WT/INF/43/Rev.20  
 
1 August 2016  
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 MEMBERSHIP OF THE WORL D TRADE ORGANIZATION 
Revision 
 Upon the accession of the Republic of Liberi a on 14 July 2016 and the Islamic Republic of 
Afghanistan on 29 July 2016,  the number of Members of the World Trade Organization has reached 
164. The following is the list of Members, together with the effective dates of their membership: 
 
Government  Entry into Force/ 
 Membership  
 Afghanistan .......................................................................................................... 29 July 2016 
Albania ......................................................................................................... 8 September 2000 
Angola ........................................................................................................ 23 November 199 6 
Antigua and Barbuda ......................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Argentina ......................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Armenia .......................................................................................................... 5 February 2 003 
Australia ........................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Austria ............................................................................................................. 1 January  1995 
Bahrain, Kingdom of  .......................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Bangladesh ....................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Barbados .......................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Belgium ............................................................................................................ 1 January 1995 
Belize ............................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Benin ............................................................................................................ 22 February 1996 
Bolivia, Plurinational State of ......................................................................... 12 September 1995 
Botswana ............................................................................................................. 31 May 1 995 
Brazil ............................................................................................................... 1 Januar y 1995 
Brunei Darussalam ............................................................................................ 1 January 1995 
Bulgaria ........................................................................................................ 1 December 19 96 
Burkina Faso .......................................................................................................... 3 June 1995 
Burundi ................................................................................................................ 23 Jul y 1995 
Cabo Verde ........................................................................................................... 23 July 2008 
Cambodia ........................................................................................................ 13 October 2004 
Cameroon .................................................................................................... 13 December 1995 
Canada ............................................................................................................ 1 January 1 995 
Central African Republic.......................................................................................... 31 May 1995 Chad ............................................................................................................... 19 October 1996 
Chile ................................................................................................................ 1 Januar y 1995 
China .......................................................................................................... 11 December 20 01 
Colombia ............................................................................................................. 30 April  1995 
Congo ............................................................................................................... 27 March 1997 
Costa Rica ........................................................................................................ 1 January 1 995 
Côte d'Ivoire ..................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Croatia ........................................................................................................ 30 November 20 00 
Cuba ................................................................................................................... 20 April 19 95 
Cyprus ................................................................................................................. 30 Jul y 1995 
Czech Republic .................................................................................................. 1 January 199 5 
Democratic Republic of the Congo ........................................................................ 1 January 1997 
Denmark .......................................................................................................... 1 January 19 95 
Djibouti ................................................................................................................ 31 Ma y 1995 WT/INF/43/Rev.20 
 
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Government  ............................................................................................... Entry into Force/ 
 Membership  
 
Dominica .......................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Dominican Republic .............................................................................................. 9 March 1995 Ecuador ........................................................................................................... 21 January 1996 
Egypt .................................................................................................................. 30 Jun e 1995 
El Salvador ............................................................................................................. 7 May 1995 
Estonia ........................................................................................................ 13 November 1999 
European Union ................................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
Fiji .................................................................................................................. 14 January 1996 
Finland ............................................................................................................. 1 January  1995 
France .............................................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
Gabon .............................................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
The Gambia ..................................................................................................... 23 October 1996 
Georgia ............................................................................................................... 14 June  2000 
Germany .......................................................................................................... 1 January 19 95 
Ghana .............................................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
Greece ............................................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
Grenada ........................................................................................................ 22 February 19 96 
Guatemala ............................................................................................................ 21 July 1995 
Guinea ............................................................................................................ 25 October 1995 
Guinea-Bissau ....................................................................................................... 31 May 19 95 
Guyana ............................................................................................................ 1 January 1 995 
Haiti ................................................................................................................ 30 January 1996 
Honduras .......................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Hong Kong, China .............................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
Hungary ........................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Iceland ............................................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
India ................................................................................................................ 1 Januar y 1995 
Indonesia ......................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Ireland ............................................................................................................. 1 January  1995 
Israel .................................................................................................................. 21 Ap ril 1995 
Italy ................................................................................................................. 1 January 199 5 
Jamaica ............................................................................................................... 9 March 1995 
Japan ............................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Jordan ................................................................................................................. 11 April 2000  
Kazakhst an .............................................................................................. 30 November 2015 
Kenya .............................................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
Korea, Republic of ............................................................................................. 1 January 1995  
Kuwait, the State of ........................................................................................... 1 January 1995  
Kyrgyz Republic ............................................................................................ 20 December 1998 
Lao People's Democratic Re public  ...................................................................... 2 February 2013 
Latvia............................................................................................................ 10 February 1999 
Lesotho ................................................................................................................ 31 May  1995 
Liberia .................................................................................................................. 14 July 2016
 
