# List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest group of non-governmental organizations working on humanitarian aid, is composed of the following bodies:
* The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and at the same time promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
* The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is an international membership organization that unites 191 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and supports them through a global secretariat. The IFRC acts before, during and after disasters and health emergencies to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people. It is also based in Geneva, Switzerland.
* The 191 individual National Societies of the ′International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies′, which despite the name includes the Red Star of David Society in Israel.

## Members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

The data of the members of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies can be found on the Federation-wide Databank and Reporting System (FDRS). It provides data insights on the world's largest humanitarian network of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world.
| Society | Native name(s) | Founding year |
| Afghan Red Crescent Society | Pashto: د افغاني سرې میاشتې ټولنې Persian: جمعیت هلال احمر افغانی | 1934 |
| Albanian Red Cross | Albanian: Kryqi i Kuq Shqiptar | 4 October 1921 |
| Algerian Red Crescent | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الجزائري | 1957 |
| Andorran Red Cross | Catalan: Creu Roja Andorrana | 24 March 1994 |
| Angola Red Cross | Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Angola | 1978 |
| Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross | | 20 October 1983 |
| Argentine Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Argentina | 9 June 1880 |
| Armenian Red Cross Society | Armenian: Հայկական Կարմիր խաչի ընկերությունն | 19 March 1920 |
| Red Cross Aruba | Dutch: Rode Kruis Aruba Papiamento: Cruz Cora Aruba | 31 October 1957 |
| Australian Red Cross | | 28 June 1941 |
| Austrian Red Cross | German: Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz | 14 March 1880 |
| Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society | Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Qızıl Aypara Cəmiyyət | 10 March 1920 |
| Bahamas Red Cross | | 1939 |
| Bahrain Red Crescent Society | Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر البحريني | 1971 |
| Bangladesh Red Crescent Society | Bengali: বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটি | 16 December 1971 |
| Barbados Red Cross | | 24 July 1969 |
| Belgian Red Cross | Dutch: Belgische Rode Kruis French: Croix-Rouge de Belgique German: Belgisches Rotes Kreuz | 4 February 1864 |
| Belize Red Cross Society | | 1950 |
| Red Cross of Benin | French: Croix-Rouge béninoise | 1963 |
| Bhutan Red Cross Society | Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཉེན་སྒྲོལ་སྡེ་ཚོགས། | 8 May 2017 |
| Bolivian Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Boliviana | 15 May 1917 |
| Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina | Bosnian: Društvo Crvenog krsta Bosne i Hercegovine Serbian: Друштво Цервеног крста Босне и Херцеговине Croatian: Društvo Crvenog križa Bosne i Hercegovine | 7 November 2001 |
| Botswana Red Cross Society | | 1968 |
| Brazilian Red Cross | Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha Brasileira | 5 December 1908 |
| Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society | Malay: Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawa: ڤرساتوان بولن سابيت ميره نݢارا بروني دارالسلام | 1997 |
| Bulgarian Red Cross | Bulgarian: Български червен кръст | 20 September 1885 |
| Burkinabe Red Cross Society | French: Croix-Rouge burkinabè | 31 July 1961 |
