Country | Governmental authority | Regulatory authority | Designated operator |
Afghanistan[2009] | Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies | None | Afghanistan Postal Service |
Albania | | | Posta Shqiptare[2] |
Algeria | Ministère de la Poste et des TIC[2] | | Algérie Poste[2] |
Angola[2009] | Ministry of Telecommunications and Information Technologies | Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM) | Empresa Nacional de Correios e Telégrafos de Angola (ENCTA) |
Antigua and Barbuda | | | Antigua Post Office |
Argentina[2009] | Ministry of Federal Planning, Public Investment and Services (MinPlan) | Communications Secretariat (SeCom) of MinPlan | Correo Oficial de la República Argentina S.A. (CORASA) |
Armenia[2009] | Ministry of Transport and Communication, State Estate Managing Department | Public Services Regulatory Commission | "Haypost" CJSC |
Aruba[N 1] | | | Post Aruba |
Australia[2009] | Department of Communications | Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), Postal Services Consultative Council | Australia Post |
Austria[2009] | Federal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology | RTR GmbH | Österreichische Post AG |
Azerbaijan[2009] | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | None | "Azərpoçt" State Enterprise |
Bahamas[2009] | Ministry of Public Works and Transport | None | Bahamas Postal Service |
Bahrain[2009] | Ministry of Transport | None | Bahrain Post |
Bangladesh | Ministry of Post and Telecommunication | | Bangladesh Post Office[2] |
Barbados[2009] | Ministry of Home Affairs | None | Barbados Postal Service |
Belarus[2009] | Ministry of Communications and Informatization | None | Republican Unitary Enterprise "Belpochta" |
Belgium[2009] | Ministry of Enterprise and Simplification | Belgian Institute of Postal Services and Telecommunications (IBPT) | Belgian Post Group (formerly La Poste) |
Belize | Ministry of Public Utilities, Transport, Communications[2] | | Belize Postal Service[N 2] |
Benin[2009] | Ministry of Information Technology and Communication | Transitional Regulatory Authority | "La Poste du Bénin S.A." (Benin Post) |
Bhutan[2009] | Ministry of Information and Communications (MoIC) | Bhutan Information, Communication and Media Authority (BICMA) | Bhutan Postal Corporation Ltd |
Bolivia[2009] | Ministerio de Servicios, Obras Publicas y Vivenda | None | Empresa de Correos de Bolivia (ECOBOL) |
Bosnia and Herzegovina[2009] | Ministry of Communications and Transport | Bosnia and Herzegovina Agency for Postal Traffic | BH Pošta Other operators: Pošte Srpske Hrvatska Pošta Mostar |
Botswana[2009] | Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology | None | BotswanaPost |
Brazil[2009] | Ministry of Communications | None | Empresa Brasileira de Correios e Telégrafos (ECT) |
Brunei[2009] | Ministry of Communications | None | Brunei Postal Services Department |
Bulgaria[2009] | State Agency for Information Technologies and Communications | Communications Regulation Commission (CRC) | Bulgarian Posts |
Burkina Faso[2009] | Ministry of Posts, Information Technology and Communication | None | Société nationale des postes (SONAPOST) |
Burma | | | Myanma Posts and Telecommunications |
Burundi[2009] | Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications | None | Régie nationale des postes (R.N.P. – National Postal Authority) |
Cambodia[2009] | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (MPTC) | None | Directorate of Posts (Cambodian Post) |
Cameroon[2009] | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | None | Cameroon Postal Services (CAMPOST) |
Canada[2009] | Minister responsible for Canada Post Corporation | None | Canada Post Corporation (CPC) |
Cape Verde[2009] | Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport | National Communications Agency (ANAC) | Correios de Cabo Verde, SARL (CCV) |
