Members

Flag/ ISO Code	Country	Date joined (yyyy-mm-dd)	Executive Board	Executive Board Grouping	UN Region	WH Sites
AF	Afghanistan	1948-5-4	a	IV	Asia	2
AL	Albania	1958-10-16	a	II	Europe	2
DZ	Algeria	1962-10-15	a	Vb	Africa	7
AD	Andorra	1993-10-20		I	Europe	1
AO	Angola	1977-3-11	a	Va	Africa	0
AG	Antigua and Barbuda	1982-7-15		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	0
AR	Argentina	1948-9-15	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	8
AM	Armenia	1992-6-9		II	Asia	3
AU	Australia	1946-11-4		IV	Oceania	19
AT	Austria	1948-8-13	a	I	Europe	9
AZ	Azerbaijan	1992-6-3		II	Asia	2
BS	Bahamas	1981-4-23		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	0
BH	Bahrain	1972-1-18		Vb	Asia	2
BD	Bangladesh	1972-10-27	a	IV	Asia	3
BB	Barbados	1968-10-24	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
BY	Belarus	1954-5-12		II	Europe	4
BE	Belgium	1946-11-29		I	Europe	11
BZ	Belize	1982-5-10	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
BJ	Benin	1960-10-18		Va	Africa	1
BT	Bhutan	1982-4-13		IV	Asia	0
BO	Bolivia (Plurinational State of) (1)	1946-11-13		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	6
BA	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1993-6-2		II	Europe	2
BW	Botswana	1980-1-16		Va	Africa	1
BR	Brazil	1946-11-4	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	19
BN	Brunei Darussalam	2005-3-17		IV	Asia	0
BG	Bulgaria	1956-5-17		II	Europe	9
BF	Burkina Faso	1960-11-14		Va	Africa	1
BI	Burundi	1962-11-16		Va	Africa	0
CV	Cabo Verde (2)	1978-2-15		Va	Africa	1
KH	Cambodia	1951-7-3		IV	Asia	2
CM	Cameroon	1960-11-11		Va	Africa	2
CA	Canada	1946-11-4		I	Northern America	17
CF	Central African Republic	1960-11-11		Va	Africa	2
TD	Chad	1960-12-19	a	Va	Africa	1
CL	Chile	1953-7-7		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	5
CN	China	1946-11-4	a	IV	Asia	45
CO	Colombia	1947-10-31		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	7
KM	Comoros	1977-3-22		Va	Africa	0
CG	Congo	1960-10-24		Va	Africa	1
CK	Cook Islands	1989-10-25		IV	Oceania	0
CR	Costa Rica	1950-5-19		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
CI	Côte d'Ivoire	1960-10-27		Va	Africa	4
HR	Croatia	1992-6-1		II	Europe	7
CU	Cuba	1947-8-29	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	9
CY	Cyprus	1961-2-6		I	Asia	3
CZ	Czech Republic	1993-2-22	a	II	Europe	12
KP	Democratic People's Republic of Korea	1974-10-18		IV	Asia	2
CD	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1960-11-25		Va	Africa	5
DK	Denmark	1946-11-4		I	Europe	4
DJ	Djibouti	1989-8-31		Va	Africa	0
DM	Dominica	1979-1-9		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
DO	Dominican Republic	1946-11-4	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
EC	Ecuador	1947-1-22	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	4
EG	Egypt	1946-11-4	a	Vb	Africa	7
SV	El Salvador	1948-4-28	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
GQ	Equatorial Guinea	1979-11-29		Va	Africa	0
ER	Eritrea	1993-9-2		Va	Africa	0
EE	Estonia	1991-10-14	a	II	Europe	2
ET	Ethiopia	1955-7-1	a	Va	Africa	9
FJ	Fiji	1983-7-14		IV	Oceania	1
FI	Finland	1956-10-10		I	Europe	7
FR	France	1946-11-4	a	I	Europe	38
GA	Gabon	1960-11-16	a	Va	Africa	1
GM	Gambia	1973-8-1	a	Va	Africa	2
GE	Georgia	1992-10-7		II	Asia	3
DE	Germany	1951-7-11	a	I	Europe	38
GH	Ghana	1958-4-11		Va	Africa	2
GR	Greece	1946-11-4		I	Europe	17
GD	Grenada	1975-2-17		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	0
GT	Guatemala	1950-1-2		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
GN	Guinea	1960-2-2	a	Va	Africa	1
GW	Guinea-Bissau	1974-11-1		Va	Africa	0
GY	Guyana	1967-3-21		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	0
HT	Haiti	1946-11-18		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
HN	Honduras	1947-12-16		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	2
HU	Hungary (3)	1948-9-14		II	Europe	8
IS	Iceland	1964-6-8		I	Europe	2
IN	India	1946-11-4	a	IV	Asia	30
ID	Indonesia	1950-5-27	a	IV	Asia	8
IR	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1948-9-6		IV	Asia	16
IQ	Iraq	1948-10-21		Vb	Asia	3
IE	Ireland	1961-10-3		I	Europe	2
IL	Israel	1949-9-16		I	Asia	7
IT	Italy	1948-1-27	a	I	Europe	49
JM	Jamaica	1962-11-7		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	0
JP	Japan	1951-7-2	a	IV	Asia	16
JO	Jordan	1950-6-14		Vb	Asia	4
KZ	Kazakhstan	1992-5-22		IV	Asia	3
KE	Kenya	1964-4-7		Va	Africa	6
KI	Kiribati	1989-10-24		IV	Oceania	1
KW	Kuwait	1960-11-18	a	Vb	Asia	0
KG	Kyrgyzstan	1992-6-2		IV	Asia	1
LA	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1951-7-9		IV	Asia	2
