privatisation by country

[Argentina]

• Aerolíneas Argentinas - the former national carrier; renationalized in 2009
• Agua y Energía Eléctrica - national electricity-production company; partitioned and sold
• Buenos Aires Metro - given under concession but still owned by the State
• Empresa Nacional de Correos y Telégrafos - given under concession as Correo Argentino. Re-nationalized in 2003
• ENTel - partitioned and sold to France Télécom and to Spanish Telefónica
• Fábrica Militar de Aviones - sold to Lockheed Martin
• Ferrocarriles Argentinos - railway-lines all over the country
• Gas del Estado - national gas company partitioned and sold, among others, to the Spanish Gas Natural
• Obras Sanitarias, given as a concession to the French conglomerate Suez, which operates it under the name Aguas Argentinas; re-nationalized in 2006 as Aguas y Saneamientos Argentinos
• Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales - national oil-company sold to the Spanish Repsol. The Argentinian government in 2004 set up a new state oil company from scratch, which proved of no use. In 2012, the Argentine Government expropriated 51% of the shares of YPF owned by Repsol.

  [Australia]

• Commonwealth Oil Refineries 1952 Under Liberal
• Optus 1985 Under Labor
• Commonwealth Bank of Australia 1991 Under Labor
• Qantas 1993 Under labor
• Commonwealth Serum Laboratories 1994 Under Labor
• Electricity and natural gas supply companies in Victoria 1995 Under Liberal
• Telstra 1997 Under Liberal
• Public transport in Melbourne 1999 Under Liberal
• Electricity Trust of South Australia 1999 Under Liberal
• Sydney Airport 2002 Under Liberal
• Medibank 2014 Under Liberal
• Commonwealth Industrial Gases
• Government Cleaning Service in New South Wales
• Government Insurance Office in New South Wales
• Government Printing Service in New South Wales
• State-owned betting-agencies in most states Under Liberal and Labor
• Many long-distance and urban passenger railway services Under Liberal and Labor
• All freight railway services Under Liberal and Labor
• Most State-owned banks Under Liberal and Labor

  [Bahrain]

• Bahrain Telecommunications Co.

  [Bolivia]

[Brazil]

• Banespa
• CSN
• Embraer
• Embratel
• RFFSA
• Telebrás
• Vale do Rio Doce
• VASP

  [Canada]

• Teleglobe - an international telco carrier
• Air Canada
• Potash Corporation of Saskatchewan
• Telus, formerly Alberta Government Telephones
• Petro-Canada
• Nova Scotia Power
• Canadian National Railway
• Saskatchewan Wheat Pool
• Manitoba Telecom Services or MTS
• Highway 407 - leased to private operators
• Ontario Hydro (1999 - only partially privatized with Hydro One and Ontario Power Generation, a publicly owned company and crown corporation respectively
• Uranium industry in Saskatchewan

  [Chile]

• CAP
• Chilectra
• Colbún S.A.
• CTC
• Enaex
• Empremar
• Endesa
• Entel
• Esval
• IANSA
• Lan Airlines
• Pension Funds
• Soquimich

  [Czechoslovakia]

• Virtually everything after the Velvet Revolution in 1989; see voucher privatization for details.

  [Egypt]

• The Shebin spinning and weaving factory in Menoufia in the Nile Delta was on strike against/locked out by its new non-Egyptian owners in the wake of the 2011 revolution. Workers and maybe the military now in control of the state were favoring re-nationalization, according to one report. " iberal economic policy is tarred with corruption," said Michael Wahid Hanna, in Cairo for the U.S.-based Century Foundation. Indorama, the new Indonesian/Thai owner of Shebin, was not quoted in the report. Looking further back to 2000, "well considered public spinners" Shebin El Kom and STIA, were then considered to have a "redundant labor problem... would otherwise be attractive privatization buying or leasing opportunities for private investors." In 2011, STIA, also known as El Nasr Wool & Selected Textiles, of Alexandria, remained "one of the largest public sector textiles companies." See also Privatization#Notable examples.

