List of country

groupings
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Groups of countries or regions are

often referred to by a single term (word,
phrase, or abbreviation). The origins of
such terms include political alliances,
intergovernmental organizations, business
market areas, and mere colloquialism.

A
APAC: Asia-Pacific
America: Usage varies. May refer to all
of the Americas, or just North America,
or just the United States, or some other
combination.
ANZ: Australia and New Zealand[1]
APJ: Asia Pacific and Japan[2]
APSG: Asia Pacific and Singapore
African Union (AU) is a continental union
consisting of all fifty-five countries on
the African continent
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC) is a forum for 21 Pacific Rim
member economies that promotes free
trade throughout the Asia-Pacific region
Arab League, a regional organization of
Arab countries in and around North
Africa, the Horn of Africa and Arabia,
Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti,
Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,
Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman,
Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia,
Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, United Arab
Emirates, Yemen, to draw closer the
relations between member States and
co-ordinate collaboration between them,
to safeguard their independence and
sovereignty, and to consider in a general
way the affairs and interests of the Arab
countries
 ASEAN, The Association of Southeast
Asian Nations, a regional organisation
comprising ten Southeast Asian states
ASEAN+3: The ASEAN countries, plus
China, Japan, and the Republic of
Korea[3]

B
BASIC countries, four large newly
industrialized countries, Brazil, South
Africa, India, China, to act jointly on
climate change and emissions reduction
Benelux Union is a politico-economic
union of three neighbouring states in
western Europe: Belgium, the
Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
 BIMSTEC, A group of countries in South
Asia and South East Asia around the
Bay of Bengal to promote technological
and economic co-operation, which
includes Bangladesh, Bhutan, India,
Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and
Thailand.
BRIC, Brazil, Russia, India, and China,
which are all deemed to be at a similar
stage of newly advanced economic
development
BRICS: Brazil, Russia, India, China and
South Africa

C
CARICOM, Caribbean Community, an
organization of fifteen Caribbean
nations and dependencies
CEFTA, the Central European Free Trade
Agreement, current members:
Montenegro, Serbia, Albania, Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Moldova, FYR Macedonia
and UNMIK for the territory of Kosovo.
CARIFTA, Caribbean Free Trade
Association
CIVETS, six emerging markets countries,
Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt,
Turkey, and South Africa, a diverse and
dynamic economy and a young, growing
population
Comecon, formally the Council of
Mutual Economic Assistance, consisted
of socialist economies within the
Communist world: the Soviet Union,
Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East
Germany, Hungary, Mongolia, Poland,
Romania, and Vietnam. The organization
existed from 1949 to 1991 during the
Cold War.
Community for Democracy and Rights
of Nations, a group of disputed states
forging closer political ties. Members
include Abkhazia, South Ossetia,
Transnistria and the Republic of
Artsakh.
Commonwealth of Independent States
(CIS), political alliance between the
former Soviet Republics of Russia,
Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Moldova,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan,
Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan.
Commonwealth of Nations, fifty-three
member states that are mostly former
territories of the British Empire.
Community of Portuguese Language
Countries
Collective Security Treaty Organization,
a military alliance between Russia,
Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan,
 Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and observer
members Serbia and Afghanistan.
Council of Europe, political alliance of 47
European countries.
CAM: Central America México
CALA: Caribbean and Latin America
CEMA or CEEMEA: Central and Eastern
Europe, the Middle East and Africa
CEE: Central and Eastern Europe[4]

D
Development Assistance Committee
(DAC), to discuss issues surrounding
aid, development and poverty reduction
in developing countries, the world's
major donor countries, Australia,
European Union, Iceland, New Zealand,
South Korea, Austria, Finland, Ireland,
Norway, Spain, Belgium, France, Italy,
Poland, Sweden, Canada, Germany,
Japan, Portugal, Switzerland, Czech
Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, Slovakia,
United Kingdom, Denmark, Hungary,
Netherlands, Slovenia, and United
States.
DACH: Germany (D), Austria (A) and
Switzerland (CH), widely used acronym
in the German speaking area
DOS: Germany, Austria and Switzerland
(for the countries' respective names in
 German: Deutschland, Österreich, and
Schweiz)

E
East African Community (EAC) is an
intergovernmental organisation
composed of six countries in the African
Great Lakes region in eastern Africa:
Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan,
Tanzania, and Uganda.
Eastern Partnership, a group of former
soviet republics forging closer economic
and political ties with the European
Union. Members include Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova,
and Ukraine.
Economic Cooperation Organisation
(ECO), Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iran,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz, Pakistan, Tajikistan,
Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, a
political and economic organization, a
platform to discuss ways to improve
development and promote trade and
investment opportunities, the objective
is to establish a single market for goods
and services.
EAEU, Eurasian Economic Union, an
economic union of Belarus, Kazakhstan,
Russia, Armenia, Kyrgyzstan and
observer member Moldova.
EU, The European Union, a political and
economic union of twenty-eight member
states that are located primarily in
Europe.
EAEU: Eurasian Economic Union
EALA: Europe, Africa and Latin America
EEMEA: Eastern Europe, Middle East
and Africa
EFTA: European Free Trade Association
EMEA: Europe, the Middle East and
Africa
EMEIA, EMEAI, EMIA: Europe, the Middle
East, Africa and India
EMEAC: Europe, Middle East, Africa and
Caribbean
F
Four Asian Tigers, economies of Hong
Kong, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan,
underwent rapid industrialization and
maintained exceptionally high growth
rates, now developed into advanced and
high-income economies.

