Benin

Burkina Faso

Cabo Verde

Côte d'Ivoire

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Niger

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights E C O W A S members highlighted in blue. Some of the Countries are Mali, Niger, Senegal, Nigeria, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire.

Member states of the Economic Community of West African States, an organization founded in 1975 to promote economic integration among its members

Countries

ECOWAS

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members

American Samoa (U.S.)

French Polynesia (France)

Guam (U.S.)

Kiribati

New Zealand

Northern Mariana Is. (U.S.)

Palau

Samoa

Australia & Oceania

St. Martin (France)

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

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

North Korea

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Andorra

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Gibraltar (U.K.)

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Isle of Man (U.K.)

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Monaco

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

Guatemala

Nicaragua

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Latin America

Greenland (Denmark)

New Caledonia (France)

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

None

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

Pakistan

South Asia

Cambodia

Laos

Malaysia

Myanmar

Philippines

Singapore

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Qatar

Tunisia

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Central African Republic

Chad

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Lesotho

Madagascar

Republic of the Congo

Rwanda

Uganda

Zimbabwe

Percentage of clean water access. Some of the highlighted countries are more than 98 percent (dark blue): Canada, France. 89 to 98 percent (blue): U S A, Iran. 60 to 88 percent (light blue): Russia, Brazil. Less than 60 percent (Grey): Central Africa.

Percentage of the population with access to an improved water source

World

World Bank

Clean Water Access

Percent

China

Argentina

Bolivia

Mauritania

India

Western Sahara

United Arab Emirates

Egypt

Saudi Arabia

Libya

Syria

Yemen

Angola

Djibouti

Namibia

Kenya

Eritrea

Sudan

Somalia

Barren or sparsely vegetated areas are highlighted in orange, including regions in northern Africa (Libya, Algeria), the Middle East, parts of Central Asia (Saudi Arabia), and the western coast of South America.

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Members	Clean Water Access			Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas	Farm Area (Acreage)
Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Barren or Sparsely Vegetated Areas	Class	Rank	Acres




				15.0%
				19.4%
				4.35%
				6.73%
				1.42%
				7.43%
				84.6%
				39.9%
				86.4%