UNDERSTANDING THE WTO: THE ORGANIZATION
Members and Observers
members since , with dates of WTO membership (and pre-WTO GATT membership dates where applicable).
Click any member to see key information on trade statistics, WTO commitments, disputes, trade policy reviews, and notifications.
Afghanistan
29 July 2016
Albania
8 September 2000
Angola
23 November 1996 (GATT: 8 April 1994)
Antigua
and Barbuda 1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 March 1987)
Argentina
1 January 1995 (GATT: 11 October 1967)
Armenia
5 February 2003
Australia
1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Austria
1 January 1995 (GATT: 19 October 1951)
Bahrain,
Kingdom of 1 January 1995 (GATT: 13 December 1993)
Bangladesh
1 January 1995 (GATT: 16 December 1972)
Barbados
1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 February 1967)
Belgium
1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Belize
1 January 1995 (GATT: 7 October 1983)
Benin
22 February 1996 (GATT: 12 September 1963)
Bolivia, Plurinational State of
12 September 1995 (GATT: 8 September 1990)
Botswana
31 May 1995 (GATT: 28 August 1987)
Brazil
1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 July 1948)
Brunei
Darussalam 1 January 1995 (GATT: 9 December 1993)
Bulgaria
1 December 1996
Burkina
Faso 3 June 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Burundi
23 July 1995 (GATT: 13 March 1965)
Cabo Verde 23 July 2008
Cambodia
13 October 2004
Cameroon
13 December 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Canada
1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Central
African Republic 31 May 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Chad
19 October 1996 (GATT: 12 July 1963)
Chile
1 January 1995 (GATT: 16 March 1949)
China 11 December 2001
Colombia
30 April 1995 (GATT: 3 October 1981)
Congo
27 March 1997 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Costa
Rica 1 January 1995 (GATT: 24 November 1990)
Côte
d'Ivoire 1 January 1995 (GATT: 31 December 1963)
Croatia 30
November 2000
Cuba
20 April 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Cyprus
30 July 1995 (GATT: 15 July 1963)
Czech
Republic 1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 April 1993)
Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 January 1997
Denmark
1 January 1995 (GATT: 28 May 1950)
Djibouti
31 May 1995 (GATT: 16 December 1994)
Dominica
1 January 1995 (GATT: 20 April 1993)
Dominican
Republic 9 March 1995 (GATT: 19 May 1950)
Ecuador
21 January 1996
Egypt
30 June 1995 (GATT: 9 May 1970)
El
Salvador 7 May 1995 (GATT: 22 May 1991)
Estonia
13 November 1999
European
Union (formerly European Communities) 1 January 1995
Fiji
14 January 1996 (GATT: 16 November 1993)
Finland
1 January 1995 (GATT: 25 May 1950)
France
1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Gabon
1 January 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
The
Gambia 23 October 1996 (GATT: 22 February 1965)
Georgia
14 June 2000
Germany
1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 October 1951)
Ghana
1 January 1995 (GATT: 17 October 1957)
Greece
1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 March 1950)
Grenada
22 February 1996 (GATT: 9 February 1994)
Guatemala
21 July 1995 (GATT: 10 October 1991)
Guinea
25 October 1995 (GATT: 8 December 1994)
Guinea-Bissau 31 May 1995 (GATT: 17 March 1994)
Guyana
1 January 1995 (GATT: 5 July 1966)
Haiti
30 January 1996 (GATT: 1 January 1950)
Honduras
1 January 1995 (GATT: 10 April 1994)
Hong
Kong, China 1 January 1995 (GATT: 23 April 1986)
Hungary
1 January 1995 (GATT: 9 September 1973)
Iceland
1 January 1995 (GATT: 21 April 1968)
India
1 January 1995 (GATT: 8 July 1948)
Indonesia
1 January 1995 (GATT: 24 February 1950)
Ireland
1 January 1995 (GATT: 22 December 1967)
Israel
21 April 1995 (GATT: 5 July 1962)
Italy
1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 May 1950)
Jamaica
9 March 1995 (GATT: 31 December 1963)
Japan
1 January 1995 (GATT: 10 September 1955)
Jordan 11 April 2000
Kazakhstan 30 November 2015
Kenya
1 January 1995 (GATT: 5 February 1964)
Korea,
Republic of 1 January 1995 (GATT: 14 April 1967)
Kuwait, the State of
1 January 1995 (GATT: 3 May 1963)
Kyrgyz
Republic 20 December 1998
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 2 February 2013
Latvia
10 February 1999
Lesotho
31 May 1995 (GATT: 8 January 1988)
Liberia 14 July 2016
Liechtenstein
1 September 1995 (GATT: 29 March 1994)
Lithuania
31 May 2001
