Member states of the World Customs Organization
As of today, the World Customs Organization has a total of 183 members. The European Communities joined "on an interim basis akin to those enjoyed by WCO Members".Members list with date of membership
The 175 sovereign states, 4 customs territories and one customs union are divided into the following regional groups:
;East and Southern Africa
- sovereign states
- *— 1990-09-26
- *— 1978-08-25
- *— 1964-10-20
- *— 1993-07-01
- *— 2008-03-19
- *— 1995-08-08
- * 1981-05-15
- *— 1973-08-06
- *— 1965-05-24
- *— 1978-08-02
- *— 1964-02-18
- *— 1966-06-06
- *— 1973-03-29
- *— 1987-07-01
- *— 1992-07-01
- *— 1964-03-03
- *— 2000-07-25
- *— 2012-10-04
- *— 2012-07-18
- *— 1964-03-24
- *— 1964-11-07
- *— 1964-11-03
- *— 1978-09-27
- *— 1981-03-19
;Europe
- sovereign states
- *— 1992-08-31
- *— 1998-09-03
- *— 1992-06-30
- *'— 1953-01-21
- *— 1992-06-17
- *— 1993-12-16
- *'— 1952-12-11
- *— 2008-07-04
- *— 1973-08-01
- *— 1993-07-01
- *— 1967-08-31
- *— 1993-01-01
- *'— 1951-10-19
- *— 1992-06-18
- *— 1961-01-27
- *'— 1952-10-06
- *— 1993-10-26
- *'— 1952-11-04
- *'— 1951-12-10
- *— 1968-09-16
- *— 1971-02-15
- *'— 1952-09-23
- *— 1958-05-23
- *'— 1952-11-20
- *— 1992-06-30
- *— 2000-02-10
- *— 1992-06-22
- *— 1992-06-18
- *'— 1953-01-23
- *— 1994-07-01
- *— 1968-07-06
- *— 1994-10-28
- *— 2006-10-24
- *'— 1953-01-23
- *'— 1951-08-06
- *— 1974-07-17
- *'— 1953-01-26
- *— 1969-01-15
- *— 1991-07-08
- *— 2001-03-27
- *— 1993-01-01
- *— 1992-09-07
- *'— 1952-07-13
- *'— 1952-10-17
- *'— 1952-12-19
- *— 1997-07-01
- *'— 1951-06-06
- *— 1993-05-17
- *— 1992-06-26
- *— 1952-09-12
- *— 1992-07-28
- partially recognised state
- *— 2017-01-25
- customs union
- *
;Far East, South and South East Asia, Australasia and the Pacific Islands
- sovereign states
- *— 2004-08-10
- *— 1961-01-05
- *— 1978-07-01
- *— 2002-02-12
- *— 1996-07-01
- *— 2001-04-03
- *— 1983-07-18
- *— 1997-07-01
- *— 1971-02-15
- *— 1957-04-30
- *— 1959-10-16
- *— 1964-01-15
- *— 1968-07-02
- *— 2007-01-16
- *— 1964-06-30
- *— 1995-09-08
- *— 1991-09-17
- *— 1991-03-25
- *— 1986-07-22
- *— 1963-05-16
- *— 1955-11-16
- *— 2002-03-18
- *— 1980-10-01
- *— 2001-10-01
- *— 1975-07-09
- *— 1967-05-29
- *— 1972-02-04
- *— 2003-09-19
- *— 2005-07-01
- *— 2009-11-17
- *— 1993-07-01
- customs territories
- *— 1987-07-01
- *— 1993-07-07
;North of Africa, Near and Middle East
- sovereign states
- *— 1966-12-19
- *— 2001-04-18
- *— 1956-10-26
- *— 1990-06-06
- *— 1964-01-01
- *— 1993-10-04
- *— 1960-05-20
- *— 1983-01-11
- *— 1968-07-01
- *— 2000-09-11
- *— 1992-05-04
- *— 1973-05-08
- *— 1960-06-08
- *— 1959-11-19
- *— 1966-07-20
- *— 1979-02-07
- *— 1993-07-01
- partially recognised state
- *— 2015-03-24
;South America, North America, Central America and the Caribbean
- sovereign states
- *— 2017-04-10
- *— 1968-07-01
- *— 1974-08-16
- *— 1999-01-07
- *— 2008-04-22
- *— 1997-08-14
- *— 1981-01-19
- *— 1971-10-12
- *— 1966-07-01
- *— 1993-07-11
- *— 2001-08-29
- *— 1988-07-01
- *— 2004-07-28
- *— 1997-12-16
- *— 2005-07-07
- *— 1985-02-22
- *— 1976-07-29
- *— 1958-01-31
- *— 2005-12-08
- *— 1963-03-29
- *— 1988-02-08
- *— 1998-09-24
- *— 1996-03-08
- *— 1969-10-03
- *— 1970-01-27
- *— 2005-05-12
- *— 2018
- *— 1973-10-15
- *— 1970-11-05
- *— 1977-09-16
- *— 1996-07-01
- customs territories
- *— 1988-07-11
- *— 1990-07-01
;West and Central Africa
- sovereign states
- *— 1998-11-09
- *— 1966-09-16
- *— 1965-04-09
- *— 1992-07-01
- *— 1986-07-28
- *— 2005-02-16
- *— 1972-07-26
- *— 1975-09-02
- *— 1963-09-02
- *— 1965-02-18
- *— 1987-10-14
- *— 1968-08-01
- *— 1991-10-30
- *— 2010-08-19
- *— 1975-01-07
- *— 1987-08-07
- *— 1979-10-02
- *— 1981-07-01
- *— 1963-08-21
- *— 2009-09-23
- *— 1976-03-10
- *— 1975-11-06
- *— 1990-02-12
Non-Members
The following United Nations member states are not members of the WCO: Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Dominica, Equatorial Guinea, Liechtenstein, Monaco, San Marino, North Korea, Palau, Solomon Islands, Micronesia, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Tuvalu, and Nauru. Non-member states also include Vatican City, Cook Islands, Niue, Taiwan, and the other states with limited recognition.