LV	Latvia	1991-10-14		II	Europe	2
LB	Lebanon	1946-11-4		Vb	Asia	5
LS	Lesotho	1967-9-29		Va	Africa	1
LR	Liberia	1947-3-6		Va	Africa	0
LY	Libya (4)	1953-6-27		Vb	Africa	5
LT	Lithuania	1991-10-7		II	Europe	4
LU	Luxembourg	1947-10-27		I	Europe	1
MG	Madagascar	1960-11-10		Va	Africa	3
MW	Malawi	1964-10-27	a	Va	Africa	2
MY	Malaysia	1958-6-16		IV	Asia	4
MV	Maldives	1980-7-18		IV	Asia	0
ML	Mali	1960-11-7	a	Va	Africa	4
MT	Malta	1965-2-10		I	Europe	3
MH	Marshall Islands	1995-6-30		IV	Oceania	1
MR	Mauritania	1962-1-10		Vb	Africa	2
MU	Mauritius	1968-10-25	a	Va	Africa	2
MX	Mexico	1946-11-4	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	32
FM	Micronesia (Federated States of)	1999-10-19		IV	Oceania	0
MC	Monaco	1949-7-6		I	Europe	0
MN	Mongolia	1962-11-1		IV	Asia	3
ME	Montenegro (5)	2007-3-1	a	II	Europe	2
MA	Morocco	1956-11-7	a	Vb	Africa	9
MZ	Mozambique	1976-10-11	a	Va	Africa	1
MM	Myanmar	1949-6-27		IV	Asia	0
NA	Namibia	1978-11-2	a	Va	Africa	2
NR	Nauru	1996-10-17		IV	Oceania	0
NP	Nepal (6)	1953-5-1	a	IV	Asia	4
NL	Netherlands	1947-1-1	a	I	Europe	9
NZ	New Zealand	1946-11-4		IV	Oceania	3
NI	Nicaragua	1952-2-22		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	2
NE	Niger	1960-11-10		Va	Africa	3
NG	Nigeria	1960-11-14	a	Va	Africa	2
NU	Niue	1993-10-26		IV	Oceania	0
NO	Norway	1946-11-4		I	Europe	7
OM	Oman	1972-2-10		Vb	Asia	4
PK	Pakistan	1949-9-14	a	IV	Asia	6
PW	Palau	1999-9-20		IV	Oceania	1
PS	Palestine	2011-11-23		Vb	Asia	1
PA	Panama	1950-1-10		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	5
PG	Papua New Guinea (7)	1976-10-4	a	IV	Oceania	1
PY	Paraguay	1955-6-20		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
PE	Peru	1946-11-21		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	11
PH	Philippines	1946-11-21		IV	Asia	5
PL	Poland	1946-11-6		II	Europe	14
PT	Portugal (8)	1974-9-11		I	Europe	15
QA	Qatar	1972-1-27		Vb	Asia	1
KR	Republic of Korea	1950-6-14	a	IV	Asia	10
MD	Republic of Moldova	1992-5-27		II	Europe	1
RO	Romania	1956-7-27		II	Europe	7
RU	Russian Federation	1954-4-21	a	II	Europe	25
RW	Rwanda	1962-11-7		Va	Africa	0
KN	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1983-10-26	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
LC	Saint Lucia	1980-3-6		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
VC	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1983-1-14		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	0
WS	Samoa	1981-4-3		IV	Oceania	0
SM	San Marino	1974-11-12		I	Europe	1
ST	Sao Tome and Principe	1980-1-22		Va	Africa	0
SA	Saudi Arabia	1946-11-4		Vb	Asia	2
SN	Senegal	1960-11-10		Va	Africa	7
RS	Serbia (9)	2000-12-20		II	Europe	4
SC	Seychelles	1976-10-18		Va	Africa	2
SL	Sierra Leone	1962-3-28		Va	Africa	0
SG	Singapore	2007-10-8		IV	Asia	0
SK	Slovakia	1993-2-9		II	Europe	7
SI	Slovenia	1992-5-27		II	Europe	3
SB	Solomon Islands	1993-9-7		IV	Oceania	1
SO	Somalia	1960-11-15		Va	Africa	0
ZA	South Africa (10)	1994-12-12		Va	Africa	8
SS	South Sudan	2011-10-27		Va	Africa	0
ES	Spain	1953-1-30	a	I	Europe	44
LK	Sri Lanka	1949-11-14		IV	Asia	8
SD	Sudan	1956-11-26		Vb	Africa	2
SR	Suriname	1976-7-16		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	2
SZ	Swaziland	1978-1-25		Va	Africa	0
SE	Sweden	1950-1-23	a	I	Europe	15
CH	Switzerland	1949-1-28		I	Europe	11
SY	Syrian Arab Republic	1946-11-16		Vb	Asia	6
TJ	Tajikistan	1993-4-6		II	Asia	2
TH	Thailand	1949-1-1	a	IV	Asia	5
MK	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	1993-6-28	a	II	Europe	1
TL	Timor-Leste	2003-6-5		IV	Asia	0
TG	Togo	1960-11-17	a	Va	Africa	1
TO	Tonga	1980-9-29		IV	Oceania	0
TT	Trinidad and Tobago	1962-11-2	a	III	Latin America and the Caribbean	0
TN	Tunisia	1956-11-8	a	Vb	Africa	8
TR	Turkey	1946-11-4		I	Asia	11
TM	Turkmenistan	1993-8-17	a	IV	Asia	3
TV	Tuvalu	1991-10-21		IV	Oceania	0
UG	Uganda	1962-11-9	a	Va	Africa	3
UA	Ukraine	1954-5-12	a	II	Europe	7
AE	United Arab Emirates	1972-4-20	a	Vb	Asia	1
GB	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (11)	1997-7-1	a	I	Europe	28
TZ	United Republic of Tanzania	1962-3-6		Va	Africa	7
US	United States of America (12)	2003-10-1	a	I	Northern America	21
UY	Uruguay	1947-11-8		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	1
UZ	Uzbekistan	1993-10-26		II	Asia	4
VU	Vanuatu	1994-2-10		IV	Oceania	1
VE	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	1946-11-25		III	Latin America and the Caribbean	3
VN	Viet Nam	1951-7-6		IV	Asia	7
YE	Yemen	1962-4-2		Vb	Asia	4
ZM	Zambia	1964-11-9		Va	Africa	1
ZW	Zimbabwe	1980-9-22		Va	Africa	5

