Dear
Readers,
It is important to be acquainted with
major international organizations, their members and their Gross Domestic
Products (GDP). This article will look at the members of some of the leading
international bodies, their Heads of State (HoS) and the individual GDPs
(nominal) of each of the countries. The organizations discussed here include European Union, BRICS, OPEC, G-20, G-8, NATO, ASEAN, SAARC and SCO.
European
Union
1. Austria – HoS: Heinz Fischer (President) and Werner Faymann (Chancellor) GDP: USD 402.4 billion
2. Belgium –
HoS: Philippe (Monarch) and Charles Michel (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 458.7 billion
3. Bulgaria –
HoS: Rosen Plevneliev (President) and Boyko Borisov (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 57.6 billion
4. Croatia –
HoS: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (President) and Zoran Milanovic (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 59.9 billion
5. Republic of
Cyprus – HoS: Nicos Anastasiades, GDP:
USD 23.3 billion
6. Czech Republic
– HoS: Milos Zeman (President) and Bohuslav Sobotka (Prime Minister),
GDP: USD 180.8 billion
7. Denmark –
HoS: Margrethe II (Monarch) and Lars Lokke Rasmussen (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 291 billion
8. Estonia –
HoS: Toomas Hendrik (President) and Taavi Roivas (Prime Minister),
GDP: USD 22.9 billion
9. Finland –
HoS: Sauli Niinisto (President) and Juha Sipila (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 230.7 billion
10. France – HoS: Francois Hollande (President) and Manuel Valls (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.4 trillion
11. Germany –
HoS: Joachim Gauck (President) and Angela Merkel (Chancellor), GDP: USD 3.4 trillion
12. Greece – HoS: Prokopis Pavlopoulos (President) and Alexis Tsipras (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 237.9 billion
13. Hungary – HoS: Janos Ader (President) and Viktor Orban (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 126.7 billion
14. Ireland –
HoS: Michael D. Higgins (President) and Enda Kenny (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 227.5 billion
15. Italy – HoS: Sergio
Mattarella (Presidentt) and Matteo Renzi (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.8 trillion
16. Latvia – HoS: Raimonds Vejonis (President) and Laimdota Straujuma (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 27.8 billion
17. Lithuania – HoS: Dalia Grybauskaite (President) and Algirdas Butkevicius (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 41.7 billion
18. Luxembourg –
HoS: Henri (Monarch) and Xavier Bettel (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 57.9 billion
19. Malta – HoS: Marie Louise
Coleiro Preca (President) and Joseph Muscat (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 10.6 billion
20. Netherlands –
HoS: Williem-Alexander (Monarch) and Mark Rutte (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 750.8 billion
21. Poland – HoS: Andrzej Duda (President) and Ewa Kopacz (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 481.2 billion
22. Portugal –
HoS: Anibal Cavaco Silva (President) and Pedro Passos Coelho
(Prime Minister), GDP: USD 230
billion
23. Romania –
HoS: Klaus Iohannis (President) and Victor Ponta (Prime Minister),
GDP: USD 215.3 billion
24. Slovakia –
HoS: Andrej Kiska (President) and Robert Fico (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 87.5 billion
25. Slovenia –
HoS: Borut Pahor (President) and Miro Cerar (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 42.7 billion
26. Spain – HoS: Felipe VI
(Monarch) and Mariano Rajoy (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.2 trillion
27. Sweden – HoS: Carl XVI Gustaf (King) and Stefan Lofven (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 483.7 billion
28. UK – HoS: Elizabeth II
(Monarch) and David Cameron (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.86 trillion
BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa)
1. Brazil
– HoS: Dilma Rousseff (President), GDP: USD 1.9 trillion
2. Russia
– HoS: Vladimir Putin (President) and Dmitry Medvedev (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.17 trillion
3. India
– HoS: Pranab Mukherjee (President) and Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.18 trillion
4. China
– HoS: Xi Jinping (President), GDP: USD
11.2 trillion
5. South
Africa – HoS: Jacob Zuma (President), GDP: USD 323.8 billion
OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries)
1. Algeria
– HoS: Abdelaziz Bouteflika (President) and Abdelmalek Sellal (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 227.8 billion
2. Angola
– HoS: Jose Eduardo dos Santos (President), GDP: USD 129.8 billion
3. Ecuador
– HoS: Rafael Correa (President), GDP: USD 100.7 billion
4. Iran
– HoS: Ali Khamenei (Supreme Leader) and Hassan Rouhani (President), GDP: USD 402.7 billion
5. Iraq
– HoS: Fuad Masum (President) and Haider al-Abadi (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 240 billion
6. Kuwait
– HoS: Jaber Mubarak al-Sabah (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 172.3 billion
