World Paragliding Championships is the main competitive paragliding championships in the World, organized by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes | No. of Nations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 1989 | Kössen |  Austria | |||||
| 2nd | 1991 | Digne-les-Bains |  France | |||||
| 3rd | 1993 | Verbier |  Switzerland | |||||
| 4th | 1995 | Kitakyushu |  Japan | |||||
| 5th | 1997 | Castejón de Sos |  Spain | |||||
| 6th | 1999 | Bramberg–Neukirchen | Austria | |||||
| 7th | 2001 | Granada | Spain | |||||
| 8th | 2003 | Larouco |  Portugal | |||||
| 9th | 2005 | Governador Valadares |  Brazil | March 11–27 | ||||
| 10th | 2007 | Manilla |  Australia | February 24–March 9 | ||||
| 11th | 2009 | El Peñón |  Mexico | January 23–February 6 | ||||
| 12th | 2011 | Piedrahíta | Spain | July 3–16 | ||||
| 13th | 2013 | Sopot |  Bulgaria | July 13–26 | ||||
| 14th | 2015 | Roldanillo |  Colombia | January 10–25 | 148 | 38 | ||
| 15th | 2017 | Feltre |  Italy | July 1–15 | 150 | 40 | ||
| 16th | 2019 | Kruševo | August 5–18 | 150 | 48 | |||
| 17th | 2021 | San Miguel de Tucumán |  Argentina | November 2–12 | Loma Bola | 150 | 38 | |
| 18th | 2023 | Chamoux-sur-Gelon | France | May 22–June 2 | 149 | 48 | ||
| Year | City | Country | Date | Venue | No. of Athletes | No. of Nations | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 2000 | Middle Wallop |  United Kingdom | August 12–19 | ||||
| 2nd | 2003 | Lijak |  Slovenia | August 4–10 | ||||
| 3rd | 2005 | Niš | August 8–14 | |||||
| 4th | 2007 | Trakai |  Lithuania | February 9–18 | ||||
| 5th | 2009 | Ivanec |  Croatia | June 20–27 | ||||
| 6th | 2011 | Kunčice pod Ondřejníkem |  Czech Republic | July 22–30 | ||||
| 7th | 2013 | Bjelasnica |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | August 17–25 | ||||
| 8th | 2015 | Puncak |  Indonesia | August 11–16 | ||||
| 9th | 2017 | Vlorë |  Albania | May 6–13 | ||||
| 10th | 2019 | Vršac |  Serbia | September 10–18 | ||||
| 11th | 2021 | Prilep | October 8–16 | 129 | 32 | |||
See main article: world championships.