Until 2009 Iceland had three McDonald’s branches. Then the financial crisis and collapse of the currency that year caused the company to pull out of the land of fire and ice.
This North Atlantic paradise has a ban on fast food joints, but that hasn’t stopped McDonald’s trying to open over here a few times.
There are only four African countries that have a McDonald's in Africa (Morocco, Egypt, South Africa and Mauritius), which leaves the majority of them without, including Kenya.
Southeast Asia’s Cambodia is another country McDonald's hasn’t moved into yet. However the popularity of other global chains including KFC, Burger King, Dairy Queen and Carl’s Jr. suggests it could do well here.
In landlocked Mongolia, nearly half the population is nomadic, and local delicacies include mutton dumplings and boiled sheep with potatoes.
Despite being home to Africa's biggest city, Lagos, home to 15 million people, you won't find a McDonald's anywhere in Nigeria. One suggested reason is a lack of adequate suppy chains.
When the fast food chain first opened in Moscow's Pushkin Square in 1990, around 30,000 people queued up to get a taste, but in 2022 McDonald's sold 850 restaurants.
Located in The Balkans in southeastern Europe, Macedonia has a lot to to offer in terms of food. Locals love kebabs, cabbage rolls and moussaka, and the capital Skopje did have McDonald’s franchises until 2013.
While Laos' economy is developing, poverty and malnutrition have been challenges, which has meant McDonald's hasn't expanded into the country just yet.
With relations rocky between Iran and the West, no McDonald’s has opened in the Middle Eastern country’s capital Tehran as of yet.