Member states of the Organization of American States explained

33 out of 35 sovereign states of the Americas are member states of the Organization of American States (OAS); Cuba and Nicaragua are the only exceptions, although they were both former member states.[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.

Year
joined 		GDP (PPP)
(million USD) 		GDP (PPP)
per capita (2020)[2] 		HDI
(2018 est.
for 2017)[3] 		Official or national
language(s)
Antigua and Barbuda1981 1.78 $18,241 0.780 English
Argentina1948 716 $20,771 0.825 Spanish
Bahamas1982 11.8 $32,538 0.807 English
Barbados1967 7.169 $13,349 0.800 English
Belize1991 2.38 $6,458 0.708 English
Bolivia1948 55.4 $8,275 0.693 Spanish
Brazil1948 3,012 $14,835 0.759 Portuguese
Canada1990 1,519 $46,611 0.926 English
French
Chile1948 386 $25,110 0.843 Spanish
Colombia1948 598 $14,931 0.747 Spanish
Costa Rica1948 64 $22,132 0.794 Spanish
Dominica1979 0.91 $10,853 0.715 East Caribbean dollar English
Dominican Republic1948 200 $17,935 0.736 Spanish
Ecuador1948 165 $10,895 0.752 United States dollar Spanish
El Salvador1948 45 $8,420 0.674 United States dollar Spanish
Grenada1975 1.142 $15,283 0.772 English
Guatemala1948 113 $8,853 0.650 Spanish
Guyana1991 2.70 $19,704 0.654 English
Haiti1948 13 $3,095 0.498 French
Honduras1948 33 $5,420 0.617 Spanish
Jamaica1969 21 $9,241 0.732 English
Mexico1948 2,014 $18,444 0.774 Spanish
Panama1948 64 $26,782 0.789 United States dollar Spanish
Paraguay1948 41 $13,069 0.702 Spanish
Peru1948 358 $11,878 0.750 Spanish
Saint Kitts and Nevis1984 0.97 $25,653 0.778 English
Saint Lucia1979 2.02 $12,709 0.747 English
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1981 1.20 $12,705 0.723 English
Suriname1977 4.7 $16,734 0.720
Trinidad and Tobago1967 35.6 $25,023 0.784 English
United States1948 16,800 $63,593 0.924 English
Uruguay1948 62 $22,793 0.804 Spanish
Venezuela1948 553 $5,177[4] 0.761 Spanish

Former member states

Year
joined 		GDP (PPP)
(million USD) 		GDP (PPP)
per capita (2020)		HDI
(2018 est.
for 2017) 		Official or national
language
Cuba1948 212 No data 0.777 Spanish
Nicaragua1948 24.39 $5,569 0.658 Spanish

Permanent missions accredited to the OAS in Washington, D.C.

Non-member jurisdictions

The following jurisdictions are not members of the OAS as each is a dependent territory or overseas territory of another sovereign state. They are grouped under the parent state which has sovereignty over them.

TerritoryParent stateStatus
AnguillaUnited KingdomOverseas territory
ArubaNetherlandsConstituent country
BermudaUnited KingdomOverseas territory
BonaireNetherlandsSpecial municipality
Bouvet IslandNorwayDependency
British Virgin IslandsUnited KingdomOverseas territory
Cayman IslandsUnited KingdomOverseas territory
Clipperton IslandFranceOverseas state private property
CuraçaoNetherlandsConstituent country
Falkland IslandsUnited KingdomOverseas territory
French GuianaFranceOverseas department and region
GreenlandDenmarkAutonomous territory
GuadeloupeFranceOverseas department and region
MartiniqueFranceOverseas department and region
MontserratUnited KingdomOverseas territory
Navassa IslandUnited StatesUnincorporated unorganized territory
Puerto RicoUnited StatesUnincorporated organized territory
SabaNetherlandsSpecial municipality
Saint BarthélemyFranceOverseas collectivity
Saint MartinFranceOverseas collectivity
Saint Pierre and MiquelonFranceOverseas collectivity
Sint EustatiusNetherlandsSpecial municipality
Sint MaartenNetherlandsConstituent country
South Georgia and the South Sandwich IslandsUnited KingdomOverseas territory
Turks and Caicos IslandsUnited KingdomOverseas territory
U.S. Virgin IslandsUnited StatesUnincorporated organized territory

Observer states

The observer states are:[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: OAS . 2009-08-01 . OAS - Organization of American States: Democracy for peace, security, and development . 2024-06-20 . www.oas.org . en.
  2. News: World Bank .
  3. Web site: 2018 Human Development Report . 2018 . 14 September 2018 . United Nations Development Programme .
  4. Web site: GDP per capita, current prices . 2022-04-21 . www.imf.org.
  5. http://www.oas.org/en/ser/dia/perm_observers/countries.asp Permanent Observers
  6. News: Organization of American States suspends Russia's permanent observer status. 2022-04-22. Reuters.

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