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
CEN-SAD COMESA CEPGL SADC SACU ECOWAS UEMOA WAMZ MRU LGA AES ECCAS CEMAC IGAD EAC AMU
Angola Angola 3,940 Kz UN AU x SADC ECCAS
Benin Benin 780 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS UEMOA
Botswana Botswana 6,790 P UN AU SADC SACU
Burkina Faso Burkina Faso 550 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD UEMOA LGA AES
Burundi Burundi 170 FBu UN AU COMESA CEPGL ECCAS EAC
Cameroon Cameroon 1,180 XAF (Fr) UN AU ECCAS CEMAC
Cape Verde Cape Verde 3,270 CVE (Esc or $) UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS
Central African Republic Central African Republic 470 XAF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD ECCAS CEMAC
Chad Chad 620 XAF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD ECCAS CEMAC
Comoros Comoros 750 FC UN AU CEN-SAD COMESA
Democratic Republic of the Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the 180 CDF (Fr) UN AU COMESA CEPGL SADC ECCAS
Republic of the Congo Congo, Republic of the 2,150 XAF (Fr) UN AU ECOWAS UEMOA ECCAS CEMAC
Ivory Coast Côte d'Ivoire 1,160 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS UEMOA MRU
Djibouti Djibouti 1,270 DJF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD COMESA IGAD
Egypt Egypt 2,440 (E£ or ج.م) UN AU CEN-SAD COMESA ECOWAS
Equatorial Guinea Equatorial Guinea 14,540 XAF (Fr) UN AU ECOWAS ECCAS CEMAC
Eritrea Eritrea 340 Nfk UN AU CEN-SAD COMESA ECOWAS IGAD
Ethiopia Ethiopia 390 Br UN AU COMESA IGAD
Gabon Gabon 7,740 XPF (Fr) UN AU ECCAS CEMAC
The Gambia Gambia, The 450 D UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS WAMZ
Ghana Ghana 1,230 ₵ UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS WAMZ
Guinea Guinea 400 FG) UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS WAMZ MRU
Guinea-Bissau Guinea-Bissau 590 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS UEMOA
Kenya Kenya 790 KSh UN AU CEN-SAD COMESA IGAD EAC
Lesotho Lesotho 1,040 L and R UN AU x SADC SACU ECOWAS
Liberia Liberia 200 L$ UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS WAMZ MRU
Libya Libya 12,320 LD or ل.د UN AU CEN-SAD COMESA AMU
Madagascar Madagascar 430 Ar UN AU COMESA SADC
Malawi Malawi 330 MK UN AU COMESA SADC
Mali Mali 600 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD UEMOA LGA AES
Mauritania Mauritania 1,030 UM UN AU CEN-SAD x AMU
Mauritius Mauritius 7,750 Rs UN AU COMESA SADC
Morocco Morocco 2,900 DH or د.م. UN AU CEN-SAD AMU
Mozambique Mozambique 440 Mt UN AU x SADC
Namibia Namibia 4,500 N$ and R UN AU x SADC SACU
Niger Niger 370 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD UEMOA LGA AES
Nigeria Nigeria 1,180 ₦ UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS WAMZ
Rwanda Rwanda 520 FRw) UN AU COMESA CEPGL EAC
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic n/d DA or د.ج and MRO (UM) and MAD (د. م.) and (Ptas) AU
São Tomé and Príncipe São Tomé and Príncipe 1,200 Db UN AU CEN-SAD ECCAS
Senegal Senegal 1,090 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD COMESA ECOWAS UEMOA
Seychelles Seychelles 9,760 Rs UN AU COMESA SADC
Sierra Leone Sierra Leone 340 Le UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS WAMZ MRU
Somalia Somalia n/d Sh.So. UN AU CEN-SAD IGAD Applied
Somaliland Somaliland n/d Sl.Sh.
South Africa South Africa 6,090 R UN AU SADC SACU ECOWAS
South Sudan South Sudan n/d £ SSP UN AU COMESA IGAD EAC
Sudan Sudan 1,270 LS UN AU CEN-SAD COMESA IGAD
Eswatini Swaziland 2,630 L UN AU COMESA SADC SACU
Tanzania Tanzania 530 TSh UN AU x SADC EAC
Togo Togo 490 XOF (Fr) UN AU CEN-SAD ECOWAS UEMOA
Tunisia Tunisia 4,060 DT or د.ت UN AU CEN-SAD ECCAS AMU
Uganda Uganda 500 USh UN AU COMESA IGAD EAC
Zambia Zambia 1,070 ZK UN AU COMESA SADC
Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 460 P and £stg and € and R and US$ and Z$ UN AU COMESA SADC
Euler diagram showing the relationships between various supranational African organisations.
  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)
  1. ^ Only 57 sovereign states are listed, including Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, and Azawad which are not UN members
  2. ^ 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)
  3. ^ The different currencies of Africa
  4. ^ The United Nations is a world-wide organisation with 193 members, see also; Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  5. ^ 54 Members of the African Union