| Burundi Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge du Burundi | 1963 |
| Cambodian Red Cross | Khmer: កាកបាទក្រហមកម្ពុជា | 18 February 1955 |
| Cameroon Red Cross Society | French: Croix-Rouge camerounaise | 30 April 1960 |
| Canadian Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge canadienne | 4 October 1921 |
| Red Cross of Cape Verde | Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Cabo Verde | 1984 |
| Central African Red Cross Society | French: Croix-Rouge centrafricaine | 1966 |
| Red Cross of Chad | Arabic: الصليب الأحمر التشادي French: Croix-Rouge du Tchad | 1983 |
| Chilean Red Cross [es] | Spanish: Cruz Roja Chilena | 18 December 1903 |
| Red Cross Society of China | Chinese: 中国红十字会 | 1950 |
| Colombian Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Colombiana | 30 July 1915 |
| Comorian Red Crescent | French: Croissant-Rouge comorien Arabic: الهلال الأحمر القمري | 1982 |
| Congolese Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge congolaise | |
| Red Cross of Democratic Republic of the Congo | French: Croix-Rouge de la République Démocratique du Congo Swahili: Msalaba Mwekundu la Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasi ya Kongo | 4 January 1924 |
| Cook Islands Red Cross Society | | |
| Costa Rican Red Cross [es] | Spanish: Cruz Roja Costarricense | 4 April 1885 |
| Red Cross Society of Côte d'Ivoire | French: Croix-Rouge de Côte d’Ivoire | |
| Croatian Red Cross | Croatian: Hrvatski Crveni križ | 1878 |
| Cuban Red Cross [es] | Spanish: Cruz Roja Cubana | 1909 |
| Cyprus Red Cross | Greek: Κυπριακός Ερυθρός Σταυρός Turkish: Kıbrıs Kızılhaç | 1950 |
| Czech Red Cross [cs] | Czech: Český červený kříž | 5 June 1993 |
| Danish Red Cross | Danish: Dansk Røde Kors | 26 April 1876 |
| Djiboutian Red Crescent | French: Croissant-Rouge de Djibouti Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الجيبوتي | 1 August 1977 |
| Dominica Red Cross | | 1981 |
| Dominican Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Dominicana | 1927 |
| East Timor Red Cross | Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste | 2000 |
| Ecuadorian Red Cross [es] | Spanish: Cruz Roja Ecuatoriana | 22 April 1910 |
| Egyptian Red Crescent | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر المصري | 1911 |
| Salvadorian Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Salvadoreña | 13 March 1885 |
| Red Cross of Equatorial Guinea | Spanish: Cruz Roja de Guinea Ecuatorial French: Croix-Rouge de Guinée équatoriale Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha da Guiné Equatorial | |
| Eswatini Red Cross | | 26 April 1876 |
| Eritrean Red Cross | | |
| Estonian Red Cross | Estonian: Eesti Punane Rist | 24 February 1919 |
| Ethiopian Red Cross Society | Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማኅበር | 8 July 1935 |
| Fiji Red Cross Society | | 1972 |
| Finnish Red Cross | Finnish: Suomen Punainen Risti Swedish: Finlands Röda Kors | 7 May 1877 |
| French Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge française | 25 May 1864 |
| Gabonese Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge gabonaise | |
| Gambia Red Cross Society | | 1966 |
| Georgian Red Cross [ka] | Georgian: საქართველოს წითელი ჯვრი | 1918 |
| German Red Cross | German: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz | 25 January 1921 |
| Ghana Red Cross Society | | 1958 |
| Hellenic Red Cross | Greek: Ελληνικός Ερυθρός Σταυρός | 10 June 1877 |
| Grenada Red Cross | | August 1987 |
| Guatemalan Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Guatemalteca | 22 April 1923 |
| Guinean Red Cross [fr] | French: Croix-Rouge guinéenne | 1984 |
| Red Cross of Guinea-Bissau | Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha da Guiné-Bissau | |
| Guyana Red Cross Society | | |
