Important international Years

Year	International Year / Theme
1967	International Year of Tourism
1968	Human Rights Year
1970	International Education Year
1972	International Book Year
1974	World Population Year
1975	International Women’s Year
1979	International Children’s Year
1981	International Year for Disabled
1983	International Year of Communication
1985	International Year of the Youth
1986	International Year for Peace
1987	International Year of the Home for the Homeless
1990	International Year of Literacy
1992	International Space Year
1993	International Year for the World’s Indigenous People
1994	International Year of the Family
1995	International Year of Communal Harmony
1996	International Year of Poverty Eradication
1998	International Year of Oceans
1999	International Year of Elderly
2000	International Year for Culture of Peace
2001	International Year of Volunteers
2002	International Year of Mountains
2003	International Year of Clean Water
2005	International Year of Physics
2007	International Year of Dolphin
2008	International Year of Sanitation
2009	International Year of Astronomy
2010	International Year of Biodiversity
2011	International Year of Forests
2012	International Year of Co-operation
2013	International Year of Water Co-operation
2014	International Year of Crystallography
2015	International Year of Light & Light-based Technologies
2016	International Year of Pulses
2017	International Year of Sustainable Tourism for Development
2019	International Year of Indigenous Languages
2020	International Year of Plant Health
2021	International Year of Fruit and Vegetables
2022	International Year of Glass
2023	International Year of Millets