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).
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) |
HDI 2018 est. for 2017 |
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 |
Cuba | Havana | 1948 | 212 | No data | 0.777 | Cuban peso | 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 | 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 |
Nicaragua | Managua | 1948 | 24.39 | $5,569 | 0.658 | Nicaraguan córdoba | 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 | Caracas | 1948 | 553 | $5,177 | 0.761 | Venezuelan bolívar | 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:
- 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)
- Saudi Arabia
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Thailand
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Vatican City
- Yemen
Footnotes
- ^ Suspended between 1962–2009. However, following the lifting of their suspension, a Declaration of the Revolutionary Government stated that while Cuba welcomed the Assembly's gesture, in light of the Organization's historical record "Cuba will not return to the OAS". See: Cuban relations with the Organization of American States.
- ^ Suspended between 2009-2011.
- ^ On 28 April 2017 Venezuela notified the OAS of its denounciation of the Charter of the OAS, which as per Article 143 would lead to the withdraw of Venezuela from the OAS effective two years from the date of notification. During the 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. The National Assembly designated a special envoy as representative to the OAS, who the OAS voted to recognize as Venezuela's delegate in April.