7. Libya
– HoS: Khalifa al-Ghawi (Tripoli) and Abdullah al-Thani (Tobruk), GDP: USD 67.6 billion
8. Nigeria
– HoS: Muhammadu Buhari (President), GDP: USD 573.6 billion
9. Qatar
– HoS: Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani (Emir) and Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa
Al Thani (Prime Minister), GDP: USD
213.8 billion
10. Saudi
Arabia – HoS: Salman bin Abdulaziz (King), GDP: USD 648.9 billion
11. United
Arab Emirates – HoS: Khalifa bin
Zayed Al Nahyan (President) and Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 440 billion
12. Venezuela
– HoS: Nicolas Maduro (President), GDP: USD 205.8 billion
G-20 Major Economies
1. Argentina
– HoS: Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (President), GDP: USD 578.7 billion
2. Australia
– HoS: Elizabeth II (Monarch) and Malcolm Turnbull (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.2 trillion
3. Brazil
– HoS: Dilma Rousseff, GDP: USD
1.9 trillion
4. Canada
– HoS: Elizabeth II (Monarch) and Stephen Harper (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.5 trillion
5. China
– HoS: Xi Jinping (President), GDP: USD
11.2 trillion
6. France – HoS: Francois Hollande (President) and Manuel Valls (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.4 trillion
7. Germany –
HoS: Joachim Gauck (President) and Angela Merkel (Chancellor), GDP: USD 3.4 trillion
8. India
– HoS: Pranab Mukherjee (President) and Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.18 trillion
9. Indonesia
– HoS: Joko Widodo (President), GDP: USD 895.7 billion
10. Italy – HoS: Sergio
Mattarella (Presidentt) and Matteo Renzi (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.8 trillion
11. Japan
– HoS: Akihito (EEmperor) and Shinzo Abe (Prime Minister, GDP: USD 4.2 trillion
12. South
Korea – HoS: Park Geun-hye (President) and Hwang Kyo-ahn (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.4 trillion
13. Mexico
– HoS: Enrique Pena Nieto (President), GDP: USD 1.2 trillion
14. Russia
– HoS: Vladimir Putin (President) and Dmitry Medvedev (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.17 trillion
15. Saudi
Arabia – HoS: Salman bin Abdulaziz (King), GDP: USD 648.9 billion
16. South
Africa – HoS: Jacob Zuma (President), GDP: USD 323.8 billion
17. Turkey
– HoS: Recep Tayyip Erdogan (President) and Ahmet Davutoglu (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 806 billion
18. United Kingdom
– HoS: Elizabeth II (Monarch) and David Cameron (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.86 trillion
19. United
States of America – HoS: Barack Obama (President), GDP: 17.4 trillion
20. European
Union – Jean-Claude Juncker (President, European Commission) and Donald
Tusk (President, European Council), GDP: USD 16.5 trillion
G-8 Forum
1. Canada
– HoS: Elizabeth II (Monarch) and Stephen Harper (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.5 trillion
2. France – HoS: Francois Hollande (President) and Manuel Valls (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.4 trillion
3. Germany –
HoS: Joachim Gauck (President) and Angela Merkel (Chancellor), GDP: USD 3.4 trillion
4. Italy – HoS: Sergio
Mattarella (Presidentt) and Matteo Renzi (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.8 trillion
5. Japan
– HoS: Akihito (EEmperor) and Shinzo Abe (Prime Minister, GDP: USD 4.2 trillion
6. United Kingdom
– HoS: Elizabeth II (Monarch) and David Cameron (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.86 trillion
7. United
States of America – HoS: Barack Obama (President), GDP: 17.4 trillion
8. European
Union – Jean-Claude Juncker (President, European Commission) and Donald
Tusk (President, European Council), GDP: USD 16.5 trillion
NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization)
1. Albania
– HoS: Bujar Nishani (President) and Edi Rama (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 14.5 billion
2. Belgium –
HoS: Philippe (Monarch) and Charles Michel (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 458.7 billion
3. Bulgaria –
HoS: Rosen Plevneliev (President) and Boyko Borisov (Prime
Minister) GDP: USD 57.6 billion
4. Canada
– HoS: Elizabeth II (Monarch) and Stephen Harper (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.5 trillion
5. Croatia –
HoS: Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic (President) and Zoran Milanovic (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 59.9 billion
6. Czech Republic
– HoS: Milos Zeman (President) and Bohuslav Sobotka (Prime Minister),
GDP: USD 180.8 billion
7. Denmark –
HoS: Margrethe II (Monarch) and Lars Lokke Rasmussen (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 291 billion
8. Estonia –
HoS: Toomas Hendrik (President) and Taavi Roivas (Prime Minister),
GDP: USD 22.9 billion
9. France – HoS: Francois Hollande (President) and Manuel Valls (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.4 trillion
10. Germany –
HoS: Joachim Gauck (President) and Angela Merkel (Chancellor), GDP: USD 3.4 trillion
11. Greece – HoS: Prokopis Pavlopoulos (President) and Alexis Tsipras (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 237.9 billion
