Dette er en Liste over verdensutstillinger (med noterbare permanente utstillingsbygninger bygget). Verdensutstilling, også kalt expo, er fellesbetegnelsen på større internasjonale utstillinger som er holdt forskjellige steder i verden siden det 19. århundre.

Se også Liste over verdensutstillinger godkjent av BIE.

1750-tallet 1756 – London, Storbritannia – First Exhibition sponset av «the Society of Arts» i England

1790-tallet 1798 – Paris, Frankrike -First Exhibition i Paris og Second Exhibition i Europa

1800-tallet 1802 – Paris, Frankrike – Third Exposition

1820-tallet 1829 – New York, USA – American Institute Fair

1840-tallet 1844 – Paris, Frankrike – French Industrial Exposition 1849 – Birmingham, Storbritannia – Exposition of British Society 1849 – Storbritannia – First Exhibition of British Manufacturers

1850-tallet 1851 – London, England, Storbritannia – Great Exhibition (omfattende verkene til industrien over hele verden) Krystallpalasset 1852 – Cork, Irland – Irish Industrial Exhibition 1853 – New York, USA – Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations 1853 – Dublin, Irland – Great Industrial Exhibition 1854 – München, Tyskland – Allgemeine deutsche Industrie-Ausstellung 1854 – Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne Exhibition (i forbindelse med neste års utstilling «Exposition Universelle» 1855 – Paris, Frankrike -Exposition Universelle 1855 – Dublin, Irland – Dublin International Exhibition 1857 – Manchester, Storbritannia – Art Treasures Exhibition

1860-tallet 1860 – Besançon, Frankrike – Exposition universelle 1861 – Melbourne, Australia – Victorian Exhibition 1862 – Hamburg, Tyskland – International Agricultural Exhibition 1862 – London, Storbritannia – International Exhibition (Great London Exposition, South Kensington, England) 1864 – Amsterdam, Nederland – Dutch Industry Expostion 1865 – Philadelphia, USA – Great Central Fair for the US Sanitary Commission 1865 – Porto, Portugal – Exposição Internacional 1865 – Dublin, Irland – International New Zealand Exhibition 1866 – Melbourne, Australia – Intercolonial Exhibition of Australasia 1867 – Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle 1868 – Le Havre, Frankrike – Exposition Maritime Internationale

1870-tallet 1870 – Sydney, Australia – Intercolonial Exhibition 1871 – Córdoba, Argentina – Exposición Nacional 1871 – London, Storbritannia – First Annual International Exhibition 1872 – London, Storbritannia – Second Annual International Exhibition 1872 – Lyon, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle et Internationale 1872 – Kyoto, Japan – Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures 1873 – London, Storbritannia – Third Annual International Exhibition 1873 – Wien, Østerrike – Weltausstellung 1873 Wien 1873 – Sydney, Australia -Metropolitan Intercolonial Exhibition 1874 – London, Storbritannia – Fourth Annual International Exhibition 1874 – Dublin, Irland – International Exhibition of Arts and Manufactures 1874 – Roma, Italia – Esposizione internazionale (ikke arrangert) 1875 – Santiago, Chile – Exposicion Internacional de 1875 1875 – Melbourne, Australia – Victorian Intercolonial Exhibition 1875 – Nizjnij Novgorod, Russland – Nizhni Novgorod Fair 1875 – Sydney, Australia – Intercolonial Exhibition 1875 – Santiago, Chile – Exposición Internacional de Chile 1876 – Philadelphia, USA – Centennial Exposition 1876 – Brisbane, Australia – Intercolonial Exhibition 1877 – Cape Town, Sør-Afrika – South African International Exhibition 1877 – Tokyo, Japan – First National Industrial Exhibition (Ueno Park) 1878 – Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle 1878 – Ballarat, Australia – Australian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition 1879 – Sydney, Australia – Sydney International Exhibition 1879 – Melbourne, Australia – Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibition

