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Organization of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States 2024

  • The Organisation of African, Caribbean, and Pacific States (OACPS) was created in 1975. Its original name was the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP).
  • South Sudan was previously included as part of Sudan's membership.
  • The OACPS is subdivided into seven 'Economic Partnership Agreement' groups (EPAs), each of which negotiates trade with the European Union as a single entity. The table below abbreviates group titles as follows:
  • Caribbean = CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement
  • Central African = Economic Community of Central African States (CEMAC)
  • East African = East African Community (EAC)
  • Eastern and Southern African = Eastern and Southern Africa group (related to Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa [COMESA])
  • Pacific = Pacific Islands Forum group
  • South African = Southern Africa Development Community (SADC)
  • West African = Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) plus Mauritania

80 countries

Country
Group
AngolaSouth African
Antigua and BarbudaCaribbean
BahamasCaribbean
BarbadosCaribbean
BelizeCaribbean
BeninWest African
BotswanaSouth African
Burkina FasoWest African
BurundiEast African
CameroonCentral African
Cape VerdeWest African
Central African RepublicCentral African
ChadCentral African
ComorosEastern and Southern African
Cook IslandsPacific
CubaCaribbean
DjiboutiEastern and Southern African
DominicaCaribbean
Dominican RepublicCaribbean
DR CongoCentral African
Equatorial GuineaCentral African
EritreaEastern and Southern African
EswatiniSouth African
EthiopiaEastern and Southern African
FijiPacific
GabonCentral African
GambiaWest African
GhanaWest African
GrenadaCaribbean
GuineaWest African
Guinea BissauWest African
GuyanaCaribbean
HaitiCaribbean
Ivory CoastWest African
JamaicaCaribbean
KenyaEast African
KiribatiPacific
LesothoSouth African
LiberiaWest African
MadagascarEastern and Southern African
MalawiEastern and Southern African
MaliWest African
Marshall IslandsPacific
MauritaniaWest African
MauritiusEastern and Southern African
MicronesiaPacific
MozambiqueSouth African
NamibiaSouth African
NauruPacific
NigerWest African
NigeriaWest African
NiuePacific
PalauPacific
Papua New GuineaPacific
Republic of the CongoCentral African
RwandaEast African
Saint Kitts and NevisCaribbean
Saint LuciaCaribbean
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCaribbean
SamoaPacific
Sao Tome and PrincipeCentral African
SenegalWest African
SeychellesEastern and Southern African
Sierra LeoneWest African
Solomon IslandsPacific
SomaliaEastern and Southern African
South AfricaSouth African
South SudanEast African
SudanEastern and Southern African
SurinameCaribbean
TanzaniaEast African
Timor LestePacific
TogoWest African
TongaPacific
Trinidad and TobagoCaribbean
TuvaluPacific
UgandaEast African
VanuatuPacific
ZambiaEastern and Southern African
ZimbabweEastern and Southern African

How many countries are in ACP?

The Africa-Caribbean-Pacific Group of States, ACP, is a partnership of 79 Caribbean, African and Pacific nations that have entered into an agricultural and trading relationship with the European Union.

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