Central African Republic[2009] | Ministry of Posts, Telecommunications and New Technologies | None | National Posts and Savings Corporation (ONPE) |
Chad[2009] | Ministry of posts and information and communication technologies | None (the regulatory function is assigned to STPE) | Chad Posts and Savings Company (STPE) |
Chile[2009] | Ministry of Transport and Telecommunications, Under-Secretariat for Telecommunications | None | Empresa de Correos de Chile |
China[2009] | Ministry of Transport | State Post Bureau | China Post Group Hong Kong: Hongkong Post Macao: Correios de Macau |
Colombia[2009] | Ministry of Information Technologies and Communications | Regulatory Commission of Communications (CRC) and Superintendency of Industry and Commerce (SIC)[3] | Servicios Postales Nacionales S.A. (4-72) |
Comoros | | | Societé Nationale des Postes et des Services Financiers[2] |
Republic of the Congo[2009] | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications | Directorate General of the Central Posts and Telecommunications Administration | Congo Posts and Savings Company (SOPECO) |
Costa Rica[2009] | None | Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos (ARESEP) | Correos de Costa Rica SA |
Croatia[2009] | Ministry of the Sea, Tourism, Transport and Development | Postal Services Council | HP-Hrvatska pošta d.d |
Cuba[2009] | Ministry of Informatics and Communications | None | Empresa de Correos de Cuba |
Cyprus[2009] | Ministry of Communications and Public Works | Commissioner of Telecommunications and Postal Regulation | Department of Postal Services |
Czech Republic[2009] | Ministry of Industry and Trade | Czech Telecommunications Office (CTO), Ministry of Finance | Czech Post |
Democratic Republic of the Congo[2009] | Ministry of Posts, Telephones and Telecommunications | Autorité de régulation des postes et télécommunications du Congo (ARPTC) | Congolese Posts and Telecommunications Corporation (OCPT) |
Denmark[2009] | Ministry of Transport | Faerdselsstyrelsen (Postal Supervisory Department) | Post Denmark A/S Other operators: Bring Citymail |
Djibouti | | | Djibouti Post[N 2] |
Dominica | Ministry of Public Works, Energy and Ports[4] | | General Post Office (GPO)[4][N 2] |
Dominican Republic[2009] | Ministry of Public Works and Communications | None | Instituto Postal Dominicano (INPOSDOM) (Dominican Postal Institute) |
East Timor | | | |
Ecuador[2009] | Correos del Ecuador, attached to the office of the Vice-President of the Republic of Ecuador | Agencia Nacional Postal (National Postal Agency) | Correos del Ecuador |
Egypt[2009] | Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies | None | National Postal Authority (Egypt Post) |
El Salvador[2009] | Ministry of Gobernacíon | None | General Postal Directorate |
Equatorial Guinea | | | Ente autónomo de Guinea Ecuatorial de Correos y Telecomunicaciones (GECOTEL)[N 2] |
Eritrea[2009] | Ministry of Transport and Communication | Eritrean Communications Department | Eritrean Postal Service (EPS) |
Estonia[2009] | Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications (MEAC) | Estonian National Communications Board | Estonian Post (Eesti Post) |
Ethiopia[2009] | Ministry of Transport and Communications | None | Ethiopian Postal Service |
Fiji | | | Post Fiji[2] |
Finland[2009] | Ministry of Transport and Communications | Finnish Communications Regulatory Authority (FICORA) Åland: Åland Government/Unit of Administration | Posti Group Corporation Åland: Åland Post |
France[2009] | Minister for the Economy, Industry and Employment | Electronic Communications and Postal Regulation Authority (ARCEP) | La Poste |
Gabon[2009] | Ministry of Communication, Post, Telecommunications and New Information Technologies | Postal Regulatory Agency | La Poste S.A |
Gambia[2009] | Ministry of Communication, Information and Technology | None | Gambia Postal Services Corporation |