1880-tallet 1880 – Melbourne, Australia – Melbourne International Exhibition 1881 – Atlanta, USA – International Cotton Exposition 1881 – Budapest, Ungarn – Országos Magyar Nöiparkiállitás 1882 – Bordeaux, Frankrike – Exposition internationale des vins 1882 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Continental Sud-Americana 1883 – Boston, USA – The American Exhibition of the Products, Arts and Manufactures of Foreign Nations 1883 – Amsterdam, Nederland – Internationale Koloniale en Uitvoerhandel Tentoonstelling også kalt (International Colonial Exhibition) 1883 – Calcutta, India – Calcutta International Exhibition 1883 – Parramatta, Australia -Intercolonial Juvenile Industrial Exhibtion 1883 – Louisville, USA – Southern Exposition 1883 – New York, USA – World's Fair (1883) (aldri holdt) 1884 – New Orleans, USA – World Cotton Centennial (New Orleans Universal Expositon and World's Fair), 1884 – Melbourne, Australia – Victorian International Exhibition 1884 of Wine, Fruit, Grain & other products of the soil of Australasia with machinery, plant and tools employed 1884 – Edinburgh, Skottland, Storbritannia – International Forestry Exhibition 1884 – St. Louis, USA – Saint Louis Exposition 1884 – Torino, Italia – Esposizione generale italiana 1885 – Melbourne, Australia – Victorians Jubilee Exhibition''' (Jubilee of Victoria Exhibition) 1885 – Antwerpen, Belgia – Exposition Universelle d'Anvers1885 – Wellington, New Zealand – New Zealand Industrial Exhibition1885 – New Orleans, USA – North, Central and South American Exposition1885 – London, Storbritannia – International Exhibition of Inventions1886 – London, Storbritannia – Colonial and Indian Exhibition1886 – Melbourne, Australia 1886 – Edinburgh, Skottland, Storbritannia – International Exhibition of Industry, Science and Art1886 – Liverpool, England, Storbritannia – International Exhibition of Navigation, Commerce and Industry 1887 – Adelaide, Australia -Adelaide Jubilee International Exhibition1887 – Geelong, Australia – Geelong Jubilee Juvenile and Industrial Exhibition1887 – London, Storbritannia – American Exhibition (1887)1887 – Roma, Italia – Esposizione mondiale1888 – Melbourne, Australia – Victorian Juvenile Industrial Exhibition, (Centennial International Exhibition) 1888 – Glasgow, Skottland, Storbritannia – International Exhibition1888 – Brussel, Belgia – Grand Concours International des Sciences et de l'Industrie1888 – Verdensutstillinga i Barcelona 1888, Spania – Exposición Universal de Barcelona1888 – Lisboa, Portugal – Exposição Industrial Portugueza1888 – København, Danmark 1889 – Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle – Eiffeltårnet 1889 – Dunedin, New Zealand – New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition1889 – Buffalo, USA – International Industrial Fair1890-tallet 1890 – Bremen, Tyskland – Nord-West-Deutsche Gewerbe und Industrie-Ausstellung1891 – Moskva, Russland – Exposition française1891 – Kingston, Jamaica – International Exhibition1891 – Launceston, Australia – Tasmanian International Exhibition1891 – Praha, Böhmen, (tidl. Østerrike, nå, Tsjekkia) – General Land Centennial Exhibition 1892 – Genova, Italia – Esposizione italo-americana1892 – Madrid, Spania -Exposición Histórico-Americana1892 – Washington, D.C., USA – Exposition of the Three Americas (aldri holdt) 1893 – Chicago, USA – World's Columbian Exposition (Norges bidrag: Kopi av Gokstadskipet, et maleri av Mimi FalsenAnne Wichstrøm: Kvinneliv, kunstnerliv: kvinnelige malere i Norge før 1900; s. 204. Digital utgave på Nasjonalbiblitokets nettsted www.nb.no. 1893 – Kimberly, Sør-Afrika -South Africa and International Exhibition1893 – New York, USA – World's Fair Prize Winners' Exposition1894 – San Francisco, USA – California Mid-Winter Exposition1894 – Antwerpen, Belgia – Exposition Internationale d'Anvers 1894 – Lyon, Frankrike – Exposition internationale et coloniale1894 – Porto, Portugal – Exposição Insular e Colonial Portugueza 1895 – Hobart, Tasmania, Australia -Tasmanian International Exhibition1895 – Ballarat -Australia – Australian Industrial Exhibition1895 – Atlanta, USA – Cotton States