A restaurant earns one, two or three Michelin stars, so a country’s total adds one star for each one-star restaurant, two for each two-star and three for each three-star. Counted that way, France holds 800 stars, 336 more than any other country. Figures are from Michelin’s current guide editions as of October 29, 2026.
Pictured: the MICHELIN Guide Ceremony France & Monaco 2026, held in Monaco; France is #1 with 800 stars.
| Rank | Country | Total stars | Starred restaurants | 3★ | 2★ | 1★ | Guide editions counted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 800 | 659 | 30 | 81 | 548 | France & Monaco 2026 guide, Monaco’s 9 starred restaurants removed |
| 2 | Japan | 464 | 361 | 21 | 61 | 279 | Tokyo 2026 + Kyoto Osaka 2026 + Nara 2026 |
| 3 | Italy | 462 | 394 | 15 | 38 | 341 | Italy 2026 guide |
| 4 | Germany | 411 | 339 | 12 | 48 | 279 | Germany 2026 guide |
| 5 | Spain | 375 | 306 | 16 | 37 | 253 | Spain & Andorra 2026 guide, Andorra’s one-star removed |
| 6 | United States | 351 | 279 | 16 | 40 | 223 | Michelin’s US guides: 16 states plus Washington, D.C. only |
| 7 | United Kingdom | 250 | 207 | 10 | 23 | 174 | Great Britain & Ireland 2026 guide, Republic of Ireland removed; includes Northern Ireland |
| 8 | Mainland China | 192 | 158 | 4 | 26 | 128 | Beijing, Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang, Guangzhou & Shenzhen, Chengdu, Fujian; Hong Kong and Macau excluded |
| 9 | Switzerland | 179 | 144 | 4 | 27 | 113 | Switzerland 2025 guide (2026 edition due Nov 2), Liechtenstein removed |
| 10 | Belgium | 151 | 127 | 2 | 20 | 105 | Belgium & Luxembourg 2026 guide, Luxembourg removed |
| 11 | Netherlands | 141 | 119 | 1 | 20 | 98 | Netherlands 2026 guide |
| 12 | Hong Kong & Macau | 135 | 98 | 9 | 19 | 70 | Hong Kong & Macau 2026 guide (one guide, two regions) |
| 13 | Austria | 124 | 101 | 2 | 19 | 80 | Austria 2026 guide |
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As of October 29, 2026. Total stars = 3 × three-star + 2 × two-star + 1 × one-star restaurants. Each restaurant is counted once, in the country where it sits; Bib Gourmand and Green Star distinctions are not counted. Countries are ranked from Michelin’s latest published guide edition for each, so editions range from late 2025 to 2026 and some countries have no national guide at all. Where one guide spans several countries (France & Monaco, Spain & Andorra, Great Britain & Ireland, Belgium & Luxembourg, Switzerland & Liechtenstein) the smaller country’s restaurants are removed. Hong Kong and Macau share one guide and are shown as a single row, separate from Mainland China. The United States and China are covered only where Michelin publishes a guide, so both are undercounts. The Switzerland 2026 edition lands on November 2, and Italy and Japan are only two stars apart. Countries below 124 stars (for example Taiwan, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand and Denmark) are not listed. Rows 11–13 draw on the sources in note 12.[1][12][13]
France has 30 three-star, 81 two-star and 548 one-star restaurants, 659 in all. The Michelin Guide France & Monaco 2026 lists 668 starred restaurants (31, 84 and 553); removing Monaco’s nine (one three-star, three two-star, five one-star) leaves the French figures.[2] It is the only country with more than 600 starred restaurants, and its 800 stars are 336 more than runner-up Japan.[2]
Japan’s total adds up three guides: Tokyo 2026 (12 three-star, 26 two-star, 122 one-star), Kyoto Osaka 2026 (Kyoto 6, 19 and 73; Osaka 3, 12 and 66) and Nara 2026 (four two-star, 18 one-star).[3] That is 361 starred restaurants and 21 with three stars; Tokyo alone accounts for 210 stars.[3] The video is the official Kyoto Osaka 2026 highlight reel, in Japanese.
The Italy 2026 guide lists 394 starred restaurants: 15 with three stars (La Rei Natura is the new one), 38 with two and 341 with one.[4] Italy has more starred restaurants than Japan (394 against 361) but fewer stars, trailing by just two, so the order of #2 and #3 could flip with one promotion.[4]
The Germany 2026 guide has 339 starred restaurants: 12 three-star (L.A. Jordan in Deidesheim is new), 48 two-star and 279 one-star.[5] Germany holds more stars than Spain despite having four fewer three-star restaurants, because it has 48 two-star restaurants to Spain’s 37.[5]
The Spain & Andorra 2026 guide counts 16 three-star, 37 two-star and 254 one-star restaurants; one of the one-stars (Ibaya in Soldeu) is in Andorra, so Spain proper has 253.[6] The 2026 edition promoted five restaurants to two stars, three of them in Barcelona.[6] The video is El País’ live broadcast of the gala.
The United States has 16 three-star, 40 two-star and 223 one-star restaurants, per the starred listings on Michelin’s guide site.[7] Michelin does not cover the whole country: the listings come from California (83 starred restaurants in the 2026 edition), New York, Florida, Washington, D.C., Illinois, Texas, Georgia, Colorado, Nevada and a handful of other states, so the US total is a floor, not a national census.[7]
The Great Britain & Ireland 2026 guide lists 230 starred restaurants: 10 three-star, 28 two-star and 192 one-star.[8] The Republic of Ireland holds five of the two-stars and 18 of the one-stars, which leaves the United Kingdom (Northern Ireland included) with 10, 23 and 174.[8][1]
China has no single national guide, so this row adds the current city and province editions: Beijing 2026 (32 starred), Shanghai-Jiangsu-Zhejiang 2026 (1 three-star, 14 two-star, 62 one-star), Guangzhou & Shenzhen 2026, Chengdu 2027 and Fujian 2026.[9] That gives four three-star restaurants, 26 two-star and 128 one-star. Hong Kong and Macau are in their own guide and are listed separately.[9]
The Switzerland 2025 guide, still current, lists 145 starred restaurants (4, 27 and 114), one of which is in Liechtenstein, leaving Switzerland with 4, 27 and 113.[10] The 2026 edition is scheduled for November 2, so this row will change within days.[10]
The Belgium & Luxembourg 2026 guide has 139 starred restaurants: 2 three-star, 22 two-star (The Jane and Cuines 33 are new) and 115 one-star.[11] Luxembourg holds two of the two-stars and ten of the one-stars, so Belgium proper has 2, 20 and 105.[11][1]