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.
| Years | Country | First Year | Most Recent Year |
Regional Group | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 80 | 1946 | 2025 | WEOG | UNSC permanent member | |
| 79 | 1946 | 2025 | WEOG | UNSC permanent member | |
| 79 | 1946 | 2024 | WEOG | UNSC permanent member, currently not on ECOSOC | |
| 54 | 1972 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | UNSC permanent member | |
| 15 | 1946 | 1960 | None | Former UNSC permanent member | |
| 46 | 1946 | 1991 | E. European | Former UNSC permanent member | |
| 31 | 1992 | 2022 | E. European | UNSC permanent member, currently not on ECOSOC | |
| 62 | 1960 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 60 | 1948 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 59 | 1946 | 2024 | Asia-Pacific | Includes approximately 2 years as British India | |
| 57 | 1950 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 56 | 1946 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 47 | 1974 | 2024 | WEOG | Includes 17 years as West Germany, but excludes 13 years as East Germany | |
| 46 | 1950 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 45 | 1961 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 44 | 1948 | 2025 | E. European | ||
| 43 | 1952 | 2023 | GRULAC | ||
| 43 | 1946 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 41 | 1947 | 2019 | GRULAC | ||
| 39 | 1946 | 2024 | GRULAC | ||
| 38 | 1948 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 36 | 1946 | 2024 | WEOG | ||
| 36 | 1946 | 2024 | GRULAC | ||
| 35 | 1956 | 2023 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 35 | 1947 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 34 | 1947 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 32 | 1959 | 2023 | E. European | ||
| 32 | 1951 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 31 | 1971 | 2016 | African | ||
| 31 | 1948 | 2024 | WEOG | ||
| 31 | 1946 | 2023 | WEOG | ||
| 31 | 1946 | 2021 | WEOG | ||
| 31 | 1965 | 2019 | E. European | ||
| 30 | 1957 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 30 | 1993 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 30 | 1958 | 2020 | African | ||
| 30 | 1946 | 1993 | E. European | ||
| 29 | 1946 | 2014 | GRULAC | ||
| 29 | 1947 | 2024 | WEOG | ||
| 29 | 1976 | 2025 | African | ||
| 29 | 1959 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 28 | 1964 | 2025 | African | ||
| 28 | 1976 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 27 | 1947 | 2020 | E. European | Includes 9 years as the Byelorussian SSR | |
| 27 | 1954 | 2020 | GRULAC | ||
| 27 | 1951 | 2020 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 26 | 1966 | 2022 | African | ||
| 26 | 1966 | 2025 | African | ||
| 24 | 1963 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 24 | 1968 | 2022 | African | ||
| 24 | 1952 | 2021 | African | ||
| 24 | 1970 | 2020 | African | ||
| 24 | 1950 | 2021 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 24 | 1964 | 2018 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 24 | 1969 | 2021 | GRULAC | ||
| 24 | 1976 | 2023 | WEOG | ||
| 24 | 1970 | 2024 | African | ||
| 22 | 1961 | 2021 | African | ||
| 22 | 1968 | 2020 | WEOG | ||
| 22 | 1983 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 22 | 1962 | 2025 | African | ||
| 21 | 1972 | 2023 | GRULAC | ||
| 21 | 1946 | 1991 | E. European | ||
| 21 | 1965 | 2022 | African | ||
| 21 | 1970 | 2025 | African | ||
| 21 | 1967 | 2023 | African | ||
| 21 | 1971 | 2010 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 21 | 1966 | 2020 | African | ||
| 21 | 1977 | 2018 | African | ||
| 21 | 1974 | 2022 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 20 | 1951 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 19 | 1970 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 19 | 1946 | 2021 | E. European | Includes 7 years as the Ukrainian SSR | |
| 18 | 1968 | 2017 | African | ||
| 18 | 1958 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 18 | 1961 | 2020 | GRULAC | ||
| 18 | 1981 | 2022 | GRULAC | ||
| 18 | 1977 | 2018 | African | ||
| 18 | 1973 | 2017 | African | ||
| 17 | 1967 | 2023 | GRULAC | ||
| 17 | 1966 | 2025 | African | ||
| 17 | 1974 | 2025 | African | ||
| 16 | 1946 | 2018 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 16 | 1995 | 2025 | African | ||
| 15 | 1983 | 2025 | African | ||
| 15 | 1996 | 2024 | E. European | ||
| 15 | 1961 | 1998 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 15 | 1964 | 2021 | WEOG | ||
