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The member states of the International Labour Organization (ILO) are the 187 sovereign states admitted to the United Nations' specialised agency which sets international standards related to work. Created in 1919 as a result of the Versailles Treaty, the ILO is the third oldest existing multilateral organization and the only remaining organization with direct links to the League of Nations.

Member states

At the founding of the ILO in 1919 there were 44 member states. As signatories to the Versailles Treaty, 29 states are considered "founder members". Another 13 states, who were not signatories, were invited to be members and granted status as founder members.^[1] Founder members appear with a blue background; invited founder members appear with a khaki background.

Current member states
Member state^[2]	Date of admission	Notes
Afghanistan	29 September 1934
Albania	22 May 1991	Member from 1920 through to 1967, rejoined 1991
Algeria	19 October 1962
Angola	4 June 1976
Antigua and Barbuda	16 February 1982
Argentina	28 June 1919
Armenia	26 November 1992	Previously member as part of USSR
Australia	28 June 1919
Austria	24 June 1947	Member from 1919 through to 1938
Azerbaijan	19 May 1992	Previously member as part of USSR
Bahamas	25 May 1976
Bahrain	18 April 1977
Bangladesh	22 June 1972
Barbados	8 May 1967
Belarus	12 May 1954
Belgium	28 June 1919
Belize	7 November 1981
Benin	14 December 1960
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	28 June 1919
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2 June 1993	Founder member as part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Botswana	27 February 1978
Brazil	28 June 1919
Brunei Darussalam	17 January 2007
Bulgaria	16 December 1920
Burkina Faso	21 November 1960
Burundi	13 March 1963
Cabo Verde	3 April 1979
Cambodia	24 February 1969
Cameroon	7 June 1960
Canada	28 June 1919
Central African Republic	27 October 1960
Chad	10 November 1960
Chile	28 June 1919
China	28 June 1919	Joined as Republic of China
Colombia	28 June 1919
Comoros	23 October 1978
Congo	10 November 1960
Cook Islands	12 June 2015
Costa Rica	21 February 1944	Member from 1920 to 1927
Côte d'Ivoire	21 September 1960
Croatia	30 June 1992	Founder member as part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Cuba	28 June 1919
Cyprus	23 September 1960
Czech Republic	3 February 1993	Previously a member as part of Czechoslovakia
Democratic Republic of the Congo	20 September 1960
Denmark	28 June 1919
Djibouti	3 April 1978
Dominica	17 June 1982
Dominican Republic	29 September 1924
Ecuador	28 September 1934
Egypt	19 June 1936
El Salvador	21 June 1948	Member from 1919 to 1939
Equatorial Guinea	31 January 1981
Eritrea	7 June 1993
Estonia	13 January 1992	Member as Estonia 1921–1935, as part of the Soviet Union 1954–1991
Eswatini	20 May 1975
Ethiopia	28 September 1923
Fiji	19 April 1974
Finland	16 December 1920
France	28 June 1919
Gabon	14 October 1960
Gambia	29 May 1995
Georgia	22 June 1993	Previously a member as part of the USSR
Germany	12 June 1951
Ghana	20 May 1957
Greece	28 June 1919
Grenada	17 September 1974
Guatemala	28 June 1919
Guinea	12 December 1958
Guinea-Bissau	17 September 1974
Guyana	20 September 1966
Haiti	28 June 1919
Honduras	28 June 1919
Hungary	14 December 1955
Iceland	19 November 1946
India	28 June 1919
Indonesia	12 May 1950	Indonesia withdrew from the ILO in 1965 for 20 months.
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	28 June 1919	Joined as Persia
Iraq	21 December 1945
Ireland	14 December 1955
Israel	11 May 1949
Italy	28 June 1919
Jamaica	18 September 1962
Japan	28 June 1919
Jordan	14 December 1955
Kazakhstan	2 March 1992	Previously a member as part of the USSR
Kenya	16 December 1963
Kiribati	14 September 1999
Kuwait	14 May 1963
Kyrgyzstan	2 March 1992	Previously a member as part of the USSR
Lao People's Democratic Republic	14 December 1955
Latvia	17 September 1991	Previously a member as part of the USSR
Lebanon	24 October 1945
Lesotho	17 October 1966
Liberia	28 June 1919
Libya	14 December 1955
Lithuania	17 September 1991	Previously a member as part of the USSR
Luxembourg	24 October 1945
Madagascar	20 September 1960
Malawi	1 December 1964
Malaysia	17 September 1957
Maldives	21 September 1965
Mali	28 September 1960
Malta	1 December 1964
Marshall Islands	17 September 1991
Mauritania	27 October 1961
Mauritius	24 April 1968
Mexico	7 November 1945
Mongolia	27 October 1961
Montenegro	28 June 2006	Founder member as part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Morocco	12 November 1956
Mozambique	16 September 1975
Myanmar	19 April 1948
Namibia	23 April 1990
Nepal	14 December 1955
Netherlands	28 June 1919
New Zealand	28 June 1919
Nicaragua	28 June 1919
Niger	20 September 1960
Nigeria	7 October 1960
North Macedonia	8 April 1993	Founder member as part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Norway	28 June 1919
Oman	7 October 1971
Pakistan	30 September 1947	Pakistan and the United Nations
Palau	15 December 1994
Panama	28 June 1919
Papua New Guinea	10 October 1975
Paraguay	28 June 1919
Peru	28 June 1919
Philippines	24 October 1945
Poland	28 June 1919	Withdrew in 1984, rejoined in 1986
Portugal	28 June 1919
Qatar	21 September 1971
Republic of Korea	17 September 1991
Republic of Moldova	8 June 1992
Romania	28 June 1919
Russian Federation	26 April 1954	Previously a member as part of the USSR
Rwanda	18 September 1962
St. Kitts and Nevis	23 September 1983
St. Lucia	18 September 1979
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	16 September 1980
Samoa	15 December 1976
San Marino	2 March 1992
São Tomé and Príncipe	16 September 1975
Saudi Arabia	24 October 1945
Senegal	28 September 1960
Serbia	24 November 2000	Founder member as part of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, rejoined in 2000 as Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.^[3]
Seychelles	21 September 1976
Sierra Leone	27 September 1961
Singapore	21 September 1965
Slovakia	22 January 1993	Founder member as part of Czechoslovakia
Slovenia	22 May 1992	Founder member as part of the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Solomon Islands	19 September 1978
Somalia	20 September 1960
South Africa	28 June 1919
South Sudan	14 July 2011
Spain	28 June 1919
Sri Lanka	14 December 1955
Sudan	12 November 1956
Suriname	4 December 1975
Sweden	28 June 1919
Switzerland	28 June 1919
Syrian Arab Republic	24 October 1945
Tajikistan	2 March 1992	Previously a member as part of the USSR
Thailand	28 June 1919	Joined as Siam
Timor-Leste	27 September 2002
Togo	20 September 1960
Tonga	14 September 1999
Trinidad and Tobago	18 September 1962
Tunisia	12 November 1956
Turkey	24 October 1945
Turkmenistan	2 March 1992	Previously a members as part of the USSR
Tuvalu	5 September 2000
Uganda	25 October 1962
Ukraine	12 May 1954	Joined ILO as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic^[4]
United Arab Emirates	9 December 1971
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	28 June 1919
United Republic of Tanzania	14 December 1961
United States of America	18 February 1980	Member from 1934, withdrew in 1977, rejoined 1980.
Uruguay	28 June 1919
Uzbekistan	2 March 1992	Previously a member as part of the USSR
Vanuatu	15 September 1981
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	28 June 1919
Viet Nam	20 September 1977
Yemen	30 September 1947	Former members: Yemen and Democratic Yemen
Zambia	1 December 1964
Zimbabwe	25 August 1980

