10.6.1 (16.8.1) Proportion of voting rights in international organizations

10.6.1 (16.8.1) Proportion of voting rights in international organizations

10.6.1 (16.8.1) Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations

10.6 Ensure enhanced representation and voice for developing countries in decision-making in global international economic and financial institutions in order to deliver more effective, credible, accountable and legitimate institutions

Goal 10. Reduce inequality within and among countries

The share of a country's number of voting rights in an international organization in the total number of voting rights in an international organization.

The indicator is calculated independently for five different international institutions: The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Finance Corporation (IFC). The computation uses each institutions’ own published membership and voting rights data from their respective annual reports.

Annual reports, as presented on the website of the institution in question, are used as sources of data. Sources of information by institution:
- United Nations General Assembly (UNGA): website of the General Assembly (https://www.un.org/en/about-us/member-states)
- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC): Report of the Economic and Social Council for the respective year (https://www.un.org/ecosoc/en/documents/reports-general-assembly)
- International Monetary Fund (IMF): Annual Report for the respective year (https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/AREB)
- International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD): 2000: The World Bank Annual Report 2000: Financial Statement and Appendixes to the Annual Report; from 2005: International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Management’s Discussion & Analysis and Financial Statements for the respective year (https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/annual-report/world-bank-group-downloads)
- International Finance Corporation (IFC): IFC Annual Report (volume 2) for the respective year (https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/2128)

Data release calendar: United Nations General Assembly: continuous; United Nations Economic and Social Council: annually in August; International Monetary Fund: annually in October; International Bank for Reconstruction and Development: annually in September and International Finance Corporation: annually in September

The data is compiled and the proportions calculated by the Financing for Sustainable Development Office (FSDO), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA). Desk review, annually, pulling data from the above-mentioned sources. Data are collected annually in March.

The ratio of voting rights is calculated as the country's number of voting rights in an international organization is divided by the total number of voting rights in an international organization. This ratio is expressed in percentages.

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International organization

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United Nations

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Data for this indicator are taken from the UN SDG global database https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal

This indicator is the same as indicator 16.8.1

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