  [Finland]

• Finnair
• Sonera

  [France]

1980s

• Compagnie Générale d'Electricité became Alcatel
• Havas
• Matra
• Paribas - privatized in 1987 and merged with BNP to form BNP Paribas
• Saint-Gobain - created in 1665 by minister of Finance Jean-Baptiste Colbert; privatized in 1986
• Société Générale privatized in 1987
• Suez - privatized and merged with the stated-owned Gaz de France in 2008 to form GDF Suez
• TF1 - first TV channel of France, privatized in 1987

  1990s

• France Télécom Now Orange S.A
• Arcelor
• Assurances Générales de France
• Groupe Bull
• CNP Assurances
• Compagnie générale transatlantique - merged with CMA to form CMA-CGM
• Crédit Industriel et Commercial
• Crédit local de France now Dexia
• Le Crédit Lyonnais
• Elf Aquitaine - privatized in 1994; absorbed by Total
• Eramet
• Gan
• Pechiney
• Renault - the French state still have 15.01% of the shareholding
• SEITA - now Altadis
• Total
• Union des Assurances de Paris

  2000s

• Aéroports de Paris - the French State remains the major shareholder: 52%
• Air France - opening shareholding open in 1999. Merged with KLM and merged to form: Air France-KLM. As of 2012, the French State remains 15.8%.
• Credit Lyonnais
• Électricité de France
• French Highway Concession
• * A'lienor - sold to Eiffage and Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France
• * Alis - sold to Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France
• * Société des Autoroutes de Paris Normandie - sold to Vinci
• * Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France - sold to Abertis ; the rest is owned by other investors
• * Autoroutes Paris-Rhin-Rhône - sold to Eiffage
• * Autoroutes du Sud de la France - sold to Vinci
• * Arcour - sold to Vinci
• * Atlandes - sold to Colas Group and other investors
• * Cofiroute - sold to Vinci
• Gaz de France - Prime minister Dominique de Villepin announced a merger between GDF and Suez; since the state owns 80% of GDF, a privatization of GDF would require the passing of a new law; the state would control only 34% of the capital of the new group: see .
• Orange S.A. - the French State remains : 26,94%
• Pages Jaunes
• Snecma
• Société nationale industrielle aérospatiale - merged with DASA and CASA to form the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company
• Thomson Multimédia
• * Thomson Multimédia - now Technicolor
• * Thomson-CSF - now Thales Group; the French State remains 27%
• SNCM - ferry-company; privatized at the end of 2005; the French State remains 25% in SNCM

  [Germany]

• Deutsche Bundespost became in January 1995:
• * Deutsche Post - the state owns 20.5% through the KfW.
• * Deutsche Telekom - the state still owns 32%, partly direct and partly through the KfW.
• * Deutsche Postbank - in 2004 the state floated a minority stake for €2.5 billion
• Deutsche Bundesbahn became Deutsche Bahn in 1994, although it is 100% state owned.
• UFA underwent privatization in 1921

  [Ghana]

[Guinea]

[Greece]

• DESFA - On 20 December 2018, a consortium formed by Snam, Enagás and Fluxys completed the acquisition of a 66% stake in DESFA for an amount of €535 million.
• Hellenic Petroleum - Starting from the 1990s, the Greek Government gradually sold its shares in the company, and currently owns only 35.5% of the shares.
• Olympic Airways - at first, then Olympic Airlines; the Hellenic State attempted to privatise the ailing airlines five times, more or less, from 2004 onwards. The company was folded and re-created in 2009, and privatized in 2012, under the supervision of the EU and IMF, as it was part of the debt-restructuring process of 2012.
• OPAP - privatization completed in 2013, when the last remaining government-owned stock was sold
• OTE - became partly privatised in the 1990s, when its only shareholder at the time, the Hellenic State, reduced its share of the company to 36%. Since May 2018, Deutsche Telekom owns 45% of the shares, and the Hellenic State has retained 5%.
• Piraeus Port Authority - In April 2016, HRADF sold 51% of Piraeus Port Authority to the COSCO Group.
• Thessaloniki Port Authority - In March 2018, an international consortium acquired 67% of the shares, with the Hellenic State retaining 7.27%.
• TrainOSE - It was acquired in September 2017 by the Italian railway company, Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane.

