1. Africa
    Central Africa  Eastern Africa  Northern Africa  Southern Africa  Western Africa 

2. Asia
    Central Asia  East Asia  South Asia  Southeast Asia  Middle East 

3. Europe
     Eastern Europe   Central Europe   Northern Europe    Southern Europe    Western Europe  

4. North America
     Caribbean    Central America    Northern America  

5. Oceania
    Australia and New Zealand   Melanesia    Polynesia  

6. South America

7. Notes

A folk costume (also regional costume, national costume, or traditional garment) expresses an identity through costume, which is usually associated with a geographic area or a period of time in history. It can also indicate social, marital or religious status. If the costume is used to represent the culture or identity of a specific ethnic group, it is usually known as ethnic costume (also ethnic dress, ethnic wear, ethnic clothing, traditional ethnic wear or traditional ethnic garment). Such costumes often come in two forms: one for everyday occasions, the other for traditional festivals and formal wear.

Following the outbreak of romantic nationalism, the peasantry of Europe came to serve as models for all that appeared genuine and desirable. Their dress crystallised into so-called "typical" forms, and enthusiasts adopted that attire as part of their symbolism.

In areas where Western dress codes have become usual, traditional garments are often worn at special events or celebrations; particularly those connected with cultural traditions, heritage or pride. International events may cater for non-Western attendees with a compound dress code such as "business suit or national dress".

In modern times, there are instances where traditional garments are required by sumptuary laws. In Bhutan, the traditional Tibetan-style clothing of gho and kera for men, and kira and toego for women, must be worn by all citizens, including those not of Tibetan heritage. In Saudi Arabia, women are also required to wear the abaya in public.

Africa

Central Africa

• Cameroon – Pagne (female), Toghu (male)
• Democratic Republic of the Congo – Pagne
• Gabon – Pagne
• Republic of the Congo – Pagne
• São Tomé and Príncipe – Pano

Eastern Africa

• Burundi – Imvutano
• Comoros – Lesso (female), Kanzu (male)
• Djibouti – Macawiis (male), Koofiyad (male), Dirac (female), Garbasaar (female)
• Eritrea – Kidan Habesha (male), Zuria or Habesha kemis (female)
• Ethiopia – Ethiopian suit or Kidan Habesha (male), Habesha kemis (female)
• Sudan – Jalabiyyah, Taqiyyah, and Turban (male), Toob, a cotton women's dress (female)
• Kenya – Kenya is unique among African nations in that it is the only country that does not have a national costume. All tribes have their respective traditional garments, for example: Maasai traditional costume: Kitenge, Kikoi, Maasai beadwork
• Rwanda – Mushanana
• Madagascar – Lamba
• Somalia – Macawiis (male), Koofiyad (male), Dirac (female), Guntiino (female), Garbasaar (female)
• Tanzania – Kanzu and Kofia (male), Kanga (female)
• Uganda – Kanzu and Kofia (male), Gomesi (female)

Northern Africa

• Algeria
  • Sétif – Binouar
  • Bikhmar (Ouargla)
  • Blouza (Oran)
  • Burnous, Caftan, Caftan El-Bey, Gandoura, Haïek, Jellaba, Mlaya, Sarouel (Algérie)
  • Chemsa (Jijel)
  • Fergani (Constantine)
  • Gandoura Annabiya (Annaba)
  • Ghlila, {{Interlanguage link multi|Karakou|fr}}, Sarouel Mdawer (Algiers)
  • Qashabiya (Djelfa et Laghouat), Labsa Kbaylia (Kabylie)
  • Labsa M'zabia (M'zab)
  • Labsa Naïlia (Ouled Naïl)
  • Labsa Touratia (Hoggar)
  • Lefa we dlala (Annaba)
  • Melhfa Chaouïa (Aures)
  • Melhfa Sahraouia (Tindouf)
• Egypt – Galabeya
• Libya – Jellabiya, Farmla (an embroidered vest), Fouta
• Morocco – Djellaba, Fez hat and Balgha (male), Takchita (female)
• Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic – Darra'a (male), Melhfa Sahraouia (female)
• Tunisia – Jebba, Chechia, Fouta

Southern Africa

• South Africa – Afrikaners and British diaspora: slouch hat, safari shirt, veldskoen, knee-high socks, khaki Bermuda shorts; Zulus, Xhosa, etc.: Madiba shirt, shweshwe clothing, Zulu crown (isicholo)
• Angola – Pano
• Malawi – Chitenje
• Lesotho – Shweshwe clothing and blankets, Mokorotlo
• Mozambique – Capulana
• Namibia – Herero traditional clothing
• Zambia – Chitenje
• Zimbabwe – Chitenje

