Order of Merit (disambiguation)

Order of Merit is a dynastic order recognising distinguished service in the armed forces, science, art, literature, or for the promotion of culture in the Commonwealth realms.

Order of Merit may also refer to:

• Order of merit, a visible honour awarded by a government, dynastic house, sovereign or organization to an individual

National orders

Europe

• Order of Merit (Austria), a state decoration of the Republic of Austria
• Order of Merit (Greece), an order of Greece
• Order of Merit (Lithuania), an award presented by the President of Lithuania
• Order of Merit (Ukraine), award given to individuals for outstanding achievements in economics, science, culture, military or political activity
• Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the only federal decoration of Germany
• Order of Merit of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, a distinguished honorary order of Luxembourg
• Order of Merit of the Italian Republic, senior order of knighthood of the Italian Republic
• Order of Merit of Portugal, an Order for distinguished acts or services in the public or private sphere
• Order of Merit of the Principality of Liechtenstein, order of chivalry of the Principality of Liechtenstein
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Cyprus, 2nd highest state order of Cyprus
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary, 2nd highest state order of Hungary
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland, a Polish order awarded to those who have rendered great service to the Polish nation
• Order of Merit of the Republic of Turkey, third highest state order of Turkey
• Order For Merit to the Fatherland, a state decoration of the Russian Federation
• Order pro merito Melitensi, Sovereign Military Order of Malta
• Order of Work Merit (Moldova), a Moldovan official order for outstanding achievements in an individual's field of work
• National Order of Merit (France), an Order of State awarded by the President of the French Republic
• National Order of Merit (Malta), the highest decoration of the Republic of Malta
• Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Nordic order awarded to foreigners and Norwegian citizens living abroad

Africa

• Order of Merit (Cameroon), an order of knighthood of the Cameroon
• Order of Merit (Egypt), an Egyptian order of knighthood
• Order of Merit (Senegal), an order in Senegal; see Count Charles of Limburg Stirum
• National Order of Merit (Algeria), order awarded for all manner of services to the country
• National Order of Merit (Mauritania), an order of merit of Mauritania

Americas

• Order of Merit (Chile), a Chilean military order
• Order of Merit of Antigua and Barbuda, an Order in the Antiguan honours system
• Order of Merit of the Bahamas, an order in the Bahamas; see Lynden Pindling
• Order of Merit of Peru, an order in Peru; see Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld
• Order of Merit of the Police Forces, an honour for merit within the Canadian system of honours, for members of police forces
• Jamaican Order of Merit, part of the Jamaican honours system
• National Order of Merit (Ecuador), an order in Ecuador; see José Serrano (Ecuadorian politician)
• National Order of Merit (Paraguay), an order in Paraguay; see José Mujica
• Legion of Merit, a military award of the United States Armed Forces

Asia and Pacific

• Order of Merit (Lebanon), order for heads of state and other dignitaries
• Order of Merit of Malaysia, a royal award of Malaysia
• Order of Merit of Qatar, an order in Qatar; see List of titles and honours of Charles, Prince of Wales
• National Order of Merit (Bhutan), founded by King Jigme Khesar Namgyal Wangchuck in 2008
• New Zealand Order of Merit, an order of chivalry for "meritorious service to the Crown and nation"

Defunct national orders

• Indian Order of Merit (1837–1947), a military and civilian decoration of British India
• Order of St. Michael (Bavaria) (1693–1918), order open to the Catholic nobility
• Pour le Mérite (1740–1918), Prussia's highest order of merit

Others

• FIFA Order of Merit, the highest honour awarded by FIFA to people who have made a significant contribution to association football
• PDC Order of Merit, a world ranking system used by the Professional Darts Corporation
• Saskatchewan Order of Merit, a civilian honour for merit in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan
• Socialist Orders of Merit, civil awards in several communist states
• Order of Agricultural Merit, order bestowed by the French Republic for outstanding contribution to agriculture

See also

• Order of Military Merit (disambiguation), a number of separate orders
• Order of Naval Merit (disambiguation), a number of separate orders
• Order of Civil Merit (Spain)
• Order of Civil Merit (Syria)
• Order of Civil Merit (Kingdom of Laos)
• Cross of Merit (disambiguation), a number of separate decorations
• Medal of Merit (disambiguation), a number of separate decorations