  [Hong Kong]

• Hong Kong Mail Service
• Link REIT
• MTR Corporation

  [Honduras]

[Iceland]

• Búnaðarbanki Íslands hf - privatized in 1999–2003
• Landsbanki Íslands hf - privatized in 1999–2003
• Landssími Íslands hf - privatized in 2005
• Skýrr hf - privatized in 1997–1998

  [India]

• Bharat Aluminium Company - in 2005
• Cochin International Airport
• Delhi Airport
• Hindustan Zinc Limited - in 2001
• Hyderabad International Airport
• Maruti Udyog
• Mumbai Airport
• VSNL

  [Indonesia]

[Iran]

[Iraq]

• most industries except oil, at the behest of the United States-sponsored government

  Ireland">Republic of Ireland">Ireland

• ACCBank - sold to Rabobank
• Aer Lingus - floated on the stock market
• British and Irish Steampacket Company Limited - sold to Irish Continental Group
• Cablelink - sold to NTL Ireland; formerly held 50/50 by Telecom Éireann and Raidió Teilifís Éireann, both state-owned at the time
• ICC Bank - sold to Bank of Scotland
• Irish Life - sold to Irish Permanent
• Irish National Petroleum Corporation - all assets sold to ConocoPhillips, still exists in law
• Irish Steel - transferred ownership to Ispat, firm bankrupt, no longer exists
• Irish Sugar - floated on stock market as Greencore; state retains one share for veto purposes
• Nítrigin Éireann - sold to its other shareholder in Irish Fertiliser Industries, Richardsons, final firm called IFI, no longer exists
• Telecom Éireann - floated on the stock market
• TSB Bank - sold to info unknown

  [Israel]

• Bezeq
• El Al
• Bank Hapoalim
• Bank Leumi
• Israel Chemicals
• Israel Discount Bank
• RAFAEL Armament Development Authority
• Zim Integrated Shipping Services

  [Italy]

• INA Assitalia
• Enel S.p.A.
• Eni
• IRI
• Telecom Italia
• Terna

  [Japan]

• Japan Airlines
• Japan Highway Public Corporation
• Japan Post
• Japan Railways Group
• Japan Tobacco
• New Tokyo International Airport Authority
• Nippon Express
• Nippon Telegraph and Telephone

  [Jordan]

• Aramex International
• Jordan Telecom
• Queen Alia's Airport

  [Korea]

• Korea Electric Power
• Korea Telecom
• KOGAS
• KT&G
• POSCO

  [Kuwait]

• Kuwait Finance House

  [Malaysia]

• Johor Water Corporation
• Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad - national railway company
• Malaysia Airlines
• Malaysia Airports Holdings
• Pasir Gudang Local Authority
• Pos Malaysia - national postal services
• Senai International Airport
• Telekom Malaysia
• Tenaga National Berhad - national electricity-generation and distribution

  [Mexico]

[Morocco]

[Netherlands]

• PTT, the mail and telecom company

  [New Zealand]

