2021

This article is about the year 2021.

Millennium:	3rd millennium
Centuries:	20th century – 21st century – 22nd century
Decades:	1990s  2000s  2010s  – 2020s –  2030s  2040s  2050s
Years:	2018 2019 2020 – 2021 – 2022 2023 2024

2021 by topic:

Arts

Architecture – Comics – Film – Home video – Literature (Poetry) – Music (Country, Metal, UK) – Radio – Television – Video gaming

Politics

Elections – Int'l leaders – State leaders – Sovereign states

Science and technology

Archaeology – Aviation – Birding/Ornithology – Meteorology – Palaeontology – Rail transport – Spaceflight

Sports

Athletics (Track and Field) – Australian Football League – Baseball – Basketball – Football (soccer) – Cricket – Ice Hockey – Motorsport – Road cycling (men, women) – Tennis – Rugby league

By place

Afghanistan – Algeria – Argentina – Armenia – Australia – Austria - Azerbaijan – Bangladesh - Belgium - Brazil – Canada – Chile – China – Costa Rica – Croatia – Denmark – El Salvador – Egypt – Ethiopia – European Union – Finland – France – Georgia – Germany – Ghana – Greece – Hungary – India – Indonesia – Iraq – Iran – Ireland – Israel – Italy – Japan – Kenya – Latvia – Lithuania – Luxembourg – Malaysia – Mexico – Moldova – Netherlands – New Zealand – Norway – Pakistan – Palestinian territories – Philippines – Poland – Romania – Russia – Rwanda – Serbia – Singapore – South Africa – South Korea – Spain – Sri Lanka – Sweden – Turkey – United Arab Emirates – United Kingdom – United States - Vietnam

Other topics

Awards – Law – Religious leaders

Birth and death categories

Births – Deaths

Establishments and disestablishments categories

Establishments – Disestablishments

Works and introductions categories

Works – Introductions Works entering the public domain

2021 in other calendars

Gregorian calendar	2021 MMXXI
Ab urbe condita	2774
Armenian calendar	1470 ԹՎ ՌՆՀ
Assyrian calendar	6771
Bahá'í calendar	177–178
Bengali calendar	1428
Berber calendar	2971
British Regnal year	69 Eliz. 2 – 70 Eliz. 2
Buddhist calendar	2565
Burmese calendar	1383
Byzantine calendar	7529–7530
Chinese calendar	庚子年 (Metal Rat) 4717 or 4657     — to — 辛丑年 (Metal Ox) 4718 or 4658
Coptic calendar	1737–1738
Discordian calendar	3187
Ethiopian calendar	2013–2014
Hebrew calendar	5781–5782
Hindu calendars
- Vikram Samvat	2077–2078
- Shaka Samvat	1943–1944
- Kali Yuga	5122–5123
Holocene calendar	12021
Igbo calendar	1021–1022
Iranian calendar	1399–1400
Islamic calendar	1442–1443
Japanese calendar	Heisei 33 (平成３３年)
Juche calendar	110
Julian calendar	Gregorian minus 13 days
Korean calendar	4354
Minguo calendar	ROC 110 民國110年
Thai solar calendar	2564
Unix time	1609459200–1640995199

2021 (MMXXI) was a common year starting on Friday (dominical letter C) of the Gregorian calendar, the 2021st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 21st year of the 3rd millennium, the 21st year of the 21st century, and the 2nd year of the 2020s decade.

Predicted and scheduled events

Date unknown

• The Fehmarn Belt Fixed Link between Denmark and Germany is expected to be completed.
• Brood X, the largest brood of North American seventeen-year cicadas, will emerge.
• Costa Rica has pledged to become a completely carbon-neutral nation by this date. The target date has been set by President Óscar Arias.
• The Red Line of the Tel Aviv Light Rail is scheduled to be completed.

In fiction

Computer and video games

• D/Generation (1991) genetically engineered bioweapons take over the Singapore laboratory of the fictional genetics company Genoq.
• Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2 (2008)
• Dead Rising 3 (2013) game takes place during March 23-31, 2021

Film

• Moon Zero Two (1969) takes place in May 2021.
• Johnny Mnemonic (1995)
• Click (2006) Adam Sandler's character visits his father for the last time in 2021.
• Resiklo (2007)

Literature

• Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick (earlier editions set in 1992) (1968)
• The Children of Men by P.D. James (1992)
• In the Terminator 2 novel "New John Connor Chronicles: Dark Futures" (2002), Skynet initiates Judgement Day.
• Weapons of Choice by John Birmingham (2004): On January 15, UNPROFLEET, the fleet sailing under the command of Admiral Phillip Kolhammer off the coast of East Timor, disappears, sent back in time to June 2, 1942.
• Perfect Dark: Janus' Tears by Eric Trautmann (2007)
• Perfect Dark: Second Front by Greg Rucka (2007)

Television

• The Twilight Zone episode "On Thursday We Leave for Home" (1963)
• Cowboy Bebop (1999) "The Gate Accident" occurs.
• Sealab 2021 (2000)
• Black Bullet (2014) anime, Gastrea Virus Epidermic in Tokyo area.

Other

• Shadowrun (1989) on April 30, ten percent of the world's population suddenly transform into new racial types, resulting in the ork and troll races.