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]

  Members
  Observers

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.

NationCapitalYear
joined		GDP (PPP)
$Million		GDP (PPP)
per capita (2020)[2]		HDI
2018 est.
for 2017[3]		CurrencyOfficial or National
languages
Antigua and BarbudaSt. John's19811.78$18,2410.780Eastern Caribbean dollarEnglish
ArgentinaBuenos Aires1948716$20,7710.825Argentine pesoSpanish
BahamasNassau198211.8$32,5380.807Bahamian dollarEnglish
BarbadosBridgetown19677.169$13,3490.800Barbadian dollarEnglish
BelizeBelmopan19912.38$6,4580.708Belizean dollarEnglish
BoliviaSucre194855.4$8,2750.693Bolivian bolivianoSpanish
BrazilBrasília19483,012$14,8350.759Brazilian realPortuguese
CanadaOttawa19901,519$46,6110.926Canadian dollarEnglish and French
ChileSantiago1948386$25,1100.843Chilean pesoSpanish
ColombiaBogota1948598$14,9310.747Colombian pesoSpanish
Costa RicaSan José194864$22,1320.794Costa Rican colónSpanish
Cuba[Note 1]Havana1948212No data0.777Cuban pesoSpanish
DominicaRoseau19790.91$10,8530.715East Caribbean dollarEnglish
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1948200$17,9350.736Dominican pesoSpanish
EcuadorQuito1948165$10,8950.752United States dollarSpanish
El SalvadorSan Salvador194845$8,4200.674United States dollarSpanish
GrenadaSt. George's19751.142$15,2830.772East Caribbean dollarEnglish
GuatemalaGuatemala City1948113$8,8530.650Guatemalan quetzalSpanish
GuyanaGeorgetown19912.70$19,7040.654Guyanese dollarEnglish
HaitiPort-au-Prince194813$3,0950.498Haitian gourdeFrench
Honduras[Note 2]Tegucigalpa194833$5,4200.617Honduran lempiraSpanish
JamaicaKingston196921$9,2410.732Jamaican dollarEnglish
MexicoMexico City19482,014$18,4440.774Mexican pesoSpanish
NicaraguaManagua194824.39$5,5690.658Nicaraguan córdobaSpanish
PanamaPanama City194864$26,7820.789United States dollarSpanish
ParaguayAsuncion194841$13,0690.702Paraguayan guaraníSpanish
PeruLima1948358$11,8780.750Peruvian solSpanish
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre19840.97$25,6530.778East Caribbean dollarEnglish
Saint LuciaCastries19792.02$12,7090.747East Caribbean dollarEnglish
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown19811.20$12,7050.723East Caribbean dollarEnglish
SurinameParamaribo19774.7$16,7340.720Surinamese dollarDutch
Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain196735.6$25,0230.784Trinidad and Tobago dollarEnglish
United StatesWashington, D.C.194816,800$63,5930.924United States dollarEnglish
UruguayMontevideo194862$22,7930.804Uruguayan pesoSpanish
Venezuela[Note 3]Caracas1948553$5,177[9]0.761Venezuelan bolívarSpanish

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.

Jurisdiction Sovereign state Territory type
Anguilla United Kingdom Overseas territory
Aruba Netherlands Constituent country
Bermuda United Kingdom Overseas territory
Bonaire Netherlands Public body
British Virgin Islands United Kingdom Overseas territory
Cayman Islands United Kingdom Overseas territory
Curaçao Netherlands Constituent country
Falkland Islands United Kingdom Overseas territory
French Guiana France Overseas region
Greenland Denmark Constituent country
Guadeloupe France Overseas region
Martinique France Overseas region
Montserrat United Kingdom Overseas territory
Puerto Rico United States Unincorporated organized territory
Saba Netherlands Public body
Saint Barthélemy France Overseas collectivity
Saint Martin France Overseas collectivity
Saint Pierre and Miquelon France Overseas collectivity
Sint Maarten Netherlands Constituent country
Sint Eustatius Netherlands Public body
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands United Kingdom Overseas territory
Turks and Caicos Islands United Kingdom Overseas territory
U.S. Virgin Islands United States Unincorporated organized territory

Observers

The observer states are:[10]

Footnotes
  1. Suspended between 1962–2009.[1] 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".[4] See: Cuban relations with the Organization of American States.
  2. Suspended between 2009-2011.[5]
  3. 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.[6] 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.[6] The National Assembly designated a special envoy as representative to the OAS, who the OAS voted to recognize as Venezuela's delegate in April.[7][8]

References
  1. "Member States". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  2. "World Bank".
  3. "2018 Human Development Report" (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 2018. Retrieved 14 September 2018.
  4. "Declaration of the Revolutionary Government". Granma. 2009-06-08. Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2009-06-15.
  5. "OAS readmits Honduras to its ranks". CNN. 2011-06-01. Retrieved 2012-11-01.
  6. "CHARTER OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN STATES (A-41)". Organization of American States. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  7. "Resolution on the Situation in Venezuela". Organization of American States. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
  8. "OAS recognises Guaido's envoy until new Venezuela elections held". Al Jazeera. 2019-04-09. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  9. www.imf.org https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/PPPPC@WEO/WEOWORLD/VEN. Retrieved 2022-04-21. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. observers
  11. "Organization of American States suspends Russia's permanent observer status". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-04-22.
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