China

East Asia

Russia

Eurasia

France

United Kingdom

Europe

United States

North America

A world map highlights permanent member countries of the U N Security Council in blue. The countries highlighted are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China.

Countries comprising the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security as well as accepting new members into the UN.

Countries

World

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members

Fiji

Papua New Guinea

Samoa

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Dominica

Dominican Republic

Grenada

Haiti

Jamaica

St. Lucia

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

Mongolia

Nepal

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Albania

Belarus

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Kosovo

Moldova

Montenegro

Northern Macedonia

Romania

Serbia

Ukraine

Argentina

Belize

Bolivia

Brazil

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Latin America

Mauritania

Mauritius

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

Vanuatu

None

Mexico

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Thailand

Timor-Leste

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Egypt

Iran

Jordan

Lebanon

Morocco

Tunisia

Turkey

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Djibouti

eSwatini

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mozambique

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights the total debt service of G N I. The highest debt service (over 20 percent) is shaded in dark blue in Zambia, around 23.1 percent. Lower levels (less than 5 percent) are shaded in light blue across Africa (Sudan) and Asia (India and China).

Costs of principal repayments and interest paid to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as a percentage of total gross national income (GNI)

World Bank

Total Debt Service (Percentage of Gross Nation Income)

Percent of GNI

American Samoa (U.S.)

Australia

Cook Is. (New Zealand)

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

Marshall Is.

Micronesia

New Zealand

Niue (New Zealand)

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

St. Helena (U.K.)

Antigua and Barbuda

Aruba (Neth.)

Bahamas

Barbados

Bermuda (U.K.)

British Virgin Is. (U.K.)

Cayman Is. (U.K.)

Cuba

Martinique (France)

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

Trinidad and Tobago

Turks and Caicos Is. (U.K.)

U.S. Virgin Is. (U.S.)

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

North Korea

South Korea

Taiwan

Andorra

Austria

Belgium

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Montserrat (U.K.)

United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members	Total Debt Service (Percentage of Gross Nation Income)			Physiological Density			Arabic as Official or de facto Language
Value	Class	Rank	Percent of GNI	Class	Rank	People per square kilometer	Value