Member states of the Organization of American States


33 out of 35 sovereign states of the Americas are member states of the Organization of American States ; 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.
CountryCapitalYear
joined		GDP (PPP)
GDP (PPP)
per capita 		HDI
CurrencyOfficial or national
language
Antigua and BarbudaSt. John's19811.78$18,2410.780Eastern Caribbean dollarEnglish
ArgentinaBuenos Aires1948716$20,7710.825Argentine pesoSpanish
BahamasNassau198211.8$32,5380.807Bahamian dollarEnglish
BarbadosBridgetown19677.169$13,3490.800Barbadian dollarEnglish
BelizeBelmopan19912.38$6,4580.708Belizean dollarEnglish
BoliviaSucre194855.4$8,2750.693Bolivian bolivianoSpanish
BrazilBrasília19483,012$14,8350.759Brazilian realPortuguese
CanadaOttawa19901,519$46,6110.926Canadian dollarEnglish
French
ChileSantiago1948386$25,1100.843Chilean pesoSpanish
ColombiaBogotá1948598$14,9310.747Colombian pesoSpanish
Costa RicaSan José194864$22,1320.794Costa Rican colónSpanish
DominicaRoseau19790.91$10,8530.715East Caribbean dollarEnglish
Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1948200$17,9350.736Dominican pesoSpanish
EcuadorQuito1948165$10,8950.752United States dollarSpanish
El SalvadorSan Salvador194845$8,4200.674United States dollarSpanish
GrenadaSt. George's19751.142$15,2830.772East Caribbean dollarEnglish
GuatemalaGuatemala City1948113$8,8530.650Guatemalan quetzalSpanish
GuyanaGeorgetown19912.70$19,7040.654Guyanese dollarEnglish
HaitiPort-au-Prince194813$3,0950.498Haitian gourdeFrench
HondurasTegucigalpa194833$5,4200.617Honduran lempiraSpanish
JamaicaKingston196921$9,2410.732Jamaican dollarEnglish
MexicoMexico City19482,014$18,4440.774Mexican pesoSpanish
PanamaPanama City194864$26,7820.789United States dollarSpanish
ParaguayAsunción194841$13,0690.702Paraguayan guaraníSpanish
PeruLima1948358$11,8780.750Peruvian solSpanish
Saint Kitts and NevisBasseterre19840.97$25,6530.778East Caribbean dollarEnglish
Saint LuciaCastries19792.02$12,7090.747East Caribbean dollarEnglish
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesKingstown19811.20$12,7050.723East Caribbean dollarEnglish
SurinameParamaribo19774.7$16,7340.720Surinamese dollarDutch
Trinidad and TobagoPort of Spain196735.6$25,0230.784Trinidad and Tobago dollarEnglish
United StatesWashington, D.C.194816,800$63,5930.924United States dollarEnglish
UruguayMontevideo194862$22,7930.804Uruguayan pesoSpanish
VenezuelaCaracas1948553$5,1770.761Venezuelan bolívarSpanish

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: