10.6.1 (16.8.1) Proportion of members in international organizations


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Period: Annual
Year: 2025


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Indicator informationTop
Indicator

10.6.1 (16.8.1) Proportion of members in international organizations

Global indicator name

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

Target

16.8 Broaden and strengthen the participation of developing countries in the institutions of global governance

Goal

Goal 16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels


Definition and methodologyTop
Definition

The indicator Proportion of members and voting rights of developing countries in international organizations has two separate components: the developing country proportion of voting rights and the developing country proportion of membership in international organizations. In some institutions, these two components are identical. 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. The ratio of voting rights is computed as the number of voting rights divided by the total number of voting rights. The ratio of membership is calculated by taking the number of country members divided by the total number of members. Both ratios are expressed as percentages.

Methodological explanations

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)

Method of calculation

The ratio of voting rights is computed as the number of voting rights divided by the total number of voting rights. The ratio of membership is calculated by taking the number of country members divided by the total number of members. Both ratios are expressed as percentages.

Unit of measure

%

Available disaggregation

International organization

Territorial level

Republic of Serbia


Data source type and data collection methodTop
Data source

United Nations

Periodicity of data collection

Annual


NotesTop

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 10.6.1


For more detailed metadata see https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-16-08-01.pdf


ID of global indicatorTop

C200205


Metadata updateTop
12/6/2025

Global metadataTop

https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-16-08-01.pdf