• Air New Zealand - privatized in 1989, subsequently rescued by the Government of New Zealand in 2001
• Auckland Airport
• Bank of New Zealand - semi-privatized in 1987; rescued by the Crown in 1990; sold off in 1992
• Electricity Corporation of New Zealand - part of which became privatized as Contact Energy in the period 1995 - 1998
• Government Print
• Ministry of Works and Development
• Natural Gas Corporation, ultimately absorbed into Vector Limited
• New Zealand Steel - privatized from 1987, now part of BlueScope
• The Post Office Savings Bank - bought by the ANZ Bank in 1989
• Telecom New Zealand - privatized in 1990
• New Zealand Rail Limited - privatized in 1993, became Tranz Rail Limited in 1995; the government subsequently repurchased the track lease
• various council-controlled organisations formerly owned by territorial authorities: see also Local Authority Trading Enterprises

  [Norway]

• Arcus
• Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse
• DnB NOR
• Finnmark Fylkesrederi og Ruteselskap
• Fredrikstad Energi
• Kongsberg Gruppen
• Norsk Medisinaldepot
• NSB Gods
• Oslo Energi
• Postbanken
• Statkorn
• Statoil
• Telenor
• TrønderBilene
• Østfold Energi
• Årdal og Sunndal Verk

  [Pakistan]

• National Refinery Limited
• Pakistan Telecom sold out to Eitisalat in 2006.

  [Philippines]

[Poland]

• Telekomunikacja Polska S.A.

  [Portugal]

• ANA - Aeroportos de Portugal
• CIMPOR
• CTT - Portuguese post
• EDP - Energia de Portugal
• Fidelidade - the insurance part of the CGD public bank
• GALP - national petroleum company
• Portugal Telecom - national telecommunications company
• REN - Rede Eléctrica Nacional
• TAP - airline

  [Qatar]

• Q-Gas

  [Romania]

• Rompetrol - petroleum company
• Ursus Breweries - beer brewer and distributor
• Romcim - industrial materials company
• Casial Hunedoara - industrial materials company
• Romtelecom - telecommunications company
• BRD – Groupe Société Générale - bank
• Automobile Dacia - car manufacturer
• Astra Rail Industries - rail vehicle manufacturer
• Petromidia Refinery - oil refinery
• Sidex - steelworks
• Alro - aluminium company
• Petrom - petroleum company
• Banca Comercială Română - bank
• Electrica - electricity distributor
• Automobile Craiova - car manufacturer

  [Russia]

• Gazprom
• LUKoil
• Mechel
• MMC Norilsk Nickel
• Novolipetsk Steel
• Surgutneftegaz
• YUKOS

  [Saudi Arabia]

• Al-Bilad Bank
• Bank Al-Inma
• Government Hotels
• Maaden
• National Commercial Bank
• Riyad Bank
• SABIC
• Saudi Arabian Airlines
• Saudi Electric Company
• Saudi Ports
• Saudi Real Estate Company
• Saudi Telecom Company

  [Singapore]

• Port of Singapore Authority
• Post Office Savings Bank
• Singapore Broadcasting Corporation - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
• Singapore Post - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
• Singapore Power - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms
• Singapore Telecommunications - owned by the government through government-owned investment firms

  [Slovakia]

[South Africa]

• Iscor - Now known as ArcelorMittal South Africa, the company was privatised in 1989.
• Telkom - Gradually privatised starting with the IPO in 2003. The government currently holds 39%, and is planning on selling its entire stake.

  [Spain]

• Aceralia
• Argentaria
• ENDESA
• Gas Natural
• Iberia Airlines
• Indra
• Red Electrica de España
• Repsol
• Retevision
• SEAT
• Tabacalera

  [Sweden]

1980s

• ASEA-ATOM - sold to Asea
• Luxor AB
• SSAB
• UV Shipping

  1990s

• AssiDomän
• Celsius
• Cementa
• Enator
• Företagskapital
• Industrikredit AB
• Lantbrukskredit AB
• Nordbanken
• OKPetroleum
• Pharmacia
• PharmaciaUpjohn
• SAKAB
• SAQ Kontrol
• SBL Vaccin
• SEMKO
• SSAB
• Stadshypotek AB
• Svalöf
• Svensk Fastighetsvärdering
• Svenska Statens Språkresor AB
• Swedish Real Estate Valuation Corp
• VPC AB

