The Group of 77 and China
The Group of 77 (G-77) was established on 15 June 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries signatories of the “Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven Developing Countries” issued at the end of the first session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Geneva. Beginning with the first “Ministerial Meeting of the Group of 77 in Algiers (Algeria) on 10 – 25 October 1967, which adopted the Charter of Algiers”, a permanent institutional structure gradually developed which led to the creation of Chapters of the Group of 77 with Liaison offices in Geneva (UNCTAD), Nairobi (UNEP), Paris (UNESCO), Rome (FAO/IFAD), Vienna (UNIDO), and the Group of 24 (G-24) in Washington, D.C. (IMF and World Bank). Although the members of the G-77 have increased to 134 countries, the original name was retained due to its historic significance.
Aggregate Statistics
Country Breakdown
| Country | GDP ↓ | % | Population | % | CO2 Emissions | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🇨🇳China | $18.7T | 48.17% | 1.41B | 22.14% | 13.1 Gt | 54.15% |
| 🇮🇳India | $3.9T | 10.05% | 1.45B | 22.79% | 3.2 Gt | 13.01% |
| 🇧🇷Brazil | $2.2T | 5.62% | 212.0M | 3.33% | 491.5 Mt | 2.03% |
| 🇮🇩Indonesia | $1.4T | 3.59% | 283.5M | 4.45% | 812.2 Mt | 3.35% |
| 🇸🇦Saudi Arabia | $1.2T | 3.19% | 35.3M | 0.55% | 652.5 Mt | 2.69% |
| 🇦🇷Argentina | $638.4B | 1.64% | 45.7M | 0.72% | 183.3 Mt | 0.76% |
| 🇦🇪United Arab Emirates | $552.3B | 1.42% | 11.0M | 0.17% | 200.6 Mt | 0.83% |
| 🇸🇬Singapore | $547.4B | 1.41% | 6.0M | 0.09% | 58.9 Mt | 0.24% |
| 🇹🇭Thailand | $526.5B | 1.35% | 71.7M | 1.13% | 283.8 Mt | 1.17% |
| 🇻🇳Viet Nam | $476.4B | 1.22% | 101.0M | 1.59% | 430.8 Mt | 1.78% |
| 🇮🇷Iran | $475.3B | 1.22% | 91.6M | 1.44% | 829.0 Mt | 3.42% |
| 🇵🇭Philippines | $461.6B | 1.19% | 115.8M | 1.82% | 174.1 Mt | 0.72% |
| 🇧🇩Bangladesh | $450.1B | 1.16% | 173.6M | 2.73% | 124.2 Mt | 0.51% |
| 🇲🇾Malaysia | $422.2B | 1.09% | 35.6M | 0.56% | 296.0 Mt | 1.22% |
| 🇨🇴Colombia | $418.8B | 1.08% | 52.9M | 0.83% | 95.1 Mt | 0.39% |
| 🇿🇦South Africa | $401.1B | 1.03% | 64.0M | 1.01% | 440.2 Mt | 1.82% |
| 🇪🇬Egypt, Arab Rep. | $389.1B | 1% | 116.5M | 1.83% | 291.6 Mt | 1.2% |
| 🇵🇰Pakistan | $371.6B | 0.95% | 251.3M | 3.95% | 204.0 Mt | 0.84% |
| 🇨🇱Chile | $330.3B | 0.85% | 19.8M | 0.31% | 77.8 Mt | 0.32% |
| 🇵🇪Peru | $289.2B | 0.74% | 34.2M | 0.54% | 69.3 Mt | 0.29% |
| 🇮🇶Iraq | $279.6B | 0.72% | 46.0M | 0.72% | 238.7 Mt | 0.98% |
| 🇩🇿Algeria | $269.3B | 0.69% | 46.8M | 0.74% | 186.4 Mt | 0.77% |
| 🇳🇬Nigeria | $252.3B | 0.65% | 232.7M | 3.66% | 131.9 Mt | 0.54% |
| 🇶🇦Qatar | $219.2B | 0.56% | 2.9M | 0.04% | 135.3 Mt | 0.56% |
