List of Member States and Associate Members of UNESCO at 1 January 2024

Members States

Afghanistan - 4 May 1948
Albania - 16 October 1958
Algeria - 15 October 1962
Andorra - 20 October 1993
Angola - 11 March 1977
Antigua and Barbuda - 15 July 1982
Argentina - 15 September 1948
Armenia - 9 June 1992
Australia - 4 November 1946
Austria - 13 August 1948
Azerbaijan - 3 June 1992
Bahamas - 23 April 1981
Bahrain - 18 January 1972
Bangladesh - 27 October 1972
Barbados - 24 October 1968
Belarus - 12 May 1954
Belgium - 29 November 1946
Belize - 10 May 1982
Benin - 18 October 1960
Bhutan - 13 April 1982
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) - 13 November 1946
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 2 June 1993
Botswana - 16 January 1980
Brazil - 4 November 1946
Brunei Darussalam - 17 March 2005
Bulgaria - 17 May 1956
Burkina Faso - 14 November 1960
Burundi - 16 November 1962
Cabo Verde - 15 February 1978
Cambodia - 3 July 1951
Cameroon - 11 November 1960
Canada - 4 November 1946
Central African Republic - 11 November 1960
Chad - 19 December 1960
Chile - 7 July 1953
China - 4 November 1946
Colombia - 31 October 1947
Comoros - 22 March 1977
Congo - 24 October 1960
Cook Islands - 25 October 1989
Costa Rica - 19 May 1950
Côte d’Ivoire - 27 October 1960
Croatia - 1 June 1992
Cuba - 29 August 1947
Cyprus - 6 February 1961
Czechia - 22 February 1993
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - 18 October 1974
Democratic Republic of the Congo - 25 November 1960
Denmark - 4 November 1946
Djibouti - 31 August 1989
Dominica - 9 January 1979
Dominican Republic - 4 November 1946
Ecuador - 22 January 1947
Egypt - 4 November 1946
El Salvador - 28 April 1948
Equatorial Guinea - 29 November 1979
Eritrea - 2 September 1993
Estonia - 14 October 1991
Eswatini - 25 January 1978
Ethiopia - 1 July 1955
Fiji - 14 July 1983
Finland - 10 October 1956
France - 4 November 1946
Gabon - 16 November 1960
Gambia - 1 August 1973
Georgia - 7 October 1992
Germany - 11 July 1951
Ghana - 11 April 1958
Greece - 4 November 1946
Grenada - 17 February 1975
Guatemala - 2 January 1950
Guinea - 2 February 1960
Guinea-Bissau - 1 November 1974
Guyana - 21 March 1967
Haiti - 18 November 1946
Honduras - 16 December 1947
Hungary 14 September 1948
Iceland - 8 June 1964
India - 4 November 1946
Indonesia - 27 May 1950
Iran (Islamic Republic of) - 6 September 1948
Iraq - 21 October 1948
Ireland - 3 October 1961
Italy - 27 January 1948
Jamaica - 7 November 1962
Japan - 2 July 1951
Jordan - 14 June 1950
Kazakhstan - 22 May 1992
Kenya - 7 April 1964
Kiribati - 24 October 1989
Kuwait - 18 November 1960
Kyrgyzstan - 2 June 1992
Lao People’s Democratic Republic - 9 July 1951
Latvia - 14 October 1991
Lebanon - 4 November 1946
Lesotho - 29 September 1967
Liberia - 6 March 1947
Libya - 27 June 1953
Lithuania - 7 October 1991
Luxembourg - 27 October 1947
Madagascar - 10 November 1960
Malawi - 27 October 1964
Malaysia - 16 June 1958
Maldives - 18 July 1980
Mali - 7 November 1960
Malta - 10 February 1965
Marshall Islands - 30 June 1995
Mauritania - 10 January 1962
Mauritius - 25 October 1968
Mexico - 4 November 1946
Micronesia (Federated States of) - 19 October 1999
Monaco - 6 July 1949
Mongolia - 1 November 1962
Montenegro - 1 March 2007
