—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 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 ECOWAS UEMOA LGA 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 ECOWAS UEMOA LGA 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 ECOWAS UEMOA LGA 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 See also [ edit ]