  2000s

• Celsius AB
• Grängesbergs Gruvor
• Kurortsverksamhet
• Nordbanken
• OMX - stock exchange - shares sold to Borse Dubai for 2.1 billion SEK.
• SAKAB
• SGAB
• Svenska Lagerhus
• Svenska
• Vin & Sprit - sold to Pernod Ricard for 5.626 billion euro

  2010s

• Nordea

  Planned privatisations

• Apoteket
• SBAB
• SAS
• Telia Sonera

  [Tanzania]

[Turkey]

1980s

• ANKARA ÇIMENTO
• ANSAN-MEDA
• BALIKESİR ÇIMENTO
• PINARHİSAR ÇIMENTO
• SÖKE ÇIMENTO

  1990s

• ADIYAMAN ÇİMENTO
• ANADOLUBANK
• AŞKALE ÇİMENTO
• BARTIN ÇİMENTO
• BOZÜYÜK Seramik
• ÇİNKUR
• ÇORUM ÇİMENTO
• DENİZBANK
• DENİZLİ ÇİMENTO
• ELAZIĞ ÇİMENTO
• ERGANİ ÇİMENTO
• ETİBANK
• FİLYOS
• GAZİANTEP ÇİMENTO
• GÜNES SİGORTA
• HAVAŞ
• IPRAGAZ
• İSKENDERUN ÇİMENTO
• KARS ÇİMENTO
• KONYA KROM MAN.A.Ş.
• KÜMAŞ
• KURTALAN ÇİMENTO
• LADİK ÇİMENTO
• LALAPAŞA ÇİMENTO
• METAŞ
• PETLAS
• RAY SIGORTA
• ŞANLIURFA ÇİMENTO
• SİVAS ÇİMENTO
• SÜMERBANK
• TRABZON ÇİMENTO
• TÜRK KABLO
• TOFAŞ Türk Otomobil Fabriskasi Anonim Şirkei
• VAN ÇİMENTO
• YARIMCA PORSELEN T.A.Ş.

  2000s

• Adapazarı Sugar Fac.
• ASİL ÇELİK
• ATAKÖY Hotel
• ATAKÖY Marina
• ATAKÖY TOURISM
• BAŞAK INSURANCE
• BAŞAK RETIREMENT FUND
• BET KÜTAHYA ŞEKER
• BURSAGAZ
• ÇAYELİ BAKIR İŞL.A.Ş.
• Cyprus Turkish Airlines
• DENİZ NAKLİYATI T.A.Ş.
• ESGAZ
• ETI ALUMINIUM
• ETİ BAKIR
• ETİ ELEKTROMETALURJI
• ETİ GÜMÜŞ A.Ş.
• ETİ KROM A.Ş.
• GÜVEN SİGORTA
• DİV-HAN
• TAKSAN
• TÜRK TELEKOM

  [Ukraine]

• Kryvorizhstal

  [United Arab Emirates]

• Damas Jewelry

  [United Kingdom]

1970s

• British Petroleum
• International Computers Limited
• Lunn Poly
• Rolls-Royce Motors
• State Management Scheme
• Thomas Cook

