Template:List of SEA Games host nations and cities

Games	Year	Host country	Host city	Opened by	Office of opener	Date	Sports	Events	Nations	Competitors	Top-ranked team	Ref
Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
1	1959	Thailand	Bangkok	Bhumibol Adulyadej	King	12–17 December	12	N/A	6	518	Thailand (THA)	[1]
2	1961	Burma	Yangon	Win Maung	President	11–16 December	13	N/A	7	623	Burma (BIR)	[2]
1963		Awarded to Cambodia, cancelled due to domestic political situation
3	1965	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Ismail Nasiruddin	Yang di-Pertuan Agong	14–21 December	14	N/A	6	963	Thailand (THA)	[3]
4	1967	Thailand	Bangkok	Bhumibol Adulyadej	King	9–16 December	16	N/A	6	984	Thailand (THA)	[4]
5	1969	Burma	Yangon	Ne Win	President	6–13 December	15	N/A	6	920	Burma (BIR)	[5]
6	1971	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Abdul Halim	Yang di-Pertuan Agong	6–13 December	15	N/A	7	957	Thailand (THA)	[6]
7	1973	Singapore	Singapore	Benjamin Sheares	President	1–8 September	16	N/A	7	1632	Thailand (THA)	[7]
8	1975	Thailand	Bangkok	Bhumibol Adulyadej	King	9–16 December	18	N/A	4	1142	Thailand (THA)	[8]
Southeast Asian Games
9	1977	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Yahya Petra	Yang di-Pertuan Agong	19–26 November	18	N/A	7	N/A	Indonesia (INA)	[9]
10	1979	Indonesia	Jakarta	Suharto	President	21–30 September	18	N/A	7	N/A	Indonesia (INA)	[10]
11	1981	Philippines	Manila	Ferdinand Marcos	President	6–15 December	18	N/A	7	≈1800	Indonesia (INA)	[11]
12	1983	Singapore	Singapore	Devan Nair	President	28 May – 6 June	18	N/A	8	N/A	Indonesia (INA)	[12]
13	1985	Thailand	Bangkok	Bhumibol Adulyadej	King	8–17 December	18	N/A	8	N/A	Thailand (THA)	[13]
14	1987	Indonesia	Jakarta	Suharto	President	9–20 September	26	N/A	8	N/A	Indonesia (INA)	[14]
15	1989	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Azlan Shah	Yang di-Pertuan Agong	20–31 August	24	N/A	9	≈2800	Indonesia (INA)	[15]
16	1991	Philippines	Manila	Corazon Aquino	President	24 November – 3 December	28	N/A	9	N/A	Indonesia (INA)	[16]
17	1993	Singapore	Singapore	Wee Kim Wee	President	12–20 June	29	N/A	9	≈3000	Indonesia (INA)	[17]
18	1995	Thailand	Chiang Mai	Vajiralongkorn	Crown Prince	9–17 December	28	N/A	10	3262	Thailand (THA)	[18]
19	1997	Indonesia	Jakarta	Suharto	President	11–19 October	36	490	10	5179	Indonesia (INA)	[19]
20	1999	Brunei	Bandar Seri Begawan	Hassanal Bolkiah	Sultan	7–15 August	21	233	10	2365	Thailand (THA)	[20]
21	2001	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Salahuddin	Yang di-Pertuan Agong	8–17 September	32	391	10	4165	Malaysia (MAS)	[21]
22	2003	Vietnam	Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City	Phan Văn Khải	Prime Minister	5–13 December	32	442	11	≈5000	Vietnam (VIE)	[22]
23	2005	Philippines	Manila	Gloria Macapagal Arroyo	President	27 November – 5 December	40	443	11	5336	Philippines (PHI)	[23]
24	2007	Thailand	Nakhon Ratchasima	Vajiralongkorn	Crown Prince	6–15 December	43	475	11	5282	Thailand (THA)	[24]
25	2009	Laos	Vientiane	Choummaly Sayasone	President	9–18 December	29	372	11	3100	Thailand (THA)	[25]
26	2011	Indonesia	Jakarta and Palembang	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	President	11–22 November	44	545	11	5965	Indonesia (INA)	[26]
27	2013	Myanmar	Naypyidaw	Nyan Tun	Vice President	11–22 December	37	460	11	4730	Thailand (THA)	[27]
28	2015	Singapore	Singapore	Tony Tan	President	5–16 June	36	402	11	4370	Thailand (THA)	[28]
29	2017	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Muhammad V	Yang di-Pertuan Agong	19–30 August	38	404	11	4709	Malaysia (MAS)	[29]
30	2019	Philippines	VariousA	Rodrigo Duterte	President	30 November–11 December	56	530	11	5630	Philippines (PHI)	[30]
31	2022	Vietnam	Hanoi	Nguyễn Xuân Phúc	President	12—23 May	40	526	11	5467	Vietnam (VIE)	[31]
32	2023	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Future event		5—17 May	Future event
33	2025	Thailand	Future event

Note: ^A The 2019 Southeast Asian Games is the first officially decentralized games. While games were held in various cities, mostly in the Clark, Metro Manila and the Subic Bay areas, there is no designated host city for this edition alternately known as "Philippines 2019".