| Haitian Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge haïtienne Haitian Creole: Kwa Wouj Ayisyen | 29 May 1932 |
| Honduran Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Hondureña | 24 September 1937 |
| Hong Kong Red Cross | Chinese: 香港紅十字會 | 12 July 1950 |
| Hungarian Red Cross [hu] | Hungarian: Magyar Vöröskereszt | 1881 |
| Icelandic Red Cross | Icelandic: Rauði kross Íslands | 10 December 1924 |
| Indian Red Cross Society | Hindi: भारतीय रेड क्रॉस सोसायटी | 1920 |
| Indonesian Red Cross Society | Indonesian: Palang Merah Indonesia | 17 September 1945 |
| Iranian Red Crescent Society | Persian: جمعیت هلال احمر جمهوری اسلامی ایران | 1922 |
| Iraqi Red Crescent Society | Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر العراقي Kurdish: مانگی سووری عێراق | 1932 |
| Irish Red Cross | Irish: Crois Dhearg na hÉireann | 6 July 1939 |
| Magen David Adom | Hebrew: מגן דוד אדום | 7 June 1930 |
| Italian Red Cross | Italian: Croce Rossa Italiana | 15 June 1864 |
| Jamaica Red Cross | | 8 April 1948 |
| Japanese Red Cross Society | Japanese: 日本赤十字社 | 1 May 1877 |
| Jordan Red Crescent [ar] | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الأردني | 1950 |
| Kazakh Red Crescent [ru] | Kazakh: Қазақстанның Қызыл Айы / Qazaqstannyñ Qyzyl Аiy Russian: Красный Полумесяц Казахстана | 5 March 1937 |
| Kenya Red Cross | Swahili: Msalaba Mwekundu la Kenya | 1965 |
| Kiribati Red Cross Society | | 1965 |
| Kuwait Red Crescent Society | Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الكويت | 10 January 1966 |
| Kyrgyzstan Red Crescent | Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан Кызыл Ай Russian: Красный Полумесяц Кыргызстана | 1936 |
| Lao Red Cross | Lao: ອົງການກາແດງແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ | 1955 |
| Latvian Red Cross | Latvian: Latvijas Sarkanais Krusts | 20 November 1918 |
| Lebanese Red Cross | Arabic: الصليب الأحمر اللبناني | 9 July 1945 |
| Lesotho Red Cross Society | Sotho: Mokhatlo oa Sefapano se Sefubelu sa Lesotho | 9 November 1967 |
| Liberian Red Cross Society | | January 1919 |
| Libyan Red Crescent [ar] | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الليبي | 5 October 1957 |
| Liechtenstein Red Cross | German: Liechtensteinisches Rotes Kreuz | 30 April 1945 |
| Lithuanian Red Cross | Lithuanian: Lietuvos Raudonasis Kryžius | 1919 |
| Luxembourg Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise German: Luxemburgisches Rotes Kreuz Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Rout Kräiz | 1914 |
| Macau Red Cross | Chinese: 澳門紅十字會 Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Macau | 1943 |
| Malagasy Red Cross | Malagasy: Vokovoko Mena Malagasy French: Croix-Rouge malagasy | 7 August 1963 |
| Malawi Red Cross Society | | 1966 |
| Malaysian Red Crescent | Malay: Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia | 1957 |
| Maldivian Red Crescent | Dhivehi: ދިވެހި ރެޑް ކްރެސެންޓް | 16 August 2009 |
| Mali Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge malienne | 1965 |
| Malta Red Cross Society | Maltese: Soċjetà Maltija tas-Salib l-Aħmar | 30 April 1945 |
| Marshall Islands Red Cross Society | | 26 November 2013 |
| Mauritanian Red Crescent | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الموريتاني | 1970 |
| Mauritius Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge de Maurice | |
| Mexican Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Mexicana | 21 February 1910 |
| Micronesia Red Cross Society | | |
| Moldovan Red Cross Society | Romanian: Societatea de Cruce Roșie din Moldova | 21 February 1910 |
| Red Cross of Monaco | French: Croix-Rouge monégasque | 1948 |
| Mongolian Red Cross Society | Mongolian: Монголын улаан загалмай нийгэмлэг | 1939 |
| Red Cross of Montenegro | Montenegrin: Crveni krst Crne Gore Montenegrin Cyrillic: Црвени крст Црне Горе | 1875 |