| 🇲🇦Morocco | $160.6B | 0.41% | 38.1M | 0.6% | 70.0 Mt | 0.29% |
| 🇰🇼Kuwait | $160.2B | 0.41% | 4.9M | 0.08% | 115.9 Mt | 0.48% |
| 🇪🇹Ethiopia | $149.7B | 0.38% | 132.1M | 2.07% | 19.4 Mt | 0.08% |
| 🇪🇨Ecuador | $124.7B | 0.32% | 18.1M | 0.28% | 48.0 Mt | 0.2% |
| 🇩🇴Dominican Republic | $124.3B | 0.32% | 11.4M | 0.18% | 34.2 Mt | 0.14% |
| 🇰🇪Kenya | $120.3B | 0.31% | 56.4M | 0.89% | 21.6 Mt | 0.09% |
| 🇻🇪Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | $119.8B | 0.31% | 28.4M | 0.45% | 96.4 Mt | 0.4% |
| 🇬🇹Guatemala | $113.2B | 0.29% | 18.4M | 0.29% | 20.4 Mt | 0.08% |
| 🇨🇺Cuba | $107.4B | 0.28% | 11.0M | 0.17% | 21.0 Mt | 0.09% |
| 🇴🇲Oman | $107.1B | 0.28% | 5.3M | 0.08% | 98.5 Mt | 0.41% |
| 🇦🇴Angola | $101.0B | 0.26% | 37.9M | 0.6% | 28.1 Mt | 0.12% |
| 🇱🇰Sri Lanka | $99.0B | 0.25% | 21.9M | 0.34% | 23.3 Mt | 0.1% |
| 🇨🇷Costa Rica | $95.4B | 0.25% | 5.1M | 0.08% | 8.4 Mt | 0.03% |
| 🇨🇮Cote d'Ivoire | $87.1B | 0.22% | 31.9M | 0.5% | 18.8 Mt | 0.08% |
| 🇵🇦Panama | $86.5B | 0.22% | 4.5M | 0.07% | 12.4 Mt | 0.05% |
| 🇬🇭Ghana | $82.3B | 0.21% | 34.4M | 0.54% | 24.2 Mt | 0.1% |
| 🇺🇾Uruguay | $81.0B | 0.21% | 3.4M | 0.05% | 8.7 Mt | 0.04% |
| 🇹🇿United Republic of Tanzania | $78.8B | 0.2% | 68.6M | 1.08% | 21.3 Mt | 0.09% |
| 🇦🇿Azerbaijan | $74.3B | 0.19% | 10.2M | 0.16% | 38.9 Mt | 0.16% |
| 🇲🇲Myanmar | $74.1B | 0.19% | 54.5M | 0.86% | 31.4 Mt | 0.13% |
| 🇧🇴Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | $54.9B | 0.14% | 12.4M | 0.2% | 28.4 Mt | 0.12% |
| 🇺🇬Uganda | $53.9B | 0.14% | 50.0M | 0.79% | 8.3 Mt | 0.03% |
| 🇯🇴Jordan | $53.4B | 0.14% | 11.6M | 0.18% | 24.1 Mt | 0.1% |
| 🇨🇲Cameroon | $53.3B | 0.14% | 29.1M | 0.46% | 10.3 Mt | 0.04% |
| 🇹🇲Turkmenistan | $51.4B | 0.13% | 7.5M | 0.12% | 81.4 Mt | 0.34% |
| 🇹🇳Tunisia | $51.3B | 0.13% | 12.3M | 0.19% | 32.2 Mt | 0.13% |
| 🇸🇩Sudan | $49.7B | 0.13% | 50.4M | 0.79% | 21.9 Mt | 0.09% |
| 🇱🇾Libya | $48.5B | 0.12% | 7.4M | 0.12% | 64.0 Mt | 0.26% |
| 🇧🇭Bahrain | $47.1B | 0.12% | 1.6M | 0.02% | 38.0 Mt | 0.16% |
| 🇰🇭Cambodia | $46.4B | 0.12% | 17.6M | 0.28% | 19.4 Mt | 0.08% |
| 🇵🇾Paraguay | $44.5B | 0.11% | 6.9M | 0.11% | 8.0 Mt | 0.03% |
| 🇳🇵Nepal | $42.9B | 0.11% | 29.7M | 0.47% | 15.9 Mt | 0.07% |
| 🇿🇼Zimbabwe | $41.5B | 0.11% | 16.6M | 0.26% | 12.9 Mt | 0.05% |
| 🇭🇳Honduras | $37.1B | 0.1% | 10.8M | 0.17% | 12.3 Mt | 0.05% |
| 🇸🇻El Salvador | $35.4B | 0.09% | 6.3M | 0.1% | 9.5 Mt | 0.04% |
| 🇸🇳Senegal | $32.8B | 0.08% | 18.5M | 0.29% | 14.2 Mt | 0.06% |
| 🇵🇬Papua New Guinea | $31.8B | 0.08% | 10.6M | 0.17% | 5.5 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇲🇱Mali | $26.8B | 0.07% | 24.5M | 0.38% | 7.4 Mt | 0.03% |
