This article brings together what Diplo's country guides record about yoga and Ayurveda in India's relations with other countries: International Day of Yoga (IDY) celebrations, Ayurveda academic chairs, government agreements on traditional medicine, and the legal recognition of Ayurveda in some countries. It is compiled from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) bilateral briefs summarised in Diplo's country guides, and each entry is dated to its brief. Almost every brief mentions yoga in some form, so the entries below are those that give a specific fact, such as a date, a number, a law or an agreement.

  • Australia: according to the MEA brief of June 2026, India's Ministry of Ayush has established an Ayurveda Academic Chair, with a 3-year tenure, at Western Sydney University's NICM.
  • Malaysia: the MEA brief of June 2026 records that University Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR) has an Academic Chair on Ayurveda, operationalised in September 2024 in collaboration with the Institute for Technical Research in Ayurveda (ITRA), Ministry of AYUSH.
  • Latvia: according to the MEA brief of June 2026, the Ministry of AYUSH sponsored an Ayurveda Chair at the University of Latvia in Riga from 2018 to 2024. The University of Latvia has also conducted a 3-month Diploma course in Introduction to Ayurveda since 2015, and a research MoU on Ayurvedic management of Type-2 diabetes was signed in December 2020.
  • Cuba: the MEA brief of July 2026 states that efforts are ongoing to establish an Ayurveda Chair at the University of Medical Sciences, Havana, and that a Panchakarma Centre was established at the International Health Centre "La Pradera" in 2019 with support from the Ministry of AYUSH.
  • Austria: according to the MEA brief of April 2026, an MoU between the All India Institute of Ayurveda, New Delhi, and the Medical University of Graz was signed in September 2018.
  • Croatia: the MEA brief of March 2026 records an MoU signed on 6 October 2021 between the Kvarner Health & Tourism Cluster in Rijeka and the All India Institute of Ayurveda.

Government agreements on traditional medicine

  • Tanzania: according to the MEA brief of April 2026, the Ministry of Ayush of India and the Ministry of Health of Tanzania signed an MOU on cooperation in the field of traditional system of medicine and Indian Ayurveda on 19 December 2025.
  • Ghana: the MEA brief of April 2026 records an MoU between Ghana's Institute of Traditional and Alternative Medicine and India's Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda, signed during Prime Minister Modi's visit in July 2025.
  • Malaysia: according to the MEA brief of June 2026, cooperation in Traditional Systems of Medicine was formalised in October 2010, and a G2G MoU on Ayurveda and other traditional systems of medicine was signed in August 2024.
  • Philippines: the MEA brief of April 2026 records an MOU on Cooperation in Traditional Medicine between the Philippines Institute of Traditional Medicine and Alternative Health Care and the National Institute of Ayurveda, Jaipur, signed on 19 April 2022.
  • The Gambia: according to the MEA brief of April 2026, an MoU for cooperation in the field of Ayurveda and traditional system of medicine and homeopathy was signed during President Ram Nath Kovind's State Visit in 2019.
  • Bolivia: the MEA brief of June 2026 records that, under the MoU on Cooperation in the field of Traditional Systems of Medicine and Homeopathy, the Ministry of AYUSH held the first virtual meeting of the Joint Working Group with Bolivia's Health and Sports Ministry on 12 October 2021.
  • Saudi Arabia: according to the MEA brief of May 2026, an MoU on Yoga Cooperation was signed in 2021 between the Saudi Ministry of Sports and India's Ministry of AYUSH. The brief states that yoga is recognised as a Sport activity in the Kingdom.
  • Mauritius: the MEA brief of April 2026 lists an AYUSH Centre of Excellence among the projects under the Special Economic Package announced in September 2025.
  • Switzerland: according to the MEA brief of June 2026, Ayurveda, along with Chinese medicine, European medicine and homeopathy, has been approved for a federally recognised national diploma examination in Switzerland.
  • Serbia: the MEA brief of June 2026 states that Yoga, Ayurveda and Homeopathy are recognised in Serbian law.
  • Venezuela: according to the MEA brief of May 2026, Ayurveda was acknowledged as an alternative system of medical treatment in a health regulation issued by the Government of Venezuela in February 2001.
  • Brazil: the MEA brief of July 2026 records that in July 2024 Yoga was incorporated into the public schools' curriculum in the state of Mato Grosso do Sul.

International Day of Yoga

The briefs record IDY celebrations in many countries. Those that give numbers or other specific details include:

  • Spain: according to the MEA brief of July 2026, 33 events were organised across Spain and Andorra for the 12th IDY in 2026, the first time IDY celebrations reached every Autonomous Community and Autonomous City of Spain.
  • Croatia: the MEA brief of March 2026 records 52 yoga events across Croatia between 1 and 21 June 2025 for IDY-2025.
  • Argentina: according to the MEA brief of June 2026, the 12th IDY celebrations on 20 June 2026 had more than three thousand participants.
  • Costa Rica: the MEA brief of June 2026 states that IDY has drawn around 300 participants annually since 2015.
  • Germany: according to the MEA brief of June 2026, the Mission and the Tagore Centre conducted a series of 11 events to mark the 11th IDY.
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina: the MEA brief of July 2026 records that the first IDY in the country was celebrated in Sarajevo on 21 June 2015, and that the 10th and 11th were held in Sarajevo, Banja Luka and Mostar.
  • Kyrgyzstan: according to the MEA brief of June 2026, the 11th IDY was organised in Bishkek, Issyk-Kul, Jalalabad, Kant and Osh, and many yoga enthusiasts learn yoga at the Ayush Centre in the Embassy of India, Bishkek.
  • Fiji: the MEA brief of June 2026 states that IDY has been celebrated annually in Fiji since 2015, including with participation by the Fijian PM and Deputy PM, and that Yoga Centres were set up in Labasa (2024) and Seaqaqa (2025).

Two briefs also record support for yoga at the international level. According to the MEA brief on Serbia of June 2026, Serbia co-sponsored India's resolution at the UN declaring June 21 as the International Day of Yoga. The MEA brief on Mongolia of April 2026 records that Mongolia voted in favour of India's proposal to inscribe Yoga on UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Ayurveda Day

Several missions mark Ayurveda Day. According to the MEA brief on Armenia of June 2026, the Mission marked the 8th Ayurveda Day on 10 November 2023, the 9th on 29 October 2024 and the 10th on 23 September 2025. The MEA brief on Argentina of June 2026 records more than 300 participants at the 10th Ayurveda Day celebrations on 29 November 2025. The MEA brief on Mongolia of April 2026 records that the first Ayurveda Day in Ulaanbaatar was marked on 15 December 2017.

Reading these entries

The entries show the different forms that cooperation takes, from a single event to a law or an academic chair. They are not a ranking. Each country guide gives the full account of yoga and Ayurveda in its brief, including events and organisations not listed here.