Morocco - 7 November 1956
Mozambique - 11 October 1976
Myanmar - 27 June 1949
Namibia - 2 November 1978
Nauru - 17 October 1996
Nepal - 1 May 1953
Netherlands (Kingdom of the) - 1 January 1947
New Zealand - 4 November 1946
Nicaragua - 22 February 1952
Niger - 10 November 1960
Nigeria - 14 November 1960
Niue - 26 October 1993
North Macedonia - 28 June 1993
Norway - 4 November 1946
Oman - 10 February 1972
Pakistan - 14 September 1949
Palau - 20 September 1999
Panama - 10 January 1950
Papua New Guinea - 4 October 1976
Paraguay - 20 June 1955
Peru - 21 November 1946
Philippines - 21 November 1946
Poland - 6 November 1946
Portugal - 11 September 1974¹
Qatar - 27 January 1972
Republic of Korea - 14 June 1950
Republic of Moldova - 27 May 1992
Romania - 27 July 1956
Russian Federation - 21 April 1954
Rwanda - 7 November 1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis - 26 October 1983
Saint Lucia - 6 March 1980
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines - 15 February 1983
Samoa - 3 April 1981
San Marino - 12 November 1974
Sao Tome and Principe - 22 January 1980
Saudi Arabia - 4 November 1946
Senegal - 10 November 1960
Serbia - 20 December 2000
Seychelles - 18 October 1976
Sierra Leone - 28 March 1962
Singapore - 8 October 2007²
Slovakia - 9 February 1993
Slovenia - 27 May 1992
Solomon Islands - 7 September 1993
Somalia - 15 November 1960
South Africa - 12 December 1994³
South Sudan - 27 October 2011
Spain - 30 January 1953
Sri Lanka - 14 November 1949
State of Palestine - 23 November 2011
Sudan - 26 November 1956
Suriname - 16 July 1976
Sweden - 23 January 1950
Switzerland - 28 January 1949
Syrian Arab Republic - 16 November 1946
Tajikistan - 6 April 1993
Thailand - 1 January 1949
Timor-Leste - 5 June 2003
Togo - 17 November 1960
Tonga - 29 September 1980
Trinidad and Tobago - 2 November 1962
Tunisia - 8 November 1956
Türkiye - 4 November 1946
Turkmenistan - 17 August 1993
Tuvalu - 21 October 1991
Uganda - 9 November 1962
Ukraine - 12 May 1954
United Arab Emirates - 20 April 1972
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - 1 July 1997⁴
United Republic of Tanzania - 6 March 1962
United States of America - 10 July 2023⁵
Uruguay - 8 November 1947
Uzbekistan - 26 October 1993
Vanuatu - 10 February 1994
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) - 25 November 1946
Viet Nam - 1 July 1951
Yemen - 2 April 1962
Zambia - 9 November 1964
Zimbabwe - 22 September 1980


Associate Members

Åland Islands - 9 November 2021
Anguilla - 5 November 2013
Aruba - 20 October 1987
British Virgin Islands - 24 November 1983
Cayman Islands - 30 October 1999
Curaçao - 25 October 2011
Faroes - 12 October 2009
Macau (China) - 25 October 1995
Montserrat - 13 November 2015
New Caledonia - 1 November 2017
Sint Maarten - 25 October 2011
Tokelau - 15 October 2001

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¹ Previously a Member State from 12 March 1965 to 31 December 1972.

² Previously a Member State from 28 Octobre 1965 to 31 December 1985.

³ Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 to 31 December 1956.

⁴ Previously a Member State from 4 November 1946 to 31 December 1985.

⁵ Previously a Member a State from 4 November 1946 to 31 December 1984 and from 1 October 2003 to 31 December 2018.