  1980s

• British Aerospace
• * Alvis
• * Coventry Climax
• Amersham International
• Associated British Ports
• Sealink
• * Jaguar
• Trustee Savings Bank
• British Airways Helicopters
• British Gas
• Rolls-Royce
• Royal Ordnance
• British Airports Authority
• * Danish Automobile Building
• * ISTEL
• * Leyland Bus
• British Airways
• British Leyland
• * Leyland Tractors
• * Leyland Trucks
• * Rover Group
• * Unipart
• British Rail Engineering Limited
• British Shipbuilders
• British Steel plc
• British Sugar
• British Telecom
• British Transport Hotels
• Britoil
• Cable and Wireless
• Council houses - see main article Right to buy scheme
• Enterprise Oil
• Fairey
• Ferranti
• Harland and Wolff
• Inmos
• Municipal bus companies - see main article Bus deregulation in Great Britain
• National Bus Company
• National Express
• National Freight Corporation
• Passenger transport executive bus companies
• Travellers Fare
• Vale of Rheidol Railway
• Water companies - see main article Water privatisation in England and Wales
• * Anglian Water
• * North West Water
• * Northumbrian Water
• * Severn Trent
• * South West Water
• * Southern Water
• * Thames Water
• * Welsh Water
• * Wessex Water
• * Yorkshire Water

  1990s

• AEA Technology
• Agricultural Development and Advisory Service
• Belfast International Airport
• Birmingham Airport
• Bournemouth Airport
• Bristol Airport
• British Coal
• British Energy
• British Rail - see main article Privatisation of British Rail
• * 3 rolling stock companies:
• ** Angel Trains
• ** Eversholt Leasing
• ** Porterbrook
• * 6 design office units
• * 6 freight operating companies
• ** Freightliner
• ** Loadhaul
• ** Mainline Freight
• ** Rail Express Systems
• ** Railfreight Distribution
• ** Transrail Freight
• * 6 track renewal units
• * 7 infrastructure maintenance units
• * 25 train operating companies
• * British Rail Research
• * British Rail Telecommunications
• * European Passenger Services
• * Railtrack , now in public ownership as Network Rail
• * Red Star Parcels
• * Union Railways
• British Technology Group
• Building Research Establishment
• Cardiff Airport
• Central Electricity Generating Board
• * National Grid
• * National Power
• * Powergen
• Chessington Computer Centre
• Department for National Savings
• East Midlands Airport
• Girobank
• Humberside Airport
• Kingston Communications
• Laboratory of the Government Chemist
• Liverpool Airport
• London Buses - see main article Privatisation of London bus services
• London Luton Airport
• London Southend Airport
• National Engineering Laboratory
• National Transcommunications Limited
• Natural Resources Institute
• Northern Ireland Electricity
• Property Services Agency
• Regional electricity companies
• * East Midlands Electricity
• * Eastern Electricity
• * London Electricity
• * MANWEB
• * Midlands Electricity
• * Northern Electric
• * NORWEB
• * SEEBOARD
• * Southern Electric
• * SWALEC
• * SWEB Energy
• * Yorkshire Electricity
• Scottish Bus Group
• Scottish Hydro-Electric
• Scottish Power
• Severn Bridge
• The Stationery Office
• Student loans portfolios
• Transport Research Laboratory
• Trust Ports

  2000s

• Actis
• BBC Books
• BBC Broadcast
• BBC Costumes and Wigs
• BBC Outside Broadcasts
• BBC Technology
• British Nuclear Fuels Limited
• * AWE Management Limited
• * BNG America
• * BNG Project Services
• * Reactor Sites Management Company
• * Westinghouse Electric Company
• East Thames Buses
• Leeds Bradford International Airport
• National Air Traffic Services
• Newcastle Airport
• Partnerships UK
• Qinetiq
• South Eastern Trains
• Teesside International Airport
• UKAEA Limited

  2010s

• BBC Audiobooks
• BBC Magazines
• Behavioural Insights Team
• Bio Products Laboratory
• Constructionline
• Defence Support Group
• Dr Foster Intelligence
• East Coast Trains
• Eurostar International Limited
• Fire Service College
• Food and Environment Research Agency
• Government Pipelines and Storage System
• High Speed 1
• Lloyds Banking Group
• Manchester Airports Group
• NEC Group
• Northern Rock
• Remploy
• Royal Bank of Scotland Group
• Royal Mail
• The Tote

[United States]

• Conrail
• Federal National Mortgage Association
• Railway Express Agency
• Student Loan Marketing Association