Luxembourg
1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Macao,
China 1 January 1995 (GATT: 11 January 1991)
Madagascar
17 November 1995 (GATT: 30 September 1963)
Malawi
31 May 1995 (GATT: 28 August 1964)
Malaysia
1 January 1995 (GATT: 24 October 1957)
Maldives
31 May 1995 (GATT: 19 April 1983)
Mali
31 May 1995 (GATT: 11 January 1993)
Malta
1 January 1995 (GATT: 17 November 1964)
Mauritania
31 May 1995 (GATT: 30 September 1963)
Mauritius
1 January 1995 (GATT: 2 September 1970)
Mexico
1 January 1995 (GATT: 24 August 1986)
Moldova, Republic of
26 July 2001
Mongolia
29 January 1997
Montenegro
29 April 2012
Morocco
1 January 1995 (GATT: 17 June 1987)
Mozambique
26 August 1995 (GATT: 27 July 1992)
Myanmar
1 January 1995 (GATT: 29 July 1948)
Namibia
1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 September 1992)
Nepal
23 April 2004
Netherlands
1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
New
Zealand 1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 July 1948)
Nicaragua
3 September 1995 (GATT: 28 May 1950)
Niger
13 December 1996 (GATT: 31 December 1963)
Nigeria
1 January 1995 (GATT: 18 November 1960)
Norway
1 January 1995 (GATT: 10 July 1948)
Oman
9 November 2000
Pakistan
1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 July 1948)
Panama
6 September 1997
Papua
New Guinea 9 June 1996 (GATT: 16 December 1994)
Paraguay
1 January 1995 (GATT: 6 January 1994)
Peru
1 January 1995 (GATT: 7 October 1951)
Philippines
1 January 1995 (GATT: 27 December 1979)
Poland
1 July 1995 (GATT: 18 October 1967)
Portugal
1 January 1995 (GATT: 6 May 1962)
Qatar
13 January 1996 (GATT: 7 April 1994)
Romania
1 January 1995 (GATT: 14 November 1971)
Russian Federation
22 August 2012
Rwanda
22 May 1996 (GATT: 1 January 1966)
Saint
Kitts and Nevis 21 February 1996 (GATT: 24 March 1994)
Saint
Lucia 1 January 1995 (GATT: 13 April 1993)
Saint
Vincent & the Grenadines 1 January 1995 (GATT: 18 May 1993)
Samoa 10 May 2012
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of 11 December 2005
Senegal
1 January 1995 (GATT: 27 September 1963)
Seychelles 26 April 2015
Sierra Leone 23 July 1995 (GATT: 19 May 1961)
Singapore
1 January 1995 (GATT: 20 August 1973)
Slovak
Republic 1 January 1995 (GATT: 15 April 1993)
Slovenia
30 July 1995 (GATT: 30 October 1994)
Solomon
Islands 26 July 1996 (GATT: 28 December 1994)
South
Africa 1 January 1995 (GATT: 13 June 1948)
Spain
1 January 1995 (GATT: 29 August 1963)
Sri
Lanka 1 January 1995 (GATT: 29 July 1948)
Suriname
1 January 1995 (GATT: 22 March 1978)
Swaziland
1 January 1995 (GATT: 8 February 1993)
Sweden
1 January 1995 (GATT: 30 April 1950)
Switzerland
1 July 1995 (GATT: 1 August 1966)
Chinese Taipei 1 January 2002
Tajikistan 2 March 2013
Tanzania
1 January 1995 (GATT: 9 December 1961)
Thailand
1 January 1995 (GATT: 20 November 1982)
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 4 April 2003
Togo
31 May 1995 (GATT: 20 March 1964)
Tonga 27 July 2007
Trinidad
and Tobago 1 March 1995 (GATT: 23 October 1962)
Tunisia
29 March 1995 (GATT: 29 August 1990)
Turkey
26 March 1995 (GATT: 17 October 1951)
Uganda
1 January 1995 (GATT: 23 October 1962)
Ukraine 16 May 2008
United
Arab Emirates 10 April 1996 (GATT: 8 March 1994)
United
Kingdom 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
United
States of America 1 January 1995 (GATT: 1 January 1948)
Uruguay
1 January 1995 (GATT: 6 December 1953)
Vanuatu
24 August 2012
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
1 January 1995 (GATT: 31 August 1990)
Viet Nam 11 January 2007
Yemen 26 June 2014
Zambia
1 January 1995 (GATT: 10 February 1982)
Zimbabwe
5 March 1995 (GATT: 11 July 1948)
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Observer governments
Algeria
Andorra
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Belarus
Bhutan
Bosnia
and Herzegovina
Comoros
Equatorial Guinea
Ethiopia
Holy See (Vatican)
Iran
Iraq
Lebanese
Republic
Libya
Sao Tomé and Principe
Serbia
Somalia
Sudan
Syrian Arab Republic
Timor-Leste
Uzbekistan
Note: With the exception of the Holy See, observers must start accession negotiations within five years of becoming observers.
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See also:
> How to join the WTO: introduction
> More information on accessions
> Least-developed countries: classification of WTO members
> Contracting parties to the GATT
> International intergovernmental organizations granted observer status to WTO bodies