| Moroccan Red Crescent [fr] | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر المغربي French: Croissant-Rouge marocain | 1957 |
| Mozambique Red Cross | Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Moçambique | 21 February 1910 |
| Myanmar Red Cross Society | Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ကြက်ခြေနီ အသင်း | 1 April 1937 |
| Namibia Red Cross Society | Afrikaans: Namibiese Rooi Kruis | 1992 |
| Nepal Red Cross Society | Nepali: नेपाल रेडक्रस सोसाइटी | 1963 |
| Netherlands Red Cross | Dutch: Nederlandse Rode Kruis | 1867 |
| New Zealand Red Cross | Māori: Rīpeka Whero Aotearoa | 1911 |
| Red Cross Society of Niger | French: Croix-Rouge nigérienne | 1963 |
| Nigerian Red Cross | | 1960 |
| Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea | Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 적십자회 | 18 October 1946 |
| North Macedonian Red Cross [mk] | Macedonian: Црвен крст на Северна Македонија Albanian: Kryqi i Kuq i Maqedonisë së Veriut | 17 March 1945 |
| Norwegian Red Cross | Norwegian: Norges Røde Kors Nynorsk: Noregs Raude Kross | 22 September 1865 |
| Pakistan Red Crescent | Urdu: ہلالِ احمر پاکستان | 20 December 1947 |
| Palau Red Cross Society | | 1977 |
| Palestine Red Crescent Society | Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني | 1968 |
| Panamanian Red Cross [es] | Spanish: Cruz Roja Panameña | 1917 |
| Papua New Guinea Red Cross | | 1977 |
| Paraguayan Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Paraguaya | |
| Philippine Red Cross | Tagalog: Krus na Pula ng Pilipinas | 1947 |
| Polish Red Cross | Polish: Polski Czerwony Krzyż | 18 January 1919 |
| Portuguese Red Cross [pt] | Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa | 11 February 1865 |
| Qatar Red Crescent | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر القطري | 1978 |
| Romanian Red Cross | Romanian: Crucea Roșie Română | 4 July 1876 |
| Russian Red Cross | Russian: Российский Красный Крест | 15 May 1867 |
| Rwandan Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge rwandaise | 1962 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis Red Cross | | 1942 |
| Saint Lucia Red Cross | | 1949 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross | | |
| Samoa Red Cross Society | Samoan: Koluse Mumu o Sāmoa | 1952 |
| Sammarinese Red Cross [it] | Italian: Croce Rossa Sammarinese | 1949 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe Red Cross | Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de São Tomé e Príncipe | 1976 |
| Saudi Red Crescent Authority | Arabic: هيئة الهلال الأحمر السعودي | 1934 |
| Senegalese Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge sénégalaise | 1962 |
| Red Cross of Serbia | Serbian: Црвени крст Србије / Crveni krst Srbije | 6 February 1876 |
| Red Cross Society of Seychelles | French: Croix-Rouge des Seychelles | |
| Sierra Leone Red Cross Society | | 1962 |
| Singapore Red Cross Society | Chinese: 新加坡红十字会 Malay: Persatuan Palang Merah Singapura Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் செஞ்சிலுவை சங்கம் | 30 September 1949 |
| Slovak Red Cross [sk] | Slovak: Slovenský Červený kríž | 8 December 1992 |
| Slovenian Red Cross | Slovene: Rdeči križ Slovenije | 8 June 1944 |
| Solomon Islands Red Cross | | |
| Somali Red Crescent Society | Somali: Ururka Bisha Cas ee Soomaaliyeed Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الصومالي | 1963 |
| South African Red Cross Society | Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Rooi Kruisvereniging | 1921 |
| Korean Red Cross | Korean: 대한적십자사 | 27 October 1905 |
| South Sudan Red Cross | | |
| Spanish Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Española Catalan: Creu Roja Espanyola Galician: Cruz Vermella Española Basque: Espainiako Gurutze Gorria | 6 July 1864 |
