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—The following table lists the independent African states , and their memberships in selected organisations and treaties.
State (57)[ 1]
GNI [ 2]
Currency [ 3]
UN [ 4]
AU [ 5]
Interregional
South African
West African
Central African
East African
North African
CEN-SAD
COMESA
CEPGL
SADC
SACU
ECOWAS
UEMOA
WAMZ
MRU
LGA
AES
ECCAS
CEMAC
IGAD
EAC
AMU
Angola
3 ,940
Kz
UN
AU
x
SADC
ECCAS
Benin
780
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
Botswana
6 ,790
P
UN
AU
SADC
SACU
Burkina Faso
550
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
UEMOA
LGA
AES
Burundi
170
FBu
UN
AU
COMESA
CEPGL
ECCAS
EAC
Cameroon
1 ,180
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
ECCAS
CEMAC
Cape Verde
3 ,270
CVE (Esc or $)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
Central African Republic
470
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECCAS
CEMAC
Chad
620
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECCAS
CEMAC
Comoros
750
FC
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
Congo, Democratic Republic of the
180
CDF (Fr)
UN
AU
COMESA
CEPGL
SADC
ECCAS
Congo, Republic of the
2 ,150
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
ECOWAS
UEMOA
ECCAS
CEMAC
Côte d'Ivoire
1 ,160
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
MRU
Djibouti
1 ,270
DJF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
IGAD
Egypt
2 ,440
(E£ or ج.م)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
ECOWAS
Equatorial Guinea
14 ,540
XAF (Fr)
UN
AU
ECOWAS
ECCAS
CEMAC
Eritrea
340
Nfk
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
ECOWAS
IGAD
Ethiopia
390
Br
UN
AU
COMESA
IGAD
Gabon
7 ,740
XPF (Fr)
UN
AU
ECCAS
CEMAC
Gambia, The
450
D
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
Ghana
1 ,230
₵
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
Guinea
400
FG)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
MRU
Guinea-Bissau
590
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
Kenya
790
KSh
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
IGAD
EAC
Lesotho
1 ,040
L and R
UN
AU
x
SADC
SACU
ECOWAS
Liberia
200
L$
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
MRU
Libya
12 ,320
LD or ل.د
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
AMU
Madagascar
430
Ar
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Malawi
330
MK
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Mali
600
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
UEMOA
LGA
AES
Mauritania
1 ,030
UM
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
x
AMU
Mauritius
7 ,750
Rs
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Morocco
2 ,900
DH or د.م.
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
AMU
Mozambique
440
Mt
UN
AU
x
SADC
Namibia
4 ,500
N$ and R
UN
AU
x
SADC
SACU
Niger
370
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
UEMOA
LGA
AES
Nigeria
1 ,180
₦
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
Rwanda
520
FRw)
UN
AU
COMESA
CEPGL
EAC
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
n/d
DA or د.ج and MRO (UM) and MAD (د. م.) and (Ptas)
AU
São Tomé and Príncipe
1 ,200
Db
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECCAS
Senegal
1 ,090
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
ECOWAS
UEMOA
Seychelles
9 ,760
Rs
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Sierra Leone
340
Le
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
WAMZ
MRU
Somalia
n/d
Sh.So.
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
IGAD
Applied
Somaliland
n/d
Sl.Sh.
South Africa
6 ,090
R
UN
AU
SADC
SACU
ECOWAS
South Sudan
n/d
£ SSP
UN
AU
COMESA
IGAD
EAC
Sudan
1 ,270
LS
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
COMESA
IGAD
Swaziland
2 ,630
L
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
SACU
Tanzania
530
TSh
UN
AU
x
SADC
EAC
Togo
490
XOF (Fr)
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECOWAS
UEMOA
Tunisia
4 ,060
DT or د.ت
UN
AU
CEN-SAD
ECCAS
AMU
Uganda
500
USh
UN
AU
COMESA
IGAD
EAC
Zambia
1 ,070
ZK
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Zimbabwe
460
P and £stg and € and R and US$ and Z$
UN
AU
COMESA
SADC
Euler diagram showing the relationships between various supranational African organisations.
higher middle income ($3,976 - $12,275)
lower middle income ($1,006 - $3,975)
low income ($1,005 or less)
"Name of Organisation" (member states)
x (former members)
Applied (members that have applied to an organisation)
^ Only 57 sovereign states are listed, including Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, and Azawad which are not UN members
^ Gross National Income , List of countries by GNI (nominal, Atlas method) per capita World Development Indicators database [1] , World Bank, revised 17 October 2008 [2]
GNI per capita 2008, Atlas method and PPP; Country classification - low
income ($995 or less), lower middle income ($996 - $3,945) upper middle income ($3,946 to $12,195), high income ($12,196 or more)
^ The different currencies of Africa
^ The United Nations is a world-wide organisation with 193 members , see also; Universal Declaration of Human Rights
^ 54 Members of the African Union