12. Hungary – HoS: Janos Ader (President) and Viktor Orban (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 126.7 billion
13. Iceland
– HoS: Olafur Ragnar Grimsson (President) and Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 17.2 billion
14. Italy – HoS: Sergio
Mattarella (Presidentt) and Matteo Renzi (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.8 trillion
15. Latvia – HoS: Raimonds Vejonis (President) and Laimdota Straujuma (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 27.8 billion
16. Lithuania – HoS: Dalia Grybauskaite (President) and Algirdas Butkevicius (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 41.7 billion
17. Luxembourg –
HoS: Henri (Monarch) and Xavier Bettel (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 57.9 billion
18. Netherlands –
HoS: Williem-Alexander (Monarch) and Mark Rutte (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 750.8 billion
19. Norway – HoS: Harald V (Monarch) and Erna Solberg (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 420.9 billion
20. Poland – HoS: Andrzej Duda (President) and Ewa Kopacz (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 481.2 billion
21. Portugal –
HoS: Anibal Cavaco Silva (President) and Pedro Passos Coelho
(Prime Minister), GDP: USD 230
billion
22. Romania –
HoS: Klaus Iohannis (President) and Victor Ponta (Prime Minister),
GDP: USD 215.3 billion
23. Slovakia –
HoS: Andrej Kiska (President) and Robert Fico (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 87.5 billion
24. Slovenia –
HoS: Borut Pahor (President) and Miro Cerar (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 42.7 billion
25. Spain – HoS: Felipe VI
(Monarch) and Mariano Rajoy (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.2 trillion
26. Turkey
– HoS: Recep Tayyip Erdogan (President) and Ahmet Davutoglu (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 806 billion
27. United Kingdom
– HoS: Elizabeth II (Monarch) and David Cameron (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.86 trillion
28. United
States of America – HoS: Barack Obama (President), GDP: 17.4 trillion
ASEAN (Association of South-East Asian Nations)
1. Brunei
– HoS: Hassanal Bolkiah (Sultan), GDP: USD 17.1 billion
2. Cambodia
– HoS: Norodom Sihamoni (Monarch) and Hun Sen (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 16.5 billion
3. Indonesia
– HoS: Joko Widodo (President), GDP: USD 895.7 billion
4. Laos –
HoS: Choummaly Sayasone (President) and Thongsing Thammavong (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 11.7 billion
5. Malaysia
– HoS: Abdul Halim (Yang di-Pertuan Agong) and Najib Razak (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 375.6 billion
6. Myanmar
– HoS: Thein Sein (President), GDP: USD
65.3 billion
7. Philippines
– HoS: Benigno Aquino III (President), GDP: USD 330.2 billion
8. Singapore
– HoS: Tony Tan (President) and Lee Hsein Loong (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 308 billion
9. Thailand
– HoS: Bhumibol Adulyadej (Monarch) and Prayut Chan-o-cha (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 373.5 billion
10. Vietnam
– HoS: Truong Tan Sang (President) and Nguyen Tan Dung (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 204.5 billion
SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation)
1. Afghanistan
– HoS: Ashraf Ghani (President), GDP: USD 21.7 billion
2. Bangladesh
– HoS: Abdul Hamid (President) and Sheikh Hasina (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 205.3 billion
3. Bhutan
– HoS: Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck (King) and Tshering Tobgay (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 2.09 billion
4. India
– HoS: Pranab Mukherjee (President) and Narendra Modi (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 2.18 trillion
5. Maldives
– HoS: Abdulla Yameen (President), GDP: USD 2.85 billion
6. Nepal
– HoS: Ram Baran Yadav (President) and KP Sharma Oli (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 19.92 billion
7. Pakistan
– HoS: Mamnoon Hussain (President) and Nawaz Sharif (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 250.1 billion
8. Sri
Lanka – HoS: Maithripala Sirisena (President) and Ranil Wickremesinghe
(Prime Minister), GDP: USD 80.6
billion
SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization)
1. China
– HoS: Xi Jinping (President), GDP: USD
11.2 trillion
2. Kazakhstan
– HoS: Nursultan Nazarbayev (President) and Karim Massimov (Prime
Minister), GDP: USD 225.6 billion
3. Kyrgyzstan
– HoS: Almazbek Atambayev (President) and Temir Sariyev (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 5.9 billion
4. Russia
– HoS: Vladimir Putin (President) and Dmitry Medvedev (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 1.17 trillion
5. Tajikistan
– HoS: Emomalii Rahmon (President) and Kokhir Rasulzoda (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 8.57 billion
6. Uzbekistan
– HoS: Islam Karimov (President)
and Shavkat Mirziyoyev (Prime Minister), GDP: USD 62.6 billion
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