List of state leaders in 1867 - Events of 1868 - List of state leaders in 1869 - State leaders by year
Africa
- Ashanti Confederacy - Kofi Kakari, Asantehene (1867-1874)
- Buganda - Mutesa I, King of Buganda (1856-1884)
- Bunyoro - Kyebambe IV, Omukama of Bunyoro (1852-1869)
- Burundi - Mwezi IV Gisabo, King of Burundi (1852-1908)
- Dahomey - Glele, King of Dahomey (1856-1889)
- Ethiopia -
- Tewodros II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1855-1868)
- Tekle Giyorgis II, Emperor of Ethiopia (1868-1871)
- Rwanda - Kigeri IV, King of Rwanda (1853-1895)
- Sokoto Caliphate
- Zanzibar - Sayyid Majid bin Said Al-Busaid, Sultan of Zanzibar (1856-1870)
- Zulu - Mpande kaSenzangakhona, King of the Zulu (1840-1872)
Asia
Europe
- Austria-Hungary - Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary (1848-1916)
- Bavaria - Ludwig II, King of Bavaria (1864-1886)
- Belgium - Leopold II, King of the Belgians (1865-1909)
- Denmark
- France - Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1852-1870)
- Holy See - Pope Pius IX (1846-1878)
- Italy -
- Netherlands - William III, King of the Netherlands (1849-1890)
- Norway - Carl IV, King of Norway (1859-1872)
- Ottoman Empire - Abd-ul-Aziz, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1861-1876)
- Portugal - Luis, King of Portugal (1861-1889)
- Prussia -
- Romania - Carol I, Prince of Romania (1866-1881)
- Russia - Alexander II, Tsar of Russia (1855-1881)
- Saxony - Johann, King of Saxony (1854-1873)
- Spain -
- Monarch - Isabella II, Queen of Spain (1833-1868)
- Prime Minister -
- Ramón María Narváez Campos, Prime Minister of Spain (1844-1846, 1846, 1847-1849, 1849-1851, 1856-1857, 1864-1865, 1866-1868)
- Luis González Bravo, Prime Minister of Spain (1868)
- José Gutiérrez De La Concha, Prime Minister of Spain (1868)
- Francisco Serrano Domínguez, Prime Minister of Spain (1868-1869, 1871, 1872, 1874)
- Sweden - Kingdom of Sweden-Norway
- United Kingdom
- Monarch - Victoria, Queen of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901)
- Prime Minister -
- Edward Geoffrey Smith Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1852, 1858, 1866-1868)
- Benjamin Disraeli, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868, 1874-1880)
- William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894)
- Württemberg - Karl, King of Württemberg (1864-1891)
Middle East and North Africa
North America and Caribbean
South America