List of members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council

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The United Nations Economic and Social Council has 54 member states which are elected by the United Nations General Assembly for three-year terms, with terms ending on 31 December of the third year. Terms are staggered so that 18 members are elected each year. Seats on the Council are based on the United Nations Regional Groups, with fourteen seats allocated to the African Group, eleven to the Asia-Pacific Group, six to the Eastern European Group, ten to the Latin American and Caribbean Group, and thirteen to the Western European and Others Group.[1][2]

Unlike the UN Security Council, outgoing members are eligible for immediate re-election. Like the Security Council, getting elected to a seat requires a two-thirds majority vote, so it is possible for two candidates to deadlock with approximately half the vote each, needing negotiations to resolve.

De facto permanent

Membership by regional group

List by number of years as ECOSOC member

A total of 176 United Nations member states have been elected to ECOSOC. Out of these, 5 have ceased to exist and 1 has been expelled, leaving a total of 170 members. Combined with the 23 current members that have never been elected to ECOSOC (see #Non-members below), these make up the 193 current members of the UN.

  UNSC permanent member
  Current elected member (2025)
  Former United Nations member
Years Country First Year Most Recent
Year
Regional Group Notes
80 France19462025WEOGUNSC permanent member
79 United Kingdom19462025WEOGUNSC permanent member
79 United States19462024WEOGUNSC permanent member, currently not on ECOSOC
54 China19722025Asia-PacificUNSC permanent member
15 Republic of China19461960NoneFormer UNSC permanent member
46 Soviet Union19461991E. EuropeanFormer UNSC permanent member
31 Russia19922022E. EuropeanUNSC permanent member, currently not on ECOSOC
62 Japan19602025Asia-Pacific
60 Brazil19482025GRULAC
59 India19462024Asia-PacificIncludes approximately 2 years as British India
57 Pakistan19502025Asia-Pacific
56 Canada19462025WEOG
47 Germany19742024WEOGIncludes 17 years as West Germany, but excludes 13 years as East Germany
46 Mexico19502025GRULAC
45 Italy19612025WEOG
44 Poland19482025E. European
43 Argentina19522023GRULAC
43 Colombia19462025GRULAC
41 Venezuela19472019GRULAC
39 Chile19462024GRULAC
38 Australia19482025WEOG
36 Belgium19462024WEOG
36 Peru19462024GRULAC
35 Indonesia19562023Asia-Pacific
35 Netherlands19472025WEOG
34 Turkey19472025WEOG
32 Bulgaria19592023E. European
32 Sweden19512025WEOG
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo19712016African
31 Denmark19482024WEOG
31 Greece19462023WEOG
31 Norway19462021WEOG
31 Romania19652019E. European
30 Finland19572025WEOG
30 South Korea19932025Asia-Pacific
30 Sudan19582020African
30 Yugoslavia19461993E. European
29 Cuba19462014GRULAC
29 New Zealand19472024WEOG
29 Nigeria19762025African
29 Spain19592025WEOG
28 Algeria19642025African
28 Bangladesh19762025Asia-Pacific
27 Belarus19472020E. EuropeanIncludes 9 years as the Byelorussian SSR
27 Ecuador19542020GRULAC
27 Philippines19512020Asia-Pacific
26 Benin19662022African
26 Cameroon19662025African
24 Austria19632025WEOG
24 Congo19682022African
24 Egypt19522021African
24 Ghana19702020African
24 Iran19502021Asia-Pacific
24 Iraq19642018Asia-Pacific
24 Jamaica19692021GRULAC
24 Portugal19762023WEOG
24 Tunisia19702024African
22 Ethiopia19612021African
22 Ireland19682020WEOG
22 Saudi Arabia19832025Asia-Pacific
22 Senegal19622025African
21 Bolivia19722023GRULAC
21 Czechoslovakia19461991E. European
21 Gabon19652022African
21 Kenya19702025African
21 Libya19672023African
21 Malaysia19712010Asia-Pacific
21 Morocco19662020African
21 Rwanda19772018African
21 Thailand19742022Asia-Pacific
20 Uruguay19512025GRULAC
