Seychelles

Caribbean

Mauritius

None

Angola

Botswana

Democratic Republic of Congo

eSwatini

Lesotho

Madagascar

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Tanzania

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Sub-Saharan Africa

A map highlights the Southern African Development Community members such as Democratic Republic of Congo, Tanzania, Angola, Zambia, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, and Madagascar highlighted in light green.

Member states of the Southern African Development Community, an organization founded in 1980 to enhance economic cooperation among its members

Countries

SADC

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Members

Australia

French Polynesia (France)

New Zealand

Solomon Is.

Australia & Oceania

Cuba

Dominican Republic

Haiti

Afghanistan

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan

Tajikistan

Turkmenistan

Uzbekistan

Central Asia

China

Hong Kong S.A.R. (China)

Japan

Mongolia

Nepal

South Korea

Taiwan

East Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Georgia

Russia

Eurasia

Albania

Austria

Belarus

Belgium

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bulgaria

Croatia

Cyprus

Czechia

Denmark

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Italy

Kosovo

Malta

Moldova

Montenegro

Netherlands

Northern Macedonia

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania

Serbia

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

Ukraine

United Kingdom

Europe

Argentina

Bolivia

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Honduras

Nicaragua

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Suriname

Uruguay

Venezuela

Latin America

Mauritania

Canada

Mexico

United States

North America

Bangladesh

India

Maldives

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

South Asia

Indonesia

Malaysia

Myanmar

Thailand

Vietnam

Southeast Asia

Algeria

Bahrain

Egypt

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Jordan

Kuwait

Lebanon

Libya

Morocco

Oman

Palestine

Syria

Tunisia

Turkey

Yemen

Southwest Asia and North Africa

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Côte d'Ivoire

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Kenya

Liberia

Mali

Niger

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Somalia

Sudan

Togo

Uganda

Mass protests globally, with dark green indicating more than 10 protests in the U S, Brazil, Pakistan, France, Spain, and India. Light green indicates 0 to 1 protests in Afghanistan and in some African nations, including Zimbabwe, Namibia, and Algeria.

The number of protests with a peak size over 100,000 per country, 2019-2023

Southern African Development Community (SADC) Members	Mass Protests			Performance during 2008–2009 Recession (U.S.)
Value	Class	Rank	Protests	Strongest	Second strongest	Middle	Second weakest	Weakest












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