Western Africa

• Benin – Dashiki suit and Aso Oke Hat (male), Buba and wrapper set (female)
• Burkina Faso – Batakari (male), Kaftan (female)
• Cape Verde – Pano de terra
• Côte d'Ivoire – Kente cloth (male), Kente kaba and slit set (female)
• Gambia – Boubou (male), Kaftan (female)
• Ghana – Kente cloth or Ghanaian smock and Kufi (male), Kente kaba and slit set (female), Agbada (male)
• Guinea – Boubou (male), Kaftan (female)
• Guinea-Bissau – Boubou (male), Kaftan (female)
• Liberia – Dashiki suit and Kufi (male), Buba and skirt set (female)
• Mali – Grand boubou and Kufi (male), Kaftan (female)
• Mauritania – Darra'a (male), Melhfa Sahraouia (female)
• Niger – Babban riga, Tagelmust, Alasho (male), Kaftan (female)
• Nigeria – Agbada, Dashiki or Isiagu and Aso Oke Hat (male), Buba and wrapper set (female)
• Senegal – Senegalese kaftan and Kufi (male), Kaftan (female)

Asia

Central Asia

• Kazakhstan – Chapan, Kalpak
• Turkmenistan – Chapan
• Tajikistan – Chapan
• Uzbekistan – Khalat, Tubeteika, Chapan
• Kyrgyzstan – Khalat, Chapan, Kalpak
• Tuva – Deel

East Asia

• China – Chinese clothing. Each ethnic groups of China have their own traditional costume.
  • Han Chinese – Hanfu, Cheongsam, Changshan, Tangzhuang, Zhongshan suit
  • Tibetans – Chuba
  • Mongols – Deel
  • Manchus – Magua
  • Uyghurs, Hui and other Chinese Muslims – Tubeteika
• Japan – Kimono, Junihitoe, Sokutai
• Korea – Hanbok (South Korea)/Chosŏn-ot (North Korea)
• Mongolia – Deel
• Taiwan -
  • Han Taiwanese - Hanfu, Cheongsam, Tangzhuang
  • Taiwanese Aborigines - Aboriginal groups in Taiwan conserve traditional indigenous styles; popular styles include Amis, Atayal, Bunun and Paiwan styles.

South Asia

• Afghanistan – Pashtun dress: Afghan cap, turban, Shalwar Kameez (male), Firaq partug, Chador (veil) (female)
• Bangladesh – Sherwani, Kurta and Pyjama (male) and Sari, Lehengha, Shalwar Kameez and Dupatta (female)
• Bhutan – Gho (male) and Kira (female)
• India – Achkan, Shalwar Kameez, Sherwani, Dhoti, Churidar, Kurta, Turban,(male) and Sari, Patiala salwar, Lehenga, Choli, Pathin (female)
• Maldives – Dhivehi libaas (women) Dhivehi mundu (men)
• Nepal – Daura-Suruwal and Dhaka topi, (male) and Gunyou Cholo (female); Traditional Newar, Sunuwar, Rai, Limbu clothing
• Pakistan – Peshawari pagri, Shalwar Kameez, Churidar (male), Shalwar Kameez and Dupatta (female)
• Sri Lanka – Kandyan sari(female)

Southeast Asia

• Brunei – Baju Melayu, Songkok (male), Baju Kurung, Tudung (female)
• Cambodia – Sampot, Apsara, Sabai, Krama, Chong kraben
• East Timor – Tais cloth clothing
• Indonesia – (See: National costume of Indonesia). There are hundreds of types of folk costumes in Indonesia because of the diversity in the island nation. Each ethnic group of Indonesia have their own traditional costume;
  • Javanese people: Beskap, Batik shirt, Blangkon, Songkok, Sarong (male), Kebaya, Tudung, Sarong (female).
  • Malay people: Baju Melayu, Baju Kurung, Songket
  • Batak tribe: Ulos
  • Papua: Koteka
  • etc.
• Laos – xout lao, suea pat, pha hang, pha biang, sinh
• Malaysia – Baju Melayu and Songkok (male), Baju Kurung, Baju Kebarung (Kebaya/Kurung hybrid), Tudung (female)
• Myanmar – Longyi, Gaung baung
• Philippines – Barong (male) and Baro't Saya; Maria Clara gown, Terno (female)
• Singapore:
  • Chinese Singaporeans - Hanfu, Cheongsam (female), Tangzhuang (male)，Changpao (male),
  • Malay Singaporeans - Baju Melayu (Male), Baju Kurung (female), Sarong
  • Indian Singaporeans - Sari (Female), Dhoti (Male), Kurta
  • Peranakans - Kebaya (female), Baju Lokchuan (male)
• Thailand – Chut thai: Thai female: Thai Chakkri, Thai male: Suea Phraratchathan, Both genders: Chong kraben and Sabai.
• Vietnam – Áo giao lĩnh, Áo dài, Áo tứ thân, Áo bà ba.