| 🇹🇹Trinidad and Tobago | $25.6B | 0.07% | 1.4M | 0.02% | 26.8 Mt | 0.11% |
| 🇿🇲Zambia | $25.3B | 0.07% | 21.3M | 0.33% | 11.6 Mt | 0.05% |
| 🇭🇹Haiti | $25.2B | 0.06% | 11.8M | 0.18% | 3.5 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇬🇳Guinea | $25.0B | 0.06% | 14.8M | 0.23% | 5.2 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇬🇾Guyana | $24.7B | 0.06% | 831K | 0.01% | 3.8 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇲🇳Mongolia | $23.8B | 0.06% | 3.5M | 0.06% | 27.7 Mt | 0.11% |
| 🇸🇾Syria | $23.6B | 0.06% | 24.7M | 0.39% | 31.4 Mt | 0.13% |
| 🇧🇫Burkina Faso | $23.1B | 0.06% | 23.5M | 0.37% | 6.5 Mt | 0.03% |
| 🇲🇿Mozambique | $22.7B | 0.06% | 34.6M | 0.54% | 10.1 Mt | 0.04% |
| 🇯🇲Jamaica | $22.0B | 0.06% | 2.8M | 0.04% | 8.1 Mt | 0.03% |
| 🇾🇪Yemen | $21.6B | 0.06% | 40.6M | 0.64% | 10.6 Mt | 0.04% |
| 🇧🇯Benin | $21.5B | 0.06% | 14.5M | 0.23% | 7.0 Mt | 0.03% |
| 🇬🇦Gabon | $20.9B | 0.05% | 2.5M | 0.04% | 5.2 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇱🇧Lebanon | $20.1B | 0.05% | 5.8M | 0.09% | 11.0 Mt | 0.05% |
| 🇳🇪Niger | $19.9B | 0.05% | 27.0M | 0.42% | 3.2 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇳🇮Nicaragua | $19.7B | 0.05% | 6.9M | 0.11% | 5.7 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇹🇩Chad | $19.5B | 0.05% | 20.3M | 0.32% | 2.9 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇧🇼Botswana | $19.4B | 0.05% | 2.5M | 0.04% | 6.9 Mt | 0.03% |
| 🇲🇬Madagascar | $17.4B | 0.04% | 32.0M | 0.5% | 4.7 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇦🇫Afghanistan | $17.2B | 0.04% | 42.6M | 0.67% | 12.1 Mt | 0.05% |
| 🇱🇦Lao PDR | $16.5B | 0.04% | 7.8M | 0.12% | 26.1 Mt | 0.11% |
| 🇧🇸Bahamas | $15.8B | 0.04% | 401K | 0.01% | 1.5 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇨🇬Congo, Rep. | $15.7B | 0.04% | 6.3M | 0.1% | 8.5 Mt | 0.03% |
| 🇧🇳Brunei Darussalam | $15.3B | 0.04% | 463K | 0.01% | 9.4 Mt | 0.04% |
| 🇲🇺Mauritius | $14.9B | 0.04% | 1.2M | 0.02% | 4.4 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇷🇼Rwanda | $14.3B | 0.04% | 14.3M | 0.22% | 2.3 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇹🇯Tajikistan | $14.2B | 0.04% | 10.6M | 0.17% | 9.8 Mt | 0.04% |
| 🇵🇸State of Palestine | $13.7B | 0.04% | 5.3M | 0.08% | — | — |
| 🇳🇦Namibia | $13.4B | 0.03% | 3.0M | 0.05% | 3.6 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇬🇶Equatorial Guinea | $12.8B | 0.03% | 1.9M | 0.03% | 4.8 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇸🇴Somalia | $12.0B | 0.03% | 19.0M | 0.3% | 865 kt | 0% |
| 🇲🇼Malawi | $11.3B | 0.03% | 21.7M | 0.34% | 4.8 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇲🇷Mauritania | $10.9B | 0.03% | 5.2M | 0.08% | 5.0 Mt | 0.02% |