Georgia | | | Georgian Post[2] |
Germany[2009] | Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology | Federal Network Agency (Regulatory Authority for Telecommunications and Post) | Several operators, due to competition. Deutsche Post AG has the largest market share.[5] |
Ghana[2009] | Ministry of Communications | Postal and Courier Services Regulatory Commission | Ghana Post Company Limited |
Great Britain[2009] | Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) | Postal Services Commission (Postcomm) British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies have separate operators and regulatory arrangements. | Royal Mail Group Plc. Other operators:British Forces Post Office 55 other licensed operators as of 2011[6] |
British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies | | |
British Forces Post Office provides military mail service for UK service members internationally, including to Akrotiri and Dhekelia and other jurisdictions listed above which also have public civilian delivery.[28] |
Greece[2009] | Ministry of Transport and Communications | EETT (National Telecommunications and Post Commission) | Hellenic Post S.A. (ELTA S.A.) |
Grenada | | | Grenada Postal Corporation[2] |
Guatemala | | | El Correo (Correo de Guatemala S.A.)[2] |
Guinea[2009] | Ministry of Communication and New Information Technologies (MCNTI) | Posts and Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (ARPT) | Office de la poste guinéenne (OPG) (Guinean Postal Corporation) |
Guinea-Bissau | | | Correios da Guiné-Bissau |
Guyana | | | Guyana Post Office Corporation |
Haiti | | | Office des Postes d’Haiti |
Honduras | | | Honducor |
Hungary | | | Magyar Posta |
Iceland[29] | Ministry of the Interior | Post and Telecom Administration | Íslandspóstur |
India[30] | Ministry of Communications and Information Technology | Department of Posts | India Post |
Indonesia | Ministry of Communication and Informatics (Kemenkominfo) | | Pos Indonesia |
Iran | | | IRI Post |
Iraq | | | Iraqi Telecommunications and Post Company |
Ireland | Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport | Commission for Communications Regulation | An Post |
Israel | | | Israel Post |
Italy | Ministry of Economic Development | Agenzia nazionale di regolamentazione del settore postale | Poste italiane |
Ivory Coast[2009] | Ministry of New Information Technology and Telecommunications | None | La Poste |
Jamaica | | | Postal Corporation of Jamaica |
Japan | Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications |
Postal Services Policy Department (Subdivision of Information and Communications Bureau) |
Japan Post |
Jordan | | | Jordan Post Company |
Kazakhstan | Ministry of Investment and Development | Committee for Communication, Informatisation and Information | Kazpost |
Kenya | | | Postal Corporation of Kenya |
Kiribati | | | Kiribati Public Service Public |
Kuwait | | | Ministry of Communications (Kuwait) |
Kyrgyzstan | Ministry of Transport and Communications of the Republic of Kyrgyzstan | State Communication Agency | Kyrgyz Express Post "Kyrgyz Pochtasy" SE |
Laos | | | |
Latvia | | | Latvijas Pasts |
Lebanon | | | LibanPost |
Lesotho | | | Lesotho Post |
Liberia | | | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications (Liberia) |
Libya | | | General Posts and Telecommunications Company |
Liechtenstein | | | Liechtensteinische Post |
Lithuania | | | Lietuvos paštas |
Luxembourg | | | Post Luxembourg |
Macedonia | | | Makedonska Pošta |
Madagascar | | | Paositra Malagasy |
Malawi | | | Malawi Posts Corporation |
Malaysia | Ministry of Telecommunications and Multimedia Malaysia | Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission | Pos Malaysia |
Maldives | | | Maldives Post |
Mali | | | Office national des postes du Mali |
Malta | Ministry of Infrastructure, Transport and Communications | Malta Communications Authority | MaltaPost |
