The History of the World Scout Jamboree
This is a catch-all page for now, but it will soon be updated to include information from all WSJ history. Until then, it will hold information while we work to update and complete the page.
1st World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Olympia, London
- Date: 30 July – 8 August 1920
- Attendance: 8,000 Scouts
- Country Contingents: 36
- Theme: None
2nd World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Ermelunden, Denmark
- Date: 9 – 17 August 1924
- Attendance: 4,549 Scouts
- Country Contingents: 35
- Theme: None
3rd World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Upton, Birkenhead, UK
- Date: 29 July – 12 August 1929
- Attendance: 30,000 Scouts
- Country Contingents: 40
- Theme: Coming of Age Jamboree
4th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Gödöllő, Hungary
- Date: 2 – 13 August 1933
- Attendance: 25,792 Scouts
- Country Contingents: 46
- Theme: Face New Adventure
5th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Vogelenzang, Bloemendaal, Netherlands
- Date: 31 July – 9 August 1937
- Scouts Attended: 28,750
- Country Contingents: 51
- Theme: Lead Happy Lives | BP’s Farewell
6th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Moisson, France
- Date: 9 – 30 August 1947
- Scouts Attended: 24,000
- Country Contingents: 38
- Theme: Jamboree of Peace
7th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Bad Ischl, Austria
- Date: 3 – 12 August 1951
- Scouts Attended: 12,884
- Country Contingents: 41
- Theme: Jamboree of Simplicity
8th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
- Date: 18 – 28 August 1955
- Scouts Attended: 11,000
- Country Contingents: 71
- Theme: New Horizons
9th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Sutton Park, Warwickshire, England
- Date: 1 – 12 August 1957
- Scouts Attended: 30,000
- Country Contingents: 82
- Theme: 50th Anniversary of Scouting
10th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Mount Makiling, Los Baños, Laguna, Philippines
- Date: 17 – 26 July 1959
- Scouts Attended: 12,203
- Country Contingents: 44
- Theme: Building Tomorrow Today
11th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Marathon, Greece
- Date: 1 – 11 August 1963
- Scouts Attended: 13,700
- County Contingents: 84
- Theme: Higher and Wider
12th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Farragut State Park, Idaho, USA
- Date: 1 – 9 August 1967
- Scouts Attended: 12,011
- Country Contingents: 105
- Theme: For Friendship
13th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Asagiri Heights, Mount Fuji, Fujinomiya, Japan
- Date: 2 – 10 August 1971
- Scouts Attended: 23,758
- Country Contingents: 87
- Theme: For Understanding
14th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Lillehammer, Norway
- Date: 29 July – 7 August 1975
- Scouts Attended: 17,259
- Country Contingents: 94
- Theme: Five Fingers, One Hand
15th World Scout Jamboree – Cancelled – 1979 Iran
- Location: Nishapur, Iran
- Date: 15 – 23 July 1979
- Scouts Attended: 0 – CANCELLED
- Country Contingents: 0
- Theme: None – CANCELLED
Dalajamb 1979 – 1979 World Scout Jamboree Replacement
- Location: Kopparbo, Sweden
- Date: July 1979
- Scouts Attended: Unknown
- Country Contingents: Unknown
- Theme: None | World Jamboree Year 1979
15th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada
- Date: 5 – 15 July 1983
- Scouts Attended: 14,752
- Country Contingents: 102
- Theme: The Spirit Lives On
16th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Cataract Scout Park, New South Wales, Australia
- Date: 31 Dec. 1987 – 7 January 1988
- Scouts Attended: 14,434
- Country Contingents: 98
- Theme: Bringing the World Together
17th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Seoraksan National Park, South Korea
- Date: 8 – 16 August 1991
- Scouts Attended: 20,000
- Country Contingents: 135
- Theme: Many Lands, One World
18th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Dronten, Netherlands
- Date: 1 – 11 August 1995
- Scouts Attended: 28,960
- Country Contingents: 166
- Theme: Future is Now
19th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Picarquin, Chile
- Date: 27 Dec. 1998 – 6 January 1999
- Scouts Attended: 30,519
- Country Contingents: 157
- Theme: Building Peace Together
20th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Sattahip, Thailand
- Date: 28 Dec. 2002 – 8 January 2003
- Scouts Attended: 30,000
- Country Contingents: 143
- Theme: Share Our World, Share Our Cultures
21st World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Hylands Park, Chelmsford, Essex, England, United Kingdom
- Date: 28 July – 8 August 2007
- Scouts Attended: 38,074
- Country Contingents: 156
- Theme: One World, One Promise Scouting Centenary
22nd World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Rinkaby, Sweden
- Date: 27 July – 7 August 2011
- Scouts Attended: 40,061
- Country Contingents: 169
- Theme: Simply Scouting
23rd World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Kirarahama, Japan
- Date: 28 July – 8 August 2015
- Scouts Attended: 33,838
- Country Contingents: 152
- Theme: A Spirit of Unity
24th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Summit Bechtel Reserve,
- Glen Jean, West Virginia, USA
- Date: 22 July – 2 August 2019
- Scouts Attended: 40,000
- Country Contingents: 152
- Theme: Unlock a New World
25th World Scout Jamboree
- Location: Saemangeum, North Jeolla, South Korea
- Date: 1 – 12 August 2023
- Scouts Attended: 43,000
- Country Contingents: 158
- Theme: Draw Your Dream
26th World Scout Jamboree
Coming Soon to Gdansk, Poland, July 30, 2027- August 8, 2027
27th World Scout Jamboree
Coming Soon to Silkeborg, Denmark, July 28, 2031- August 8, 2031.
