International organisations in Africa
—The following table lists the independent African states, and their memberships in selected organisations and treaties.
State (57)[1] | GNI[2] | Currency[3] | UN[4] | AU[5] | Interregional | South African | West African | Central African | East African | North African | |||||||||
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CEN-SAD | COMESA | CEPGL | SADC | SACU | ECOWAS | UEMOA | WAMZ | MRU | LGA | ECCAS | CEMAC | IGAD | EAC | AMU | |||||
Angola | 3,940 | AOA (Kz) | UN | AU | x | SADC | ECCAS | ||||||||||||
Benin | 780 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | UEMOA | ||||||||||||
Botswana | 6,790 | BWP (P) | UN | AU | SADC | SACU | |||||||||||||
Burkina Faso | 550 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | UEMOA | LGA | |||||||||||
Burundi | 170 | BIF (Fr) | UN | AU | COMESA | CEPGL | ECCAS | EAC | |||||||||||
Cameroon | 1,180 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU | ECCAS | CEMAC | |||||||||||||
Cape Verde | 3,270 | CVE (Esc or $) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | |||||||||||||
Central African Republic | 470 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECCAS | CEMAC | ||||||||||||
Chad | 620 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECCAS | CEMAC | ||||||||||||
Comoros | 750 | KMF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA | |||||||||||||
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 180 | CDF (Fr) | UN | AU | COMESA | CEPGL | SADC | ECCAS | |||||||||||
Congo, Republic of the | 2,150 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU | ECOWAS | UEMOA | ECCAS | CEMAC | |||||||||||
Côte d'Ivoire | 1,160 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | UEMOA | MRU | |||||||||||
Djibouti | 1,270 | DJF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA | IGAD | ||||||||||||
Egypt | 2,440 | EGP (£ or ج.م) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA | ECOWAS | ||||||||||||
Equatorial Guinea | 14,540 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU | ECOWAS | ECCAS | CEMAC | ||||||||||||
Eritrea | 340 | ERN (Nfk) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA | ECOWAS | IGAD | |||||||||||
Ethiopia | 390 | ETB (Br) | UN | AU | COMESA | IGAD | |||||||||||||
Gabon | 7,740 | XPF (Fr) | UN | AU | ECCAS | CEMAC | |||||||||||||
Gambia, The | 450 | GMD (D) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | WAMZ | ||||||||||||
Ghana | 1,230 | GHS (₵) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | WAMZ | ||||||||||||
Guinea | 400 | GNF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | WAMZ | MRU | |||||||||||
Guinea-Bissau | 590 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | UEMOA | ||||||||||||
Kenya | 790 | KES (Sh) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA | IGAD | EAC | |||||||||||
Lesotho | 1,040 | LSL (L) and ZAR (R) | UN | AU | x | SADC | SACU | ECOWAS | |||||||||||
Liberia | 200 | LRD ($) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | WAMZ | MRU | |||||||||||
Libya | 12,320 | LYD (ل.د) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA | AMU | ||||||||||||
Madagascar | 430 | MGA (Ar) | UN | AU | COMESA | SADC | |||||||||||||
Malawi | 330 | MWK (MK) | UN | AU | COMESA | SADC | |||||||||||||
Mali | 600 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | UEMOA | LGA | |||||||||||
Mauritania | 1,030 | MRO (UM) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | x | AMU | ||||||||||||
Mauritius | 7,750 | MUR (Rs) | UN | AU | COMESA | SADC | |||||||||||||
Morocco | 2,900 | MAD (د.م.) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | AMU | |||||||||||||
Mozambique | 440 | MZN (MT) | UN | AU | x | SADC | |||||||||||||
Namibia | 4,500 | NAD ($) and ZAR (R) | UN | AU | x | SADC | SACU | ||||||||||||
Niger | 370 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | UEMOA | LGA | |||||||||||
Nigeria | 1,180 | NGN (₦) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | WAMZ | ||||||||||||
Rwanda | 520 | RWF (Fr) | UN | AU | COMESA | CEPGL | EAC | ||||||||||||
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | n/d | DZD (د.ج) and MRO (UM) and MAD (د. م.) and (Ptas) | AU | ||||||||||||||||
São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,200 | STD (Db) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECCAS | |||||||||||||
Senegal | 1,090 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA | ECOWAS | UEMOA | |||||||||||
Seychelles | 9,760 | SCR (Rs) | UN | AU | COMESA | SADC | |||||||||||||
Sierra Leone | 340 | SLL (Le) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | WAMZ | MRU | |||||||||||
Somalia | n/d | SOS (Sh) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | IGAD | Applied | ||||||||||||
Somaliland | n/d | (Sh) | |||||||||||||||||
South Africa | 6,090 | ZAR (R) | UN | AU | SADC | SACU | ECOWAS | ||||||||||||
South Sudan | n/d | SSP (£) | UN | AU | COMESA | IGAD | EAC | ||||||||||||
Sudan | 1,270 | SDG (£) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA | IGAD | ||||||||||||
Swaziland | 2,630 | SZL (L) | UN | AU | COMESA | SADC | SACU | ||||||||||||
Tanzania | 530 | TZS (Sh) | UN | AU | x | SADC | EAC | ||||||||||||
Togo | 490 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECOWAS | UEMOA | ||||||||||||
Tunisia | 4,060 | TND (د.ت) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | ECCAS | AMU | ||||||||||||
Uganda | 500 | UGX (Sh) | UN | AU | COMESA | IGAD | EAC | ||||||||||||
Zambia | 1,070 | ZMK (ZK) | UN | AU | COMESA | SADC | |||||||||||||
Zimbabwe | 460 | BWP (P) and GBP (£) and EUR (€) and ZAR (R) and USD ($) and ZWL ($) | UN | AU | COMESA | SADC |
high income ($12,276 or more)
higher middle income ($3,976 - $12,275)
lower middle income ($1,006 - $3,975)
low income ($1,005 or less)
"Name of Organisation" (member states)
x (former members)
Applied (members that have applied to an organisation)
Notes[]
- ^ Only 57 sovereign states are listed, including Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, and Azawad which are not UN members
- ^ Gross National Income, List of countries by GNI (nominal, Atlas method) per capita World Development Indicators database [1] , World Bank, , revised 17 October 2008 [2] GNI per capita 2008, Atlas method and PPP; Country classification - low income ($995 or less), lower middle income ($996 - $3,945) upper middle income ($3,946 to $12,195), high income ($12,196 or more)
- ^ The different currencies of Africa
- ^ The United Nations is a world-wide organisation with 193 members, see also; Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- ^ 54 Members of the African Union
See also[]
- List of countries in Africa
- List of countries by GNI (nominal) per capita
- Africa
- List of conflicts in Africa
- List of international rankings
- International organization
Categories:
- International organizations based in Africa
- International organization membership by country