Member states of the Organization of American States
All 35 independent nations of the Americas are member states of the Organization of American States (OAS).[1]
Member States
When formed on 5 May 1948 there were 21 members of the OAS. The organization's membership expanded as other nations in the Americas gained full political independence as sovereign states.
Nation | Capital | Year joined |
GDP (PPP) $Million |
GDP (PPP) per capita (2020)[2] |
HDI 2018 est. for 2017[3] |
Currency | Official or National languages |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Antigua and Barbuda | St. John's | 1981 | 1.78 | $18,241 | 0.780 | Eastern Caribbean dollar | English |
Argentina | Buenos Aires | 1948 | 716 | $20,771 | 0.825 | Argentine peso | Spanish |
Bahamas |
Nassau | 1982 | 11.8 | $32,538 | 0.807 | Bahamian dollar | English |
Barbados | Bridgetown | 1967 | 7.169 | $13,349 | 0.800 | Barbadian dollar | English |
Belize | Belmopan | 1991 | 2.38 | $6,458 | 0.708 | Belizean dollar |
English |
Bolivia | Sucre | 1948 | 55.4 | $8,275 | 0.693 | Bolivian boliviano | Spanish |
Brazil | Brasília | 1948 | 3,012 | $14,835 | 0.759 | Brazilian real | Portuguese |
Canada | Ottawa | 1990 | 1,519 | $46,611 | 0.926 | Canadian dollar | English and French |
Chile | Santiago | 1948 | 386 | $25,110 | 0.843 | Chilean peso | Spanish |
Colombia | Bogota |
1948 | 598 | $14,931 | 0.747 | Colombian peso | Spanish |
Costa Rica | San José | 1948 | 64 | $22,132 | 0.794 | Costa Rican colón | Spanish |
Dominica | Roseau | 1979 | 0.91 | $10,853 | 0.715 | East Caribbean dollar | English |
Dominican Republic | Santo Domingo | 1948 | 200 | $17,935 | 0.736 | Dominican peso | Spanish |
Ecuador | Quito | 1948 | 165 | $10,895 | 0.752 | United States dollar | Spanish |
El Salvador | San Salvador | 1948 | 45 | $8,420 | 0.674 | United States dollar | Spanish |
Grenada | St. George's | 1975 | 1.142 | $15,283 | 0.772 | East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Guatemala | Guatemala City | 1948 | 113 | $8,853 | 0.650 | Guatemalan quetzal | Spanish |
Guyana | Georgetown | 1991 | 2.70 | $19,704 | 0.654 | Guyanese dollar | English |
Haiti | Port-au-Prince | 1948 | 13 | $3,095 | 0.498 | Haitian gourde | French |
Honduras[Note 1] | Tegucigalpa | 1948 | 33 | $5,420 | 0.617 | Honduran lempira | Spanish |
Jamaica | Kingston | 1969 | 21 | $9,241 | 0.732 | Jamaican dollar | English |
Mexico | Mexico City | 1948 | 2,014 | $18,444 | 0.774 | Mexican peso | Spanish |
Panama | Panama City | 1948 | 64 | $26,782 | 0.789 | United States dollar | Spanish |
Paraguay | Asuncion |
1948 | 41 | $13,069 | 0.702 | Paraguayan guaraní | Spanish |
Peru | Lima | 1948 | 358 | $11,878 | 0.750 | Peruvian sol | Spanish |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | Basseterre | 1984 | 0.97 | $25,653 | 0.778 | East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Saint Lucia | Castries | 1979 | 2.02 | $12,709 | 0.747 | East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Kingstown | 1981 | 1.20 | $12,705 | 0.723 | East Caribbean dollar |
English |
Suriname | Paramaribo | 1977 | 4.7 | $16,734 | 0.720 | Surinamese dollar | Dutch |
Trinidad and Tobago | Port of Spain | 1967 | 35.6 | $25,023 | 0.784 | Trinidad and Tobago dollar | English |
United States | Washington, D.C. | 1948 | 16,800 | $63,593 | 0.924 | United States dollar | English |
Uruguay | Montevideo | 1948 | 62 | $22,793 | 0.804 | Uruguayan peso | Spanish |
Venezuela[Note 2] | Caracas | 1948 | 553 | $5,177[8] | 0.761 | Venezuelan bolívar | Spanish |
Former members
Nation | Capital | Year joined |
GDP (PPP) $Million |
GDP (PPP) per capita (2020)[2] |
HDI 2018 est. for 2017[3] |
Currency | Official or National languages |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cuba[Note 3] | Havana | 1948 | 212 | No data | 0.777 | Cuban peso | Spanish |
Nicaragua[Note 4] | Managua | 1948 | 24.39 | $5,569 | 0.658 | Nicaraguan córdoba | Spanish |
Non-members
The following jurisdictions are not members of the OAS as each is a dependent territory of another nation. They are grouped under the nation that has sovereignty over them.
Observers
The observer states are:[12]
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Bulgaria
- China
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Estonia
- European Union
- Finland
- France
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Kazakhstan
- South Korea
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- North Macedonia
- Malta
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Netherlands
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia (suspended[13])
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Yemen
Footnotes
- ^ Suspended between 2009–2011.[4]
- 2019 Venezuelan presidential crisis, the President of the National Assembly of Venezuela Juan Guaidó, who was recognized by the National Assembly as the acting president, sent a letter to the OAS Secretary General annuling the previous denuncation of the OAS Charter, and expressing his desire for Venezuela to remain a member of the OAS.[5] The National Assembly designated a special envoy as representative to the OAS, who the OAS voted to recognize as Venezuela's delegate in April.[6][7]
- Cuban relations with the Organization of American States.
- ^ In November 2021, Nicaragua submitted a formal request to leave the OAS, following the OAS condemnation of the outcome of the 2021 election.[10] The withdrawal was completed in November 2023.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Member States". Organization of American States. August 2009. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ a b "World Bank".
- ^ a b "2018 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
- ^ "OAS readmits Honduras to its ranks". CNN. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
- ^ a b "CHARTER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (A-41)". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "Resolution on the Situation in Venezuela". Organization of American States. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
- ^ "OAS recognises Guaido's envoy until new Venezuela elections held". Al Jazeera. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
- ^ "GDP per capita, current prices". www.imf.org. Retrieved 2022-04-21.
- ^ "Declaration of the Revolutionary Government". Granma. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
- ^ "Nicaragua decides to leave OAS". DW. 19 November 2021.
- ^ "A partir de este domingo Nicaragua está oficialmente fuera de la OEA" (in Spanish). La Prensa. 19 November 2023.
- ^ observers
- ^ "Organization of American States suspends Russia's permanent observer status". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-22.