| 15 | 1998 | 2024 | African | ||
| 15 | 1966 | 2022 | GRULAC | ||
| 15 | 1976 | 2020 | African | ||
| 15 | 1973 | 2017 | GRULAC | ||
| 15 | 1985 | 2023 | African | ||
| 14 | 1974 | 2007 | African | ||
| 14 | 1971 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 13 | 1974 | 1990 | E. European | ||
| 13 | 1974 | 2025 | African | ||
| 13 | 1966 | 2000 | African | ||
| 12 | 1959 | 2024 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 12 | 1992 | 2021 | African | ||
| 12 | 1980 | 2012 | GRULAC | ||
| 12 | 1982 | 2024 | African | ||
| 12 | 1984 | 2018 | GRULAC | ||
| 12 | 1978 | 2014 | African | ||
| 12 | 1974 | 2023 | African | ||
| 12 | 1971 | 2023 | African | ||
| 12 | 1980 | 2020 | African | ||
| 12 | 1986 | 2010 | African | ||
| 12 | 1982 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 12 | 1977 | 2001 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 11 | 1977 | 2025 | African | ||
| 11 | 1980 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 11 | 1994 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 11 | 1983 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 10 | 1983 | 2025 | African | ||
| 10 | 1955 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 10 | 1971 | 2011 | E. European | ||
| 10 | 1985 | 2008 | WEOG | ||
| 9 | 1987 | 2024 | GRULAC | ||
| 9 | 1972 | 2004 | African | ||
| 9 | 1997 | 2025 | African | ||
| 9 | 1968 | 2019 | African | ||
| 9 | 2000 | 2024 | E. European | ||
| 9 | 1999 | 2011 | African | ||
| 9 | 2007 | 2024 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 9 | 1967 | 2015 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 9 | 1997 | 2022 | E. European | ||
| 9 | 1973 | 2021 | African | ||
| 9 | 1978 | 2020 | WEOG | ||
| 9 | 1971 | 2010 | African | ||
| 9 | 1987 | 2024 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 9 | 1982 | 2010 | GRULAC | ||
| 8 | 1974 | 2002 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 8 | 1978 | 2018 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 7 | 2004 | 2025 | E. European | ||
| 7 | 2003 | 2025 | E. European | ||
| 7 | 2011 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 6 | 2005 | 2015 | E. European | ||
| 6 | 2001 | 2019 | WEOG | ||
| 6 | 1990 | 2002 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 6 | 1979 | 2009 | GRULAC | ||
| 6 | 1993 | 2004 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 6 | 1978 | 1998 | African | ||
| 6 | 1998 | 2012 | African | ||
| 6 | 2009 | 2017 | E. European | ||
| 6 | 2001 | 2016 | E. European | ||
| 6 | 1999 | 2017 | GRULAC | ||
| 6 | 2008 | 2025 | WEOG | ||
| 6 | 2008 | 2018 | E. European | ||
| 6 | 1973 | 2012 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 6 | 2004 | 2011 | African | ||
| 6 | 2010 | 2025 | E. European | ||
| 6 | 2013 | 2021 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 6 | 1998 | 2018 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 4 | 2014 | 2025 | GRULAC | ||
| 4 | 1975 | 2019 | Asia-Pacific | Includes 3 years as North Yemen, but excludes 3 years as South Yemen | |
| 3 | 1979 | 1981 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 3 | 2023 | 2025 | African | ||
| 3 | 1997 | 1999 | African | ||
| 3 | 2013 | 2015 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 3 | 2023 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 3 | 2005 | 2007 | E. European | ||
| 3 | 2020 | 2022 | E. European | ||
| 3 | 1984 | 1986 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 3 | 2009 | 2011 | GRULAC | ||
| 3 | 2017 | 2019 | GRULAC | ||
| 3 | 2013 | 2015 | WEOG | ||
| 3 | 2014 | 2016 | E. European | ||
| 3 | 2023 | 2025 | E. European | ||
| 3 | 2021 | 2023 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 3 | 1974 | 1976 | Asian | ||
| 2 | 2022 | 2023 | WEOG | ||
| 2 | 2017 | 2018 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1 | 2017 | 2017 | E. European | ||
| 1 | 2019 | 2019 | Asia-Pacific | ||
| 1 | 2025 | 2025 | Asia-Pacific |
Non-members
This lists all current UN members that have never been a member of the Economic and Social Council.
| UN Member state | Regional Group |
|---|---|
| Asia-Pacific | |
| GRULAC | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| African | |
| GRULAC | |
| None | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| WEOG | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| E. European | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| African | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| African | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| Asia-Pacific | |
| Asia-Pacific |