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 are both former member states.
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.
Country Capital Yearjoined GDP (PPP)(million USD) GDP (PPP)per capita (2020) HDI(2018 est.for 2017) Currency Official or nationallanguage(s) 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 EnglishFrench Chile Santiago 1948 386 $25,110 0.843 Chilean peso Spanish Colombia Bogotá 1948 598 $14,931 0.747 Colombian peso Spanish Costa Rica San José 1948 64 $22,132 0.794 Costa Rican colón 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 Panama Panama City 1948 64 $26,782 0.789 United States dollar Spanish Paraguay Asunción 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
Former member states Country Capital Yearjoined GDP (PPP)(million USD) GDP (PPP)per capita (2020) HDI(2018 est.for 2017) Currency Official or nationallanguage Cuba Havana 1948 212 No data 0.777 Cuban peso Spanish Nicaragua Managua 1948 24.39 $5,569 0.658 Nicaraguan córdoba 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.
Territory Parent state Status Anguilla United Kingdom Overseas territory Aruba Netherlands Constituent country Bermuda United Kingdom Overseas territory Bonaire Netherlands Special municipality Bouvet Island Norway Dependency British Virgin Islands United Kingdom Overseas territory Cayman Islands United Kingdom Overseas territory Clipperton Island France Overseas state private property Curaçao Netherlands Constituent country Falkland Islands United Kingdom Overseas territory French Guiana France Overseas department and region Greenland Denmark Autonomous territory Guadeloupe France Overseas department and region Martinique France Overseas department and region Montserrat United Kingdom Overseas territory Navassa Island United States Unincorporated unorganized territory Puerto Rico United States Unincorporated organized territory Saba Netherlands Special municipality Saint Barthélemy France Overseas collectivity Saint Martin France Overseas collectivity Saint Pierre and Miquelon France Overseas collectivity Sint Eustatius Netherlands Special municipality Sint Maarten Netherlands Constituent country 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
Observer states The observer states are:Permanent Observers
Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belgium Benin Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria China Croatia Cyprus Czechia Denmark Egypt Equatorial Guinea Estonia European Union Finland France Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Hungary Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Latvia Lebanon Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Monaco Montenegro Morocco Netherlands Nigeria North Macedonia Norway Pakistan Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia (suspended) Saudi Arabia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain Sri Lanka Sweden Switzerland Thailand Togo Tunisia Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City Yemen
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