•
Order of Merit of the Bavarian Crown, established in 1808 by the
Kingdom of Bavaria •
National Order of Merit (Paraguay), established in 1865 •
Order of Agricultural Merit (France), established in 1883 •
Order of Merit, a
Commonwealth order established in 1902 by King
Edward VII •
Order of the Cross of Liberty (Finland), established in 1918 •
Order of the White Rose of Finland, established in 1919 •
Order pro Merito Melitensi, established in 1920 as a
state decoration by the
Sovereign Military Order of Malta •
Order of Merit (Lebanon), established in 1922 as the highest honour of the
Republic of Lebanon •
Order of the Three Stars, established in 1924 as the highest honour of the
Republic of Latvia •
Order of Civil Merit, Spain, established in 1926 •
National Order of Honour and Merit (Haiti), established in 1926 •
Order of Merit (Portugal), established in 1927, known by its current name since 1976 •
Order of Merit (Chile), established in 1929 • , established in 1930 •
Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein, established in 1937 •
Order of the Lion of Finland, established in 1942 •
Order of Civil Merit (Bulgaria), established in 1891, reestablished in 2003 •
Legion of Merit, established by the United States Government in 1942 •
National Order of Merit (Brazil), established in 1946 •
Order of Civic Merit of Laos, established in 1950 •
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, established in 1951 as the highest honour of the
Italian Republic •
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, established in 1951 as the highest honour of the
Federal Republic of Germany •
Order of Merit of the Austrian Republic, established in 1952 as the highest honour of the
Austrian Republic •
Order of Civil Merit of the Syrian Arab Republic, established in 1953 •
Order of Merit (Egypt), established in 1953 • , established in 1955 by the French Republic for excellence in education •
Order of Central African Merit, established in 1959 as the highest civil decoration of the
Central African Republic •
Order of Merit (Sudan), established in 1961 •
Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, established in 1961 •
National Order of Merit (Mauritania), established in 1961 •
Ordre national du Mérite (France), established in 1963 •
Order of Merit (Jamaica), established in 1968 •
Order of Ivory Merit, established in 1970 •
National Order of Merit (Gabon), established in 1971 •
Order of Merit (Cameroon), established in 1972 •
Order of Merit (Malaysia), established in 1975 as the highest honour of
Malaysia •
Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, established in 1974 •
National Order of Merit (Algeria), established in 1984 •
Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, established in 1985 •
National Order of Merit (Malta), established in 1990 as the highest honour of the
Republic of Malta •
Order of Merit and Management, established in 1990 •
Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey, established in 1990 •
Hungarian Order of Merit, established in 1991 •
Order of Work Glory, established in 1992 •
Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", established in 1994 for the
Russian Federation •
Order of Merit (Ukraine), established in 1996 •
Order of Merit of the Bahamas, established in 1996 •
New Zealand Order of Merit, established in 1996 •
Order of Merit (Antigua and Barbuda), established in 1998 •
Order For Merit (Romania), a Romanian order, established in 2000 •
Order of Merit of the Police Forces (Canada), established in 2000 •
Order for Merits to Lithuania, established in 2002 •
National Order of Merit (Bhutan), established in 2008 •
Tuvalu Order of Merit was founded 2016 as the highest honour of
Tuvalu •
Order of Honour (Greece) •
National Order of Merit (Guinea) •
National Order of Merit (Ecuador) •
Order of Civil Merit (France) •
Order of Civil Merit (South Korea) •
Pour le Mérite (1740–1918), the highest
order of merit of the Kingdom of Prussia founded in 1740 by King
Frederick II of Prussia •
Order of Saint Michael (Bavaria) (1693–1918), founded in 1693 by
Archbishop-Elector Joseph Clemens of Bavaria of
Cologne as a
military order, from 1837 an order of merit of the Kingdom of Bavaria •
Indian Order of Merit (1837–1947), a military and civilian decoration of
British India •
Order of Merit of Samoa (established 1992) ==List of dynastic orders of merit==