Middle East

• Armenia – Armenian dress, Arkhalig, Chokha
• Azerbaijan – Azerbaijani traditional clothing: Arkhalig, Chokha, Kelaghayi
• Bahrain – Thawb
• Israel – Tembel hat, Biblical sandals, Yemenite Jewish clothes; Jewish religious clothing: Rekel, Bekishe, Tzitzit, Kippah, Tichel.
• Iran – Chador, Turban, Kurdish clothing, minority traditional clothes: Qashqai, Azerbaijani, Gilaki and Turkmen clothing.
• Iraq – Assyrian clothing, Keffiyeh, Hashimi Dress, Bisht, Dishdasha; Kurdish clothing in Iraqi Kurdistan.
• Jordan – Keffiyeh, Bisht, Bedouin clothing
• Lebanon – Tantour, Keffiyeh, Labbade, Taqiyah
• Kurdistan – Sirwal (pants), Kurdish clothing, gold coin belt and necklace for women.
• Kuwait – Thawb
• Oman – Dishdasha
• Qatar – Kandura
• Palestine – Keffiyeh, Palestinian costumes.
• Saudi Arabia – Thawb, Ghutrah, Agal, Bisht, Abaya, Jilbab, Niqab
• Syria – Dishdasha
• Turkey – Fez, Kaftan, Shalvar.
• United Arab Emirates – Kandura, Abaya
• Yemen – Similar to Saudi Arabia, but with the addition of an ornate jambiya and leather bandoliers for the men's costume.

Europe

Eastern Europe

• Belarus – Slutsk stash, the national type of wimple (namitka)
• Russia – Sarafan, Kokoshnik, Kosovorotka, Ushanka, Valenki; (Sami) Gákti, Luhkka for colder weather
  • Chechnya – Chokha, Taqiyah (cap), Ushanka in cold weather
• Ukraine – National costumes of Ukraine: Vyshyvanka, Sharovary, Żupan, Ukrainian wreath
• Georgia – Chokha (Every region has its own specific design of Chokha)
• Ossetia – Chokha

Central Europe

• Poland – Żupan, Kontusz, Rogatywka (National costumes of Poland)
• Czech Republic – Kroje
• Hungary – National costumes of Hungary
• Slovakia – Kroj (embroidered traditional dress)

Northern Europe

• Denmark – Folkedragt
  • Faroe Islands – Føroysk klæði
  • Greenland – Parka
• Estonia – {{ill|Rahvariided|et}}^[1]
• Finland – Every region has its own specific design of national costume (kansallispuku, nationaldräkt). These vary widely. Many of them resemble Swedish costumes, but some take influences from Russian costumes as well. For the Sami in Finland, each place has its own Gákti or Luhkka for colder weather
• Iceland – Þjóðbúningurinn
• Ireland – Aran sweater, Irish walking hat, Grandfather shirt, Leine
• Latvia - Tautastērps
• Lithuania - Tautinis kostiumas
• Norway – Bunad, Sami: Gákti, and for colder weather, Luhkka
• Sweden – Sverigedräkten has varied from region to region but since 1983 has an official National Costume in one common version; 18th century: Nationella dräkten; Sami: Gákti, Luhkka for colder weather
• United Kingdom:
  • England – English country clothing, Morris dance costumes, Pearly kings and queens, Flat cap, English clogs
  • Cornwall – Sou'wester hat, fisherman's smock, gansey, bal-maiden clothing; see also Culture of Cornwall and Cornish kilts and tartans.
  • Northumbria - Maud, Border tartan
  • Northern Ireland: Similar to Ireland.
  • Scotland – Highland dress: Kilt or trews, tam o'shanter or Balmoral bonnet, doublet, Aboyne dress, and brogues or ghillies.
  • Wales – Traditional Welsh costume

Southern Europe

• Albania – Albanian Traditional Clothing
• Andorra – Barretina, espadrilles
• Croatia – Croatian national costume, Lika cap, Sibenik cap
• Greece – Fustanella, Amalia costume; Ancient Greek clothing: Peplos, Chiton.
  • Greek fisherman's caps in many coastal villages by the Aegean sea.
• Italy – Italian folk dance costumes; Roman clothing: Toga, Stola
  • South Tyrol – Tracht and Dirndl
  • Sardinia – Every town has its design of a regional costume.
  • Sicily – Coppola, Arbereshe costumes
• Kosovo – Traditional clothing of Kosovo
• Macedonia – Macedonian national costume
• Malta – Għonnella
• Montenegro – Montenegrin cap
• Serbia – Serbian dress, Šajkača, Opanci
• Bulgaria – Every town has its own design of a national costume (nosia), with different types of clothing items traditional for each of the ethnographic regions of the country.^[2][3]
• Romania – Romanian dress
• Portugal – Every region has its own specific design of a national costume.
• Slovenia – Gorenjska noša (Upper Carniola)
• Spain – Every autonomous region has its own national costume.
  • Basque Country – Beret, espadrilles
  • Catalonia - Barretina, Faixa
  • Galicia - Each province has its regional costume. A hat akin to a witch hat is worn in rural areas.
  • Andalusia - Sombrero cordobes, traje de flamenca; (bullfighting) traje de luces, montera

Western Europe

• Austria – Tracht and Dirndl
• Belgium – Bleu sårot
• France – Every region has its own specific design of national costume. The most famous French traditional clothing could be the Breton costume or the Alsatian costume; commonly associated French items of clothing are the beret and the Breton shirt.
• Germany – Every region has its own specific design of a national costume. For example, Bavaria's well-known Tracht: Lederhosen and Dirndl.