| Sri Lanka Red Cross Society | Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රතු කුරුස සමාජය Tamil: இலங்கை செஞ்சிலுவை சங்கம் | 1936 |
| Sudanese Red Crescent | Arabic: الهلال الاحمر السوداني | 1923 |
| Suriname Red Cross | Dutch: Surinaamse Rode Kruis | |
| Swedish Red Cross | Swedish: Svenska Röda Korset | 1865 |
| Swiss Red Cross | German: Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz French: Croix-Rouge suisse Italian: Croce Rossa Svizzera Romansh: Crusch Cotschna Svizra | 1866 |
| Syrian Arab Red Crescent | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري | 1942 |
| Tajikistan Red Crescent | Tajik: Ҳилоли Аҳмари Тоҷикистон Russian: Красный Полумесяц Таджикистана | |
| Tanzania Red Cross Society | Swahili: Shirika la Msalaba Mwekundu Tanzania | 1962 |
| Thai Red Cross Society | Thai: สภากาชาดไทย | 26 April 1893 |
| Togolese Red Cross | French: Croix-Rouge togolaise | 1959 |
| Tonga Red Cross Society | | 1961 |
| Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society | | 12 July 1939 |
| Tunisian Red Crescent | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر التونسي | 1956 |
| Turkish Red Crescent | Turkish: Türk Kızılay | 1868 |
| National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan | Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Gyzyl Ýarymaý Milli Jemgyýeti | 1926 |
| Tuvalu Red Cross Society | | |
| Uganda Red Cross Society | Swahili: Shirika la Msalaba Mwekundu nchini Uganda | 1964 |
| Ukrainian Red Cross Society | Ukrainian: Товариство Червоного Хреста України | 18 April 1918 |
| Emirates Red Crescent | Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الإماراتي | 1983 |
| British Red Cross | Welsh: Y Groes Goch Brydeinig | 4 August 1870 |
| American Red Cross | | 21 May 1881 |
| Uruguayan Red Cross | Spanish: Cruz Roja Uruguaya | 5 March 1897 |
| Uzbekistan Red Crescent Society | Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Qizil Yarim Oy Jamiyati | 14 November 1925 |
| Vanuatu Red Cross Society | | 1992 |
| Venezuelan Red Cross Society | Spanish: Sociedad Venezolana de la Cruz Roja | 1895 |
| Viet Nam Red Cross Society | Vietnamese: Hội Chữ thập đỏ Việt Nam | 23 November 1946 |
| Yemen Red Crescent Society | Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر اليمني | 1968 |
| Zambia Red Cross Society | | 1966 |
| Zimbabwe Red Cross Society | | 1981 |

## States which currently do not have National Societies that are active members of the IFRC
### National Society is not a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

* Faroe Islands: Faroe Islands Red Cross
* Indonesia: Indonesian Red Crescent Society [id], in competition with the Indonesian Red Cross Society (as a sectarian religious body it is ineligible for recognition)
* Kosovo: Red Cross of Kosovo [sq]
* Northern Cyprus: North Cyprus Red Crescent Society (observer)
* Rojava: Kurdish Red Crescent (only states are authorized to use Red Crescent or the Red Cross symbols)
* Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Sahrawi Red Crescent (observer)
* Taiwan (Republic of China):
** Red Cross Society of the Republic of China (previously recognized by the ICRC, but not a member or observer of the Federation)
** Red Swastika Society (as a sectarian religious body it is ineligible for recognition)

### IFRC membership suspended

* Belarus: Belarus Red Cross (IFRC membership suspended on December 1, 2023)
* Peru: Peruvian Red Cross, its IFRC membership was suspended on August 12, 2022

### States which have no National Society at all

Nauru, Niue, Oman, and the Vatican City are the states without national societies, along with the states with limited recognition, such as Abkhazia, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Transnistria.
Nicaragua's National Society, Nicaraguan Red Cross, was dissolved by Nicaragua's parliament on May 9, 2023.