The following table lists the independent African states , and their memberships in selected organisations and treaties.
State _______(57)[ 1]
GNI [ 2]
€ [ 3]
UN [ 4]
AU [ 5]
CEN-SAD [ 6]
COMESA [ 7]
SADC [ 8]
ECOWAS [ 9]
ECCAS [ 10]
UEMOA [ 11]
IGAD [ 12]
CEMAC [ 13]
WAMZ [ 14]
EAC [ 15]
SACU [ 16]
AMU [ 17]
MRU [ 18]
CEPGL [ 19]
LGA [ 20]
Algeria
4 ,450
DZD (د.ج)
UN
AU
AMU
Angola
3 ,940
AOA (Kz)
UN
AU
x
SADC
ECCAS
Benin
780
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
Botswana
6 ,790
BWP (P)
UN
AU
SADC
SACU
Burkina Faso
550
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
LGA
Burundi
170
BIF (Fr)
UN
AU
COMESA
ECCAS
EAC
CEPGL
Cameroon
1 ,180
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
ECCAS
CEMAC
Cape Verde
3 ,270
CVE (Esc or $)
UN
AU
ECOWAS
Central African Republic
470
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECCAS
CEMAC
Chad
620
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECCAS
CEMAC
Comoros
750
KMF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
180
CDF (Fr)
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
ECCAS
CEPGL
Congo, Republic of the
2 ,150
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
ECOWAS
ECCAS
UEMOA
CEMAC
Côte d'Ivoire
1 ,160
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
MRU
Djibouti
1 ,270
DJF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
IGAD
Egypt
2 ,440
EGP (£ or ج.م)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
ECOWAS
Equatorial Guinea
14 ,540
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
ECOWAS
ECCAS
CEMAC
Eritrea
340
ERN (Nfk)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
ECOWAS
IGAD
Ethiopia
390
ETB (Br)
UN
AU
COMESA
IGAD
Gabon
7 ,740
XPF (Fr)
UN
AU
ECCAS
CEMAC
Gambia, The
450
GMD (D)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
Ghana
1 ,230
GHS (₵)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
Guinea
400
GNF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
MRU
Guinea-Bissau
590
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
Kenya
790
KES (Sh)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
IGAD
EAC
Lesotho
1 ,040
LSL (L) and ZAR (R)
UN
AU
x
SADC
ECOWAS
SACU
Liberia
200
LRD ($)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
MRU
Libya
12 ,320
LYD (ل.د)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
AMU
Madagascar
430
MGA (Ar)
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Malawi
330
MWK (MK)
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Mali
600
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
LGA
Mauritania
1 ,030
MRO (UM)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
x
AMU
Mauritius
7 ,750
MUR (Rs)
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Morocco
2 ,900
MAD (د.م.)
UN
CEN-SAD
AMU
Mozambique
440
MZN (MT)
UN
AU
x
SADC
Namibia
4 ,500
NAD ($) and ZAR (R)
UN
AU
x
SADC
SACU
Niger
370
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
LGA
Nigeria
1 ,180
NGN (₦)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
Rwanda
520
RWF (Fr)
UN
AU
COMESA
EAC
CEPGL
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
n/d
DZD (د.ج) and MRO (UM) and MAD (د. م.) and (Ptas)
AU
São Tomé and Príncipe
1 ,200
STD (Db)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECCAS
Senegal
1 ,090
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
ECOWAS
UEMOA
Seychelles
9 ,760
SCR (Rs)
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Sierra Leone
340
SLL (Le)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
MRU
Somalia
n/d
SOS (Sh)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
IGAD
Applied
Somaliland
n/d
(Sh)
South Africa
6 ,090
ZAR (R)
UN
AU
SADC
ECOWAS
SACU
South Sudan
n/d
SSP (£)
UN
AU
COMESA
IGAD
Applied
Sudan
1 ,270
SDG (£)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
IGAD
Swaziland
2 ,630
SZL (L)
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
SACU
Tanzania
530
TZS (Sh)
UN
AU
x
SADC
EAC
Togo
490
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
Tunisia
4 ,060
TND (د.ت)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECCAS
AMU
Uganda
500
UGX (Sh)
UN
AU
COMESA
IGAD
EAC
Zambia
1 ,070
ZMK (ZK)
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Zimbabwe
460
BWP (P) and GBP (£) and EUR (€) and ZAR (R) and USD ($) and ZWL ($)
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Euler diagram showing the relationships between various supranational African organisations.
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)
Notes
^ Only 57 sovereign states are listed, including Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, and Azawad which are not UN members
^ 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)
^ The different currencies of Africa
^ The United Nations is a world-wide organisation with 193 members , see also; Universal Declaration of Human Rights
^ 54 Members of the African Union
^ Community of Sahel-Saharan States is numbering 28 out of 57 African countries.
^ The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa contains 19 of the 54 member states of the African Union.
^ The Southern Africa Development Community has 16 pof the 54 African Union members.
^ The Economic Community of West African States has 15 of the 54 members of the African Union.
^ The Economic Community of Central African States has 10 of the 54 members of the African Union.
^ The West African Economic and Monetary Union is an organization within the ECOWAS containing 8 members.
^ The Intergovernmental Authority on Development contains 8 African Union members.
^ The Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa is an organization within the ECCAS containing 6 of its members.
^ The West African Monetary Zone contains 6 of the 54 members of the African Union.
^ The East African Community contains 5 of the 54 African Union members.
^ The Southern African Customs Union contains 6 of the 54 African Union member states.
^ The Arab Maghreb Union contains 5 of the 57 countries in Africa.
^ The Mano River Union contains 4 members of the African Union.
^ The Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries contains 3 members of the African Union.
^ The Liptako–Gourma Authority contains 3 members of the African Union
See also