and International Exposition (også kalt Atlanta Exposition) 1896 – Berlin, Tyskland – Gewerbe-Ausstellung1896 – Mexico by, Mexico – International Exposition (ikke arrangert) 1897 – Brussel, Belgia – Exposition Internationale de Bruxelles1897 – Guatemala by, Guatemala – Exposición Centro-Americana1897 – Brisbane, Australia – Queensland International Exhibition1897 – Chicago, USA – Irish Fair (1897)1897 – Nashville, USA – Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition1897 – Stockholm, Sverige – Allmänna konst- och industriutställningen1898 – Dunedin, New Zealand – Otago Jubilee Industrial Exhibition1898 – Omaha, USA – Trans-Mississippi Exposition1898 – Bergen, Norge – International Fisheries Exposition1898 – München, Tyskland – Kraft- und Arbeitsmaschinen-Ausstellung1898 – San Francisco, USA – California's Golden Jubilee1898 – Torino, Italia – Esposizione generale italiana] 1898 – Wien, Østerrike – Jubiläums-Ausstellung1899 – Coolgardie, Australia – Western Australian International Mining and Industrial Exhibition1899 – Omaha, USA – Greater America Exposition1899 – Philadelphia, USA – National Export Exposition1899 – London, Storbritannia – Greater Britain Exhibition1900-årene 1900 – Paris, Frankrike – Exposition Universelle1900 – Adelaide, Australia – Century Exhibition of Arts and Industries1901 – Buffalo, USA – Pan-American Exposition1901 – Glasgow, Skottland, Storbritannia – Glasgow International Exhibition1901 – Wien, Østerrike – Bosnische Weihnachts-Ausstellung1901 – Charleston, USA – South Carolina and Interstate and West Indian Exposition1902 – Torino, Italia – Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna 1902 – Hanoi, Vietnam (Tonkin), Indo China Exposition Française et Internationale1902 – New York, USA – United States, Colonial and International Exposition (ikke arrangert) 1902 – Toledo, USA – Ohio Centennial and Northwest Territory Exposition – (ikke arrangert) 1903 – Osaka, Japan – National Industrial Exposition1904 – St. Louis, USA – Louisiana Purchase Exposition (samarrangement med Sommer-OL 1904) 1905 – Portland, USA – Lewis & Clark Centennial Exposition1905 – Liège, Belgia – Exposition universelle et internationale1905 – London, Storbritannia – Naval, Shipping and Fisheries Exhibition1905 – New York, USA – Irish Industrial Exposition1906 – Milano, Italia – Esposizione Internazionale del Sempione1906 – London, Storbritannia – Austrian Exhibition1906 – Marseille, Frankrike – Exposition coloniale1906 – Christchurch, New Zealand – International Exhibition1907 – Dublin, Irland – Irish International Exhibition1907 – Hampton Roads, USA – Verdensutstillingen i Jamestown (1907)' 1907 – Chicago, USA – World's Pure Food Exposition1907 – Mannheim, Tyskland – Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung1908 – London, Storbritannia – Franco-British Exhibition1908 – New York, USA – International Mining Exposition1908 – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil – Exposição Nacional 1909 – Seattle, USA – Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition1909 – New York, USA – Hudson-Fulton Celebration1909 – San Francisco, USA – Portolá Festival1909 – Quito, Ecuador – Exposición Nacional1910-tallet 1910 – Nanking, Kina – Nanking Exposition1910 – Brussel, Belgia -Exposition Universelle et Industrielle des Bruxelles1910 – Buenos Aires, Argentina – Exposición Internacional1910 – London, Storbritannia – Japan-British Exhibition1910 – San Francisco, USA – Admission Day Festival1910 – Wien, Østerrike – Internationale Jagd-Ausstellung1911 – Dresden, Tyskland – International Hygiene Exhibition1911 – London, Storbritannia – Coronation Exhibition 1911 – London, Storbritannia – Festival of Empire 1911 – Roma, Italia – Esposizione internazionale d'arte 1911 – Torino, Italia – Esposizione internazionale delle industrie e del lavor 1911 – Glasgow, Skottland, Storbritannia – Scottish Exhibition, Art and Industry1911 – New York, USA – International Mercantile Exposition1912 – Manila, Filippinene – Philippine Exposition 1912 – London, Storbritannia – Latin-British Exhibition1912 – Tokyo, Japan – Grand Exposition of Japan (aldri holdt)