OFAC designations by year
Every entry on the SDN list carries the date OFAC published it. Grouped by year, that shows how much the list has grown and which programs drove it. Counted from Treasury's export of 2026-07-24.
SDN entries published per year
| Year | Entries published | Most-used program |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 949 | IRAN-EO13902 |
| 2025 | 2,170 | RUSSIA-EO14024 |
| 2024 | 3,275 | RUSSIA-EO14024 |
| 2023 | 2,606 | RUSSIA-EO14024 |
| 2022 | 2,396 | RUSSIA-EO14024 |
| 2021 | 722 | GLOMAG |
| 2020 | 662 | SDGT |
| 2019 | 725 | SDGT |
| 2018 | 1,168 | IRAN |
| 2017 | 545 | SDNTK |
| 2016 | 422 | SDNTK |
| 2015 | 375 | SDGT |
Entries published before 2015 are still on the list and still blocked — 3,239 of them. A designation does not expire; it stays until OFAC removes it.
Screen this programmatically
The same data behind this page is available as a single unauthenticated GET. It checks a counterparty name against all SDN primary names and alternate identities, and returns a match list rather than a yes/no so you can log what matched and why:
curl "https://sanctionsai.dev/sanctions?name=Bank%20Markazi"The free tier allows 5 checks per day with no signup, which is enough to wire
the call up and see the response shape. Production limits and the audit log are
on the paid tiers; the
API reference covers batch screening and the
degraded flag you should alert on.
Source. Every figure on this page is counted from the U.S. Treasury OFAC SDN enhanced XML export, published 2026-07-24. No figure is estimated. The authoritative list is OFAC's own Sanctions List Search.
Scope. SDN list only. This page does not cover the OFAC Consolidated (non-SDN) lists, the Sectoral Sanctions Identifications list, or the EU, UK or UN lists, and it does not apply the 50 Percent Rule, under which entities owned 50% or more by blocked persons are themselves blocked without being listed by name.
Not legal or compliance advice. A screening decision requires the official list and, where the stakes warrant it, counsel.