World Trade Organization(WTO)

 

The WTO currently has 161 members

Of the 128 states party to the GATT at the end of 1994, all have since become WTO members except Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

As of 2014, four of the successor states of the SFRY are WTO members (Slovenia, Croatia, Macedonia and Montenegro), and the remaining two (Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia) are observers negotiating membership

The WTO has 23 observer states

Sechelles is the newest full member, joining on 26 April 2015

List of members and accession dates

Country

	Date of Accession
Albania	8 September 2000
Angola	23 November 1996
Antigua and Barbuda	1 January 1995
Argentina	1 January 1995
Armenia	5 February 2003
Australia	1 January 1995
Austria ( EU)	1 January 1995
Bahrain	1 January 1995
Bangladesh	1 January 1995
Barbados	1 January 1995
Belgium ( EU)	1 January 1995
Belize	1 January 1995
Benin	22 February 1996
Bolivia	12 September 1995
Botswana	31 May 1995
Brazil	1 January 1995
Brunei Darussalam	1 January 1995
Bulgaria ( EU)	1 December 1996
Burkina Faso	3 June 1995
Burundi	23 July 1995
Cambodia	13 October 2004
Cameroon	13 December 1995
Canada	1 January 1995
Cape Verde	23 July 2008
Central African Republic	31 May 1995
Chad	19 October 1996
Chile	1 January 1995
China	11 December 2001
Colombia	30 April 1995
Costa Rica	1 January 1995
Croatia ( EU)	30 November 2000
Cuba	20 April 1995
Cyprus ( EU)	30 July 1995
Czech Republic ( EU)	1 January 1995
Côte d'Ivoire	1 January 1995
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1 January 1997
Denmark ( EU)	1 January 1995
Djibouti	31 May 1995
Dominica	1 January 1995
Dominican Republic	9 March 1995
Ecuador	21 January 1996
Egypt	30 June 1995
El Salvador	7 May 1995
Estonia ( EU)	13 November 1999
European Union	1 January 1995
Fiji	14 January 1996
Finland ( EU)	1 January 1995
France ( EU)	1 January 1995
Gabon	1 January 1995
Gambia	23 October 1996
Georgia	14 June 2000
Germany ( EU)	1 January 1995
Ghana	1 January 1995
Greece ( EU)	1 January 1995
Grenada	22 February 1996
Guatemala	21 July 1995
Guinea	25 October 1995
Guinea-Bissau	31 May 1995
Guyana	1 January 1995
Haiti	30 January 1996
Honduras	1 January 1995
Hong Kong, China	1 January 1995
Hungary ( EU)	1 January 1995
Iceland	1 January 1995
India	1 January 1995
Indonesia	1 January 1995
Ireland ( EU)	1 January 1995
Israel	21 April 1995
Italy ( EU)	1 January 1995
Jamaica	9 March 1995
Japan	1 January 1995
Jordan	11 April 2000
Kenya	1 January 1995
Kuwait	1 January 1995
Kyrgyzstan	20 December 1998
Laos	2 February 2013
Latvia ( EU)	10 February 1999
Lesotho	31 May 1995
Liechtenstein	1 September 1995
Lithuania ( EU)	31 May 2001
Luxembourg ( EU)	1 January 1995
Macau, China	1 January 1995
Madagascar	17 November 1995
Malawi	31 May 1995
Malaysia	1 January 1995
Maldives	31 May 1995
Mali	31 May 1995
Malta ( EU)	1 January 1995
Mauritania	31 May 1995
Mauritius	1 January 1995
Mexico	1 January 1995
Moldova	26 July 2001
Mongolia	29 January 1997
Montenegro	29 April 2012
Morocco	1 January 1995
Mozambique	26 August 1995
Myanmar	1 January 1995
Namibia	1 January 1995
Nepal	23 April 2004
Netherlands ( EU)	1 January 1995
New Zealand	1 January 1995
Nicaragua	3 September 1995
Niger	13 December 1996
Nigeria	1 January 1995
Norway	1 January 1995
Oman	9 November 2000
Pakistan	1 January 1995
Panama	6 September 1997
Papua New Guinea	9 June 1996
Paraguay	1 January 1995
Peru	1 January 1995
Philippines	1 January 1995
Poland ( EU)	1 July 1995
Portugal ( EU)	1 January 1995
Qatar	13 January 1996
Republic of Korea	1 January 1995
Republic of Macedonia	4 April 2003
Republic of the Congo	27 March 1997
Romania ( EU)	1 January 1995
Russia	22 August 2012
Rwanda	22 May 1996
Saint Kitts and Nevis	21 February 1996
Saint Lucia	1 January 1995
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1 January 1995
Samoa	10 May 2012
Saudi Arabia	11 December 2005
Senegal	1 January 1995
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu	1 January 2002
Seychelles	26 April 2015
Sierra Leone	23 July 1995
Singapore	1 January 1995
Slovakia ( EU)	1 January 1995
Slovenia ( EU)	30 July 1995
Solomon Islands	26 July 1996
South Africa	1 January 1995
Spain ( EU)	1 January 1995
Sri Lanka	1 January 1995
Suriname	1 January 1995
Swaziland	1 January 1995
Sweden ( EU)	1 January 1995
Switzerland	1 July 1995
Tajikistan	2 March 2013
Tanzania	1 January 1995
Thailand	1 January 1995
Togo	31 May 1995
Tonga	27 July 2007
Trinidad and Tobago	1 March 1995
Tunisia	29 March 1995
Turkey	26 March 1995
Uganda	1 January 1995
Ukraine	16 May 2008
United Arab Emirates	10 April 1996
United Kingdom ( EU)	1 January 1995
United States	1 January 1995
Uruguay	1 January 1995
Vanuatu	24 August 2012
Venezuela	1 January 1995
Vietnam	11 January 2007
Yemen	26 June 2014
Zambia	1 January 1995
Zimbabwe	5 March 1995