Mauritania | | | La Société Mauritanienne des Postes |
Mauritius | | | Mauritius Post |
Mexico | Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes | | Correos de México |
Moldova[2009] | Ministry of Information Development | | Posta Moldovei |
Monaco | | | La Poste Monaco |
Mongolia | | | MongolPost |
Montenegro | | | Pošta Crne Gore |
Morocco | | | Poste Maroc |
Mozambique | | | Correios de Moçambique |
Namibia | | | NamPost |
Nauru | Nauru General Post Office - Departament of Chief Secretary | | |
Nepal | | | Nepal Post |
Netherlands | Ministry of Economic Affairs | OPTA/Authority for Consumers & Markets (ACM) | PostNL |
New Zealand[N 3] | | | New Zealand Post |
Nicaragua | | | Correos de Nicaragua |
Niger | | | Niger Poste |
Nigeria | | | Nigerian Postal Service |
North Korea | Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications[31] | | Korea Post and Telecommunications Corporation (KPTC)[N 2] |
Norway | | | Posten |
Oman | | | Oman Post |
Pakistan | | | Pakistan Post |
Panama | | | Correos de Panamá |
Papua New Guinea | | | Post PNG |
Paraguay | | | Correo Nacional Paraguayo |
Peru | | | Serpost |
Philippines[2009] | | | Philippine Postal Corporation (PHLPost) |
Poland | | | Poczta Polska |
Portugal[2009] | | ANACOM | CTT Correios de Portugal, S.A. |
Qatar | | | Qatar Post |
Romania[2009] | Ministry of Communications and Information Society | National Regulatory Authority for Communications (Authoritatea Nationala de Reglementare în Comunicatii) - ANCOM | Poșta Română |
Russia | | | Russian Post |
Rwanda | | | National Post Office |
Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | | | St. Kitts & Nevis Postal Services |
Saint Lucia | | | Saint Lucia Postal Service |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | | | SVG Postal Corporation |
Samoa | | | Samoa Post |
San Marino | | | Poste sammarinesi |
Sao Tome and Principe | | | Correios de São Tomé e Príncipe |
Saudi Arabia | | | Saudi Post |
Senegal | | | La Poste Senegal |
Serbia | Ministry of Foreign and Internal Trade and Telecommunications | Republic agency for Postal Services (RAPUS) | Pošta Srbije |
Seychelles | | | Seychelles Postal Service |
Sierra Leone | | | SALPOST |
Singapore | | | Singapore Post |
Slovakia | | | Slovenská pošta |
Slovenia | | | Pošta Slovenije |
Solomon Islands | | | Solomon Post |
Somalia[32] | Minister of Information, Posts and Telecommunications | | Somali Postal Service |
South Africa | | | South African Post Office |
South Korea | Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning | | Korea Post | |
South Sudan | Minister of Telecommunication and Postal Services (South Sudan) | | |
Spain | | | Correos |
Sri Lanka | Ministry of Posts & Telecommunication | Department of Post | Sri Lanka Post |
Sudan | | | |
Suriname | | | Surpost |
Swaziland | | | Swaziland Posts and Telecommunications |
Sweden | Ministry of Enterprise | Swedish Post and Telecom Authority | Posten AB Other operators: Over 30 other licensed operators as of 2014[33] |
Switzerland | | | Swiss Post |
Syria | | | Syrian Post |
Tajikistan | | | |
Tanzania | | | Tanzania Posts Corporation |
Thailand | Ministry of Transport | None | Thailand Post |
Togo | | | La Poste du Togo |
Tonga[N 4] | | | Tonga Post |
Trinidad and Tobago | | | TTPost |
Tunisia | | | La Poste Tunisienne |
Turkey | | | PTT (Turkey) |
Turkmenistan | | | Turkmenpochta |
Tuvalu | | | |
Uganda | | | Posta Uganda |
Ukraine | | | Ukrposhta |
United Arab Emirates | | | Empost |
United States | United States Postal Service[N 5] | Postal Regulatory Commission | United States Postal Service |
Uruguay | | | Correo Uruguayo |
Uzbekistan | | | O`zbekiston pochtasi |
Vanuatu | | | Vanuatu Post |
Vatican City | | | Poste Vaticane |
Venezuela | | | IPOSTEL |
Vietnam | | | Vietnam Post Corporation |
Yemen | | | Yemen Post |
Zambia | | | ZamPost |
Zimbabwe | | | ZimPost |