19 Sri Lanka19702025Asia-Pacific
19 Ukraine19462021E. EuropeanIncludes 7 years as the Ukrainian SSR
18 Burkina Faso19682017African
18 Costa Rica19582025GRULAC
18 El Salvador19612020GRULAC
18 Nicaragua19812022GRULAC
18 Somalia19772018African
18 Uganda19732017African
17 Guatemala19672023GRULAC
17 Tanzania19662025African
17 Zambia19742025African
16 Lebanon19462018Asia-Pacific
16 South Africa19952025African
15 Botswana19832025African
15 Czech Republic19962024E. European
15 Jordan19611998Asia-Pacific
15 Luxembourg19642021WEOG
15 Mauritius19982024African
15 Panama19662022GRULAC
15 Togo19762020African
15 Trinidad and Tobago19732017GRULAC
15 Zimbabwe19852023African
14 Guinea19742007African
14 Haiti19712025GRULAC
13 East Germany19741990E. European
13 Ivory Coast19742025African
13 Sierra Leone19662000African
12 Afghanistan19592024Asia-Pacific
12 Angola19922021African
12 Bahamas19802012GRULAC
12 Eswatini19822024African
12 Guyana19842018GRULAC
12 Lesotho19782014African
12 Liberia19742023African
12 Madagascar19712023African
12 Malawi19802020African
12 Mozambique19862010African
12 Qatar19822025Asia-Pacific
12 Syria19772001Asia-Pacific
11 Mauritania19772025African
11   Nepal19802025Asia-Pacific
11 Paraguay19942025GRULAC
11 Suriname19832025GRULAC
10 Djibouti19832025African
10 Dominican Republic19552025GRULAC
10 Hungary19712011E. European
10 Iceland19852008WEOG
9 Belize19872024GRULAC
9 Burundi19722004African
9 Cape Verde19972025African
9 Chad19682019African
9 Croatia20002024E. European
9 Guinea-Bissau19992011African
9 Kazakhstan20072024Asia-Pacific
9 Kuwait19672015Asia-Pacific
9 Latvia19972022E. European
9 Mali19732021African
9 Malta19782020WEOG
9 Niger19712010African
9 Oman19872024Asia-Pacific
9 Saint Lucia19822010GRULAC
8 Fiji19742002Asia-Pacific
8 United Arab Emirates19782018Asia-Pacific
7 Armenia20042025E. European
7 Azerbaijan20032025E. European
7  Switzerland20112025WEOG
6 Albania20052015E. European
6 Andorra20012019WEOG
6 Bahrain19902002Asia-Pacific
6 Barbados19792009GRULAC
6 Bhutan19932004Asia-Pacific
6 Central African Republic19781998African
6 Comoros19982012African
6 Estonia20092017E. European
6 Georgia20012016E. European
6 Honduras19992017GRULAC
6 Liechtenstein20082025WEOG
6 Moldova20082018E. European
6 Mongolia19732012Asia-Pacific
6 Namibia20042011African
6 Slovakia20102025E. European
6 Turkmenistan20132021Asia-Pacific
6 Viet Nam19982018Asia-Pacific
4 Antigua and Barbuda20142025GRULAC
4 Yemen19752019Asia-PacificIncludes 3 years as North Yemen, but excludes 3 years as South Yemen
3 Cyprus19791981Asia-Pacific
3 Equatorial Guinea20232025African
3 Gambia19971999African
3 Kyrgyzstan20132015Asia-Pacific
3 Laos20232025Asia-Pacific
3 Lithuania20052007E. European
3 Montenegro20202022E. European
3 Papua New Guinea19841986Asia-Pacific
3 Saint Kitts and Nevis20092011GRULAC
3 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines20172019GRULAC
3 San Marino20132015WEOG
3 Serbia20142016E. European
3 Slovenia20232025E. European
3 Solomon Islands20212023Asia-Pacific
3 South Yemen19741976Asian
2 Israel20222023WEOG
2 Tajikistan20172018Asia-Pacific
1 Bosnia and Herzegovina20172017E. European
1 Cambodia20192019Asia-Pacific
1 Uzbekistan20252025Asia-Pacific

Non-members

This lists all current UN members that have never been a member of the Economic and Social Council.

UN Member stateRegional Group
BruneiAsia-Pacific
DominicaGRULAC
East TimorAsia-Pacific
EritreaAfrican
GrenadaGRULAC
KiribatiNone
MaldivesAsia-Pacific
Marshall IslandsAsia-Pacific
MicronesiaAsia-Pacific
MonacoWEOG
MyanmarAsia-Pacific
NauruAsia-Pacific
North KoreaAsia-Pacific
North MacedoniaE. European
PalauAsia-Pacific
SamoaAsia-Pacific
São Tomé and PríncipeAfrican
SeychellesAsia-Pacific
SingaporeAsia-Pacific
South SudanAfrican
TongaAsia-Pacific
TuvaluAsia-Pacific
VanuatuAsia-Pacific

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