(Entries on each current list, by year designated)

Sanctions designations by the United States, the EU and the UK. 3 series: United States (OFAC), European Union, United Kingdom. Latest, 2026, year to date: United States (OFAC) 1460; European Union 523; United Kingdom 720.

Each line counts what is on that list today by the year it was designated, so entries since removed are missing and earlier years are undercounted on all three. The lists count differently. OFAC counts an entry once, in the year first added. The UK list holds one designation per sanctions regime, so a person sanctioned under two regimes counts twice. Where an EU entry gives no designation date, it is dated by the earliest regulation it lists, which can be a later amending act. The latest year is year to date.

See also: Laurence Wilse-Samson, "Economic Coercion", chapter 7, Financial Statecraft and Sanctions

Classroom exerciseCompare the three lines in 2014 and in 2022. Which years show the EU and UK moving with the United States, and which show them apart? Before reading anything into the gaps, list the ways the three lists count differently. Teach page