Liechtenstein ................................................................................................. 1 September 1995 
Lithuania .............................................................................................................. 31 May  2001 
Luxembourg ..................................................................................................... 1 January 1995  
Macao, China .................................................................................................... 1 January 199 5 
Madagascar ................................................................................................. 17 November 1995 
Malawi ................................................................................................................. 31 May  1995 
Malaysia ........................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Maldives ............................................................................................................... 31 May  1995 
Mali ..................................................................................................................... 31 M ay 1995 
Malta ............................................................................................................... 1 January  1995 
Mauritania ............................................................................................................ 31 May 1995 
Mauritius .......................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Mexico ............................................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
Moldova, Republic of .............................................................................................. 26 July 200 1 
Mongolia ......................................................................................................... 29 January 1997 WT/INF/43/Rev.20 
 
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  Government Entry into Force/ 
 Membership 
 Montenegro ......................................................................................................... 29 April 2 012 
Morocco ........................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Mozambique  ..................................................................................................... 26 August 1995   
Myanmar .......................................................................................................... 1 January 19 95  
Namibia............................................................................................................ 1 January 1 995 
Nepal .................................................................................................................. 23 Apr il 2004 
Netherlands ...................................................................................................... 1 January 19 95 
New Zealand ..................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Nicaragua ..................................................................................................... 3 September 199 5 
Niger .......................................................................................................... 13 December 19 96 
Nigeria ............................................................................................................. 1 January  1995 
Norway ............................................................................................................ 1 January 1 995 
Oman ............................................................................................................ 9 November 2000 
Pakistan ........................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Panama ........................................................................................................ 6 September 1997 
Papua New Guinea .................................................................................................. 9 June 1996 
Paraguay .......................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Peru ................................................................................................................. 1 January 199 5 
Philippines ........................................................................................................ 1 January 1995 
Poland .................................................................................................................... 1 July 199 5 
Portugal ........................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Qatar .............................................................................................................. 13 January 1996 
Romania ........................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Russian Federation ............................................................................................ 22 August 2012 
Rwanda ................................................................................................................ 22 May 1996 
Saint Kitts and Nevis ....................................................................................... 21 February 1996 Saint Lucia ........................................................................................................ 1 January 1995 
Saint Vincent and the Gren adines ........................................................................ 1 January 1995 
Samoa ................................................................................................................. 10 May 2012 
Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of .............................................................................. 11 December 2005 Senegal ............................................................................................................ 1 January 1995 
Seychelles ........................................................................................................... 26 April  2015 
Sierra Leone ......................................................................................................... 23 July 1995 
Singapore ......................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Slovak Republic ................................................................................................. 1 January 199 5 
Slovenia ............................................................................................................... 30 Jul y 1995 
Solomon Islands .................................................................................................... 26 July 1996 
South Africa ...................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Spain ............................................................................................................... 1 January  1995 
Sri Lanka .......................................................................................................... 1 January 1995 
Suriname ......................................................................................................... 1 January 19 95 
Swaziland ......................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Sweden ............................................................................................................ 1 January 1 995 
Switzerland ............................................................................................................. 1 July 1995 
Chinese Taipei ..................................................................................................  1 January 2002 
Tajikistan ............................................................................................................ 2 March  2013 
Tanzania .......................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Thailand ........................................................................................................... 1 January 
1995 
The former Yugoslav Republic  of Macedonia ............................................................... 4 April 2003 
Togo .................................................................................................................... 31 Ma y 1995 
Tonga .................................................................................................................. 27 Jul y 2007 
Trinidad and Tobago ............................................................................................. 1 March 1995 
Tunisia .............................................................................................................. 29 March  1995 
Turkey .............................................................................................................. 26 March 1995 
Uganda ............................................................................................................ 1 January 1 995 
Ukraine ................................................................................................................ 16 May  2008 
United Arab Emirates ............................................................................................ 10 April 1996  
United Kingdom ................................................................................................. 1 January 1995 
United States of Amer ica .................................................................................... 1 January 1995 WT/INF/43/Rev.20 
 
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  Government  Entry into Force/ 
 Membership  
 Uruguay ........................................................................................................... 1 January 1 995 
Vanuatu ........................................................................................................... 24 August 2 012 
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of ......................................................................... 1 January 1995  
Viet Nam ......................................................................................................... 11 January 2007 
Yemen ................................................................................................................ 26 June 2014 
Zambia ............................................................................................................ 1 January 1 995 
Zimbabwe ........................................................................................................... 5 March 19 95 
 
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