Associate Members

Flag/ ISO Code	Country	Date joined (yyyy-mm-dd)	Executive Board	Executive Board Grouping	UN Region	WH Sites
AI	Anguilla	2013-11-5			Latin America and the Caribbean	0
AW	Aruba	1987-10-20			Latin America and the Caribbean	0
VG	British Virgin Islands	1983-11-24			Latin America and the Caribbean	0
KY	Cayman Islands	1999-10-30			Latin America and the Caribbean	0
CW	Curaçao	2011-10-25			Latin America and the Caribbean	0
FO	Faroes	2009-10-12			Europe	0
MO	Macao, China	1995-10-25			Asia	0
MS	Montserrat	2015-11-3			Latin America and the Caribbean	0
SX	Sint Maarten	2011-10-25			Latin America and the Caribbean	0
TK	Tokelau	2001-10-15			Oceania	0

(1) NEW NAME AS OF 7 APRIL 2009.

(2) As of 25 October 2013 subsequent names replaced: Cape Verde; the Republic of Cape Verde; and Cape Verde escudo.

(3) From the 1st of January 2012 the official name of the state is “Hungary”, instead of the previously used “Republic of Hungary”.

(4) On 16 September 2011, the National Transitional Council requested, via the Protocol and Liaison Service, that the form "Libya", previously not in use at the UN, replace both the earlier official and short forms (respectively, the Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya and Libyan Arab Jamahiriya (the)).

(5) Former formal name: the Republic of Montenegro; replaced 19 October 2007 after the adoption of a new constitution.

(6) On 4 August 2008 the Permanent Mission of Nepal to the United Nations informed the Organization that the formal name "Nepal" was replaced by "the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal". The formal name "Kingdom of Nepal" had been replaced by "Nepal" as of 22 August 2006.

(7) Change of formal name from "Papua New Guinea" announced in March 2013.

(8) Previously a Member State from 11 March 1965 to 31 December 1972.

(9) The former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia became a Member State on 31 March 1950. The participation of Yugoslavia in meetings of governing bodies and conferences of UNESCO was suspended following Resolution 47/1 adopted by the General Assembly of the United Nations on 22 September 1992, which stated that the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) could not continue automatically the membership of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY). Accordingly, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, which became a Member State on 20 December 2000, could not automatically succeed the former SFRY as a member of the Organization. Following the adoption of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro by the Assembly of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia on 4 February 2003, the name of the State of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia has been changed to 'Serbia and Montenegro'.
Further to the Declaration of Independence adopted by the National Assembly of Montenegro on 3 June 2006, UNESCO has been informed that the membership of the State Union Serbia and Montenegro in UNESCO is continued by the Republic of Serbia on the basis of Article 60 of the Constitutional Charter of Serbia and Montenegro.

(10) Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 (founding member) to 31 December 1956.

(11) Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 (founding member) to 31 December 1985.

(12) Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 (founding member) to 31 December 1984.