Bahrain

Kuwait

Oman

Qatar

Saudi Arabia

United Arab Emirates

Southwest Asia and North Africa

A map highlights the Gulf Cooperation Council (G C C) members such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, and U A E in dark red.

Member states of the Gulf Cooperation Council, an organization founded in 1981 to promote economic, political, and military coordination among its members

Countries

Gulf Cooperation Council

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Members

Australia

New Zealand

Samoa

Australia & Oceania

Aruba (Neth.)

Bermuda (U.K.)

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Seychelles

St. Kitts and Nevis

St. Lucia

Caribbean

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Macau S.A.R. (China)

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

Estonia

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Latvia

Liechtenstein

Lithuania

Luxembourg

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

San Marino

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Belize

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Honduras

Panama

Uruguay

Latin America

Curaçao (Neth.)

Mauritania

Mauritius

Puerto Rico (U.S.)

São Tomé and Príncipe

Tonga

None

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

Bhutan

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Brunei

Cambodia

Indonesia

Laos

Malaysia

Philippines

Singapore

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Egypt

Iran

Israel

Jordan

Lebanon

Morocco

Palestine

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cabo Verde

Cameroon

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Democratic Republic of Congo

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Ghana

Guinea

Lesotho

Madagascar

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Rwanda

Senegal

South Africa

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Uganda

Sub-Saharan Africa

Higher education enrollment rates: Dark green (more than 84 percent): U S A, Australia. Green to light green (30 to 84 percent): Russia, Iran, most of Europe, China, Mexico. Very light green (less than 30 percent): Parts of Africa (Sudan) and Asia (India).

Ratio of students enrolled to total population in tertiary education age (18–24) group. Percentages can exceed 100% where students attending colleges and universities come from outside the 18- to 24-age group.

World

World Bank

Higher Education Enrollment

Percent

Bolivia

Guatemala

Peru

Iraq

Zimbabwe

Mali

A world map highlights early cultural hearths. Major hearths in dark green are located in the Middle East, Northern India, and Pakistan. Secondary hearths in light green are found in Mesoamerica, West Africa, Zimbabwe, Sudan, Guatemala, Peru, and North Korea.

Locations of major culture hearths, areas of cultural innovation that gave rise to a particular culture region

Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Members	Higher Education Enrollment			Major Hearths		Milk Production			Proven Coal Reserves
Value	Class	Rank	Percent	Major hearth	Secondary hearth	Class	Rank	Million Metric Tons	Class	Rank	Percent of world reserves

					11.1%


				3.31%	1.87%


					26.8%
					30.0%
				22.1%

				30.6%
					23.8%