Member withdrawals

Former member states
State	Date of withdrawal	Date of readmission	Notes
Indonesia	1965		In 1965, the Indonesian government under President Sukarno withdrew from the ILO for a period of 20 months. Subsequently, the government under President Suharto, upon returning to the ILO, indicated that Indonesia had only suspended cooperation for the period rather than withdrawn.^[5]
Poland	17 November 1984^[6]	1986
Soviet Union	February 1940^[7]	26 April 1954	The Soviet Union was expelled from the League of Nations in December 1939 following the start of the Winter War.^[8] However, this expulsion did not automatically invalidate membership in the ILO; not until the meeting of the ILO Administrative Council in February the following year was the membership rescinded.^[9]
South Africa	11 March 1964^[10]	26 May 1994
United States of America	1 November 1977^[11]	18 February 1980

Former members

Former member states
State	Date of admission	Date membership ceased	Notes
Czechoslovakia	28 June 1919	1 January 1993	Following the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the country ceased to be a member.
German Democratic Republic	1 January 1974	1 October 1990	Following the reunification of Germany, the GDR ceased to be a member.
Soviet Union	18 September 1934	25 December 1991	The Soviet Union was not a member between 1940 and 1954. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the USSR ceased to be a member.
Yugoslavia	28 June 1919	27 April 1992	Following the dissolution of Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, the country ceased to be a member.

UN member states not members of the ILO

Former member states
Flag	State	Notes
	Andorra
	Bhutan
	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
	Liechtenstein
	Micronesia
	Monaco
	Nauru
	Holy See	Based on an unofficial agreement reached in 1926, the Vatican nominates a special advisor to the ILO Director-General on social and religious matters.^[12]