diff --git a/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.api.ts b/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.api.ts
index c3b3f8124..4abad3e4e 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.api.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.api.ts
@@ -124,6 +124,21 @@ class NodesApi {
       throw e;
     }
   }
+
+  public async $getNodesPerCountry(country: string) {
+    try {
+      const query = `SELECT nodes.* FROM nodes
+        JOIN geo_names ON geo_names.id = nodes.country_id
+        WHERE LOWER(json_extract(names, '$.en')) = ?
+      `;
+
+      const [rows]: any = await DB.query(query, [`"${country}"`]);
+      return rows;
+    } catch (e) {
+      logger.err(`Cannot get nodes for country ${country}. Reason: ${e instanceof Error ? e.message : e}`);
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export default new NodesApi();
diff --git a/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.routes.ts b/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.routes.ts
index d2960155b..07986f0b1 100644
--- a/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.routes.ts
+++ b/backend/src/api/explorer/nodes.routes.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ class NodesRoutes {
 
   public initRoutes(app: Application) {
     app
+      .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'lightning/nodes/country/:country', this.$getNodesPerCountry)
       .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'lightning/nodes/search/:search', this.$searchNode)
       .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'lightning/nodes/top', this.$getTopNodes)
       .get(config.MEMPOOL.API_URL_PREFIX + 'lightning/nodes/asShare', this.$getNodesAsShare)
@@ -69,6 +70,18 @@ class NodesRoutes {
       res.status(500).send(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e);
     }
   }
+
+  private async $getNodesPerCountry(req: Request, res: Response) {
+    try {
+      const nodes = await nodesApi.$getNodesPerCountry(req.params.country.toLowerCase());
+      res.header('Pragma', 'public');
+      res.header('Cache-control', 'public');
+      res.setHeader('Expires', new Date(Date.now() + 1000 * 60).toUTCString());
+      res.json(nodes);
+    } catch (e) {
+      res.status(500).send(e instanceof Error ? e.message : e);
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 export default new NodesRoutes();