According to the Chinese government, there were 541 Confucius Institutes and 1,170 Confucius Classrooms in 162 countries (regions) by the end of 2019. The numbers of the CIs and CCs have decreased for the fist time in 2019 since its inception in 2004 in Korea.
In February 2013, Canada’s McMaster University was the first university reportedly to close a Confucius Institute. Until Jun. 2023, there will have at least 131 universities, 2 governments and 3 school boards in 11 countries that have cut ties with CIs/CCs (Confucius Classrooms). These actions have resulted in at least 130 closures of the Chinese institutes (some CIs were co-hosted by more than one universities).
To know more details about the closures of CIs in America, please visit the website of National Association of Scholars.
| Country (Qty closed) | Institution | Year of Cutting ties |
| Canada (5) | McMaster University | 2013 |
| Université de Sherbrooke | 2013 | |
| Toronto District School Board | 2014 | |
| New Brunswick provincial government | 2019 | |
| Brock University | 2020 | |
| America (110) | University of Alaska, Anchorage | 2020 |
| Alabama A&M University | 2021 | |
| Auburn University at Montgomery | 2019 | |
| University of Central Arkansas | 2021 | |
| Arizona State University | 2019 | |
| University of Arizona | 2020 | |
| California State University – Long Beach | 2020 | |
| San Diego State University | 2019 | |
| San Francisco State University | 2019 | |
| University of California Santa Barbara | 2021 | |
| University of California, Los Angeles | 2020 | |
| University of California-Davis | 2020 | |
| Colorado State University | 2021 | |
| Community College of Denver | 2020 | |
| Central Connecticut State University | 2021 | |
| George Washington University | 2021 | |
| University of Delaware | 2020 | |
| Broward County Public Schools | 2019 | |
| Miami Dade College | 2019 | |
| University of North Florida | 2018 | |
| University of South Florida | 2018 | |
| University of West Florida | 2017 | |
| Augusta University | 2018 | |
| Emory University | 2021 | |
| Georgia State University | 2020 | |
| Kennesaw State University | 2019 | |
| Savannah State University | 2020 | |
| University of Hawaii Manoa | 2019 | |
| University of Iowa | 2018 | |
| Northwest Nazarene University | 2021 | |
| University of Idaho | 2021 | |
| Chicago Public Schools | 2020 | |
| University of Chicago | 2014 | |
| University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign | 2017 | |
| Indiana University-Purdue University | 2022 | |
| Purdue University | 2018 | |
| Valparaiso University | 2020 | |
| Kansas State University | 2019 | |
| University of Kansas | 2020 | |
| University of Kentucky | 2021 | |
| Western Kentucky University | 2019 | |
| Tulane University | 2017 | |
| Xavier University | 2021 | |
| Tufts University | 2021 | |
| University of Massachusetts Boston | 2019 | |
| University of Maryland | 2020 | |
| University of Southern Maine | 2021 | |
| Michigan State University | 2021 | |
| University of Michigan | 2019 | |
| Wayne State University | 2021 | |
| Western Michigan University | 2020 | |
| University of Minnesota | 2019 | |
| University of Missouri | 2020 | |
| University of Montana | 2019 | |
| North Carolina State University | 2018 | |
| Pfeiffer University | 2016 | |
| University of North Carolina Charlotte | 2020 | |
| Dickinson State University | 2012 | |
| University of Nebraska Lincoln | 2020 | |
| University of New Hampshire | 2021 | |
| New Jersey City University | 2021 | |
| Rutgers University | 2020 | |
| New Mexico State University | 2020 | |
| Clark County School District | 2019 | |
| Baruch College | 2021 | |
| Binghamton University | 2021 | |
| Columbia University | 2021 | |
| Medgar Evers College | 2020 | |
| Pace University | 2019 | |
| State College of Optometry, State University of New York | 2021 | |
| Stony Brook University | 2021 | |
| SUNY Albany | 2021 | |
| SUNY Global Center | 2020 | |
| University at Buffalo | 2021 | |
| Cleveland State University | 2021 | |
| Miami University | 2020 | |
| University of Akron | 2022 | |
| University of Oklahoma | 2020 | |
| Portland State University | 2021 | |
| University of Oregon | 2019 | |
| Pennsylvania State University | 2014 | |
| Temple University | 2021 | |
| University of Pittsburgh | 2020 | |
| Bryant University | 2021 | |
| University of Rhode Island | 2018 | |
| Presbyterian College | 2021 | |
| University of South Carolina | 2021 | |
| Northern State University | 2019 | |
| Middle Tennessee State University | 2020 | |
| University of Memphis | 2020 | |
| University of Tennessee Knoxville | 2019 | |
| Houston Independent School District | 2022 | |
| Prairie View A&M University | 2018 | |
| Texas A&M University | 2018 | |
| Texas Southern University | 2018 | |
| University of Texas – Dallas | 2019 | |
| University of Texas – San Antonio | 2019 | |
| Southern Utah University | 2022 | |
| College of William and Mary | 2021 | |
| George Mason University | 2020 | |
| Old Dominion University | 2020 | |
| University of Washington | 2020 | |
| University of Wisconsin-Platteville | 2021 | |
| West Virginia University | 2021 | |
| Alfred University | 2023 | |
| Australia (2) | NSW government (Confucius Classroom) | 2019 |
| RMIT University | 2021 | |
| France (4) | University of Lumière Lyon 2 | 2013 |
| University of Jean Moulin Lyon 3 | 2013 | |
| Toulouse 1 University Capitole | 2017 | |
| West Paris Nanterre La Defense University | 2018 | |
| Sweden (4) | Stockholm University | 2014 |
| Karlstad University | 2015 | |
| Blekinge Institute of Technology | 2015 | |
| Luleå University of Technology | 2020 | |
| Germany (4) | Stuttgart Media University | 2015 |
| University of Hohenheim | 2015 | |
| University of Dusseldorf | 2020 | |
| University of Hamburg | 2020 | |
| Spain (1) | University of the Basque Country | 2019 |
| Denmark (1) | Copenhagen Business School | 2017 |
| Netherlands (1) | Leiden University | 2019 |
| Belgium (2) | Free University of Brussels-VUB | 2019 |
| University of Liège | 2023 | |
| Switzerland (1) | University of Basel | 2020 |
| Finland (1) | Helsinki University | 2023 |