| 🇹🇬Togo | $10.7B | 0.03% | 9.5M | 0.15% | 2.6 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇧🇧Barbados | $7.5B | 0.02% | 282K | 0% | 713 kt | 0% |
| 🇲🇻Maldives | $7.1B | 0.02% | 528K | 0.01% | 1.9 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇸🇱Sierra Leone | $7.0B | 0.02% | 8.6M | 0.14% | 1.5 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇫🇯Fiji | $6.0B | 0.02% | 929K | 0.01% | 1.5 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇸🇿Eswatini | $4.9B | 0.01% | 1.2M | 0.02% | 1.1 Mt | 0% |
| 🇱🇷Liberia | $4.8B | 0.01% | 5.6M | 0.09% | 867 kt | 0% |
| 🇸🇷Suriname | $4.4B | 0.01% | 634K | 0.01% | 2.6 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇩🇯Djibouti | $4.2B | 0.01% | 1.2M | 0.02% | 895 kt | 0% |
| 🇧🇿Belize | $3.2B | 0.01% | 417K | 0.01% | 389 kt | 0% |
| 🇧🇮Burundi | $3.1B | 0.01% | 14.0M | 0.22% | 969 kt | 0% |
| 🇧🇹Bhutan | $3.0B | 0.01% | 792K | 0.01% | 1.6 Mt | 0.01% |
| 🇨🇫Central African Republic | $2.8B | 0.01% | 5.3M | 0.08% | 337 kt | 0% |
| 🇨🇻Cabo Verde | $2.7B | 0.01% | 525K | 0.01% | 676 kt | 0% |
| 🇱🇨Saint Lucia | $2.5B | 0.01% | 180K | 0% | 308 kt | 0% |
| 🇬🇲Gambia | $2.4B | 0.01% | 2.8M | 0.04% | 492 kt | 0% |
| 🇱🇸Lesotho | $2.3B | 0.01% | 2.3M | 0.04% | 1.0 Mt | 0% |
| 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau | $2.2B | 0.01% | 2.2M | 0.03% | 342 kt | 0% |
| 🇦🇬Antigua and Barbuda | $2.2B | 0.01% | 94K | 0% | 356 kt | 0% |
| 🇸🇨Seychelles | $2.2B | 0.01% | 121K | 0% | 878 kt | 0% |
| 🇹🇱Timor-Leste | $1.9B | 0% | 1.4M | 0.02% | 699 kt | 0% |
| 🇸🇧Solomon Islands | $1.6B | 0% | 819K | 0.01% | 315 kt | 0% |
| 🇰🇲Comoros | $1.4B | 0% | 867K | 0.01% | 446 kt | 0% |
| 🇬🇩Grenada | $1.4B | 0% | 117K | 0% | 176 kt | 0% |
| 🇼🇸Samoa | $1.2B | 0% | 218K | 0% | 350 kt | 0% |
| 🇻🇨Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | $1.2B | 0% | 101K | 0% | 132 kt | 0% |
| 🇰🇳St. Kitts and Nevis | $1.1B | 0% | 47K | 0% | 135 kt | 0% |
| 🇻🇺Vanuatu | $1.1B | 0% | 328K | 0.01% | 285 kt | 0% |
| 🇸🇹Sao Tome and Principe | $822M | 0% | 236K | 0% | 148 kt | 0% |
| 🇩🇲Dominica | $689M | 0% | 66K | 0% | 84 kt | 0% |
| 🇹🇴Tonga | $591M | 0% | 104K | 0% | 170 kt | 0% |
| 🇫🇲Micronesia (Federated States of) | $471M | 0% | 113K | 0% | 0 kt | 0% |
| 🇰🇮Kiribati | $308M | 0% | 135K | 0% | 80 kt | 0% |
| 🇲🇭Marshall Islands | $290M | 0% | 38K | 0% | 0 kt | 0% |
| 🇳🇷Nauru | $163M | 0% | 12K | 0% | 0 kt | 0% |
| 🇰🇵Democratic People's Republic of Korea | — | — | 26.5M | 0.42% | 66.2 Mt | 0.27% |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 🇪🇷Eritrea | — | — | 3.5M | 0.06% | 778 kt | 0% |
| 🇸🇸South Sudan | — | — | 11.9M | 0.19% | — | — |