G
G4 nations, Brazil, Germany, India, and
Japan, four countries which support
each other’s bids for permanent seats
on the United Nations Security Council.
Global Governance Group (G3), a group
of 30 small to medium member
countries which collectively provides
representation and input to the G20.
Group of Two (G2), United States and
China (informal) focusing on Sino-
American relations. Per considered two
of the most influential and powerful
countries in the world
Group of Seven (G7), Canada, France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, the United
Kingdom, the United States, the seven
major advanced economies as reported
by the International Monetary Fund.
G8+5, the G8 nations, plus the five
leading emerging economies (Brazil,
China, India, Mexico, and South Africa).
G20, or Group of Twenty, twenty major
economies, Argentina, Australia, Brazil,
Canada, China, European Union, France,
Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan,
South Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, South Africa, Turkey, United
Kingdom, United States, for studying,
reviewing, and promoting high-level
discussion of policy issues pertaining to
the promotion of international financial
stability.
Group of 77 (G77), a loose coalition of
developing nations, designed to
promote its members' collective
economic interests and create an
enhanced joint negotiating capacity in
the United Nations.
Gulf Cooperation Council, Bahrain,
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and
the UAE. A regional intergovernmental
political and economic union consisting
of all Arab states of the Persian Gulf,
except for Iraq.
Greater China: Mainland China, Hong
Kong, Macau, and Taiwan
GAS: Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
I
IBSA Dialogue Forum, India, Brazil, South
Africa, an international tripartite
grouping for promoting international
cooperation among these countries.
IMEA: India, Middle East and Africa

L
LATAM: Latin America
LATCAR: Latin America and Caribbean[5]
Levant: Cyprus, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon,
Palestine, Syria (broadly includes: Egypt,
Iraq, Turkey)

M
Mercosur (Southern Common Market),
Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay,
Venezuela, Bolivia, Chile, Peru,
Colombia, Ecuador, Suriname, to
promote free trade and the fluid
movement of goods, people, and
currency.
MIKTA, an informal partnership between
Mexico, Indonesia, Republic of Korea,
Turkey, Australia, to support effective
global governance.
MINT, the economies of Mexico,
Indonesia, Nigeria, and Turkey.
MART: Middle East, Africa, Russia and
Turkey
MEA: Middle East and Africa
MEESA: Middle East, Eastern and
Southern Africa
MENA: Middle East and North Africa
MEP: Middle East and Pakistan[6]
META: Middle East, Turkey and Africa

N
North American Free Trade Agreement,
NAFTA is an agreement signed by
Canada, Mexico, and the United States,
creating a trilateral trade bloc in North
America.
Next Eleven (N11), Bangladesh, Egypt,
Indonesia, Iran, Mexico, Nigeria,
 Pakistan, the Philippines, Turkey, South
Korea, and Vietnam – identified as
having a high potential of becoming,
along with the BRICS countries, among
the world's largest economies in the
21st century.
NACE: North Atlantic and Central Europe
NORAM or NA or NAMER: North
American Region (Canada, United
States, and Mexico)
NALA: North America and Latin America
NCSA: North, Central, and South
America

O
OAS, Organization of American States, is
a continental organization of the 35
different independent nations within
North and South America
OECD, Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development, to stimulate
economic progress and world trade,
countries committed to democracy and
the market economy, most OECD
members are high-income economies
with a very high Human Development
Index (HDI) and are regarded as
developed countries.
OIAS, Organization of Ibero-American
States, an organization of Portuguese
 and Spanish Speaking Nations of the
Americas, Africa, and Europe.
OPEC, Organization of the Petroleum
Exporting Countries, thirteen countries
accounting for an estimated 42 percent
of global oil production and 73 percent
of the world's proven oil reserves.

P
P5, permanent members of the United
Nations Security Council, China, France,
Russia, the United Kingdom, and the
United States.
Pacific Alliance, a trade bloc of states
that border the Pacific Ocean.
 Permanent members include Chile,
Colombia, Mexico, and Peru.
Paris Club, a group of major creditor
countries whose officials meet ten
times a year in the city of Paris, with the
intent to find coordinated and
sustainable solutions to the payment
difficulties experienced by debtor
countries.
PIGS, the economies of the countries of
Portugal, Greece, Spain, Italy and/or
Ireland.

R
Rio Group, was an international
organization of Latin American and
 some Caribbean states that was
succeeded in 2010 by the Community of
Latin American and Caribbean States.
ROME: Rest of Middle East

S
SAARC
Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
(SCO), A Eurasian political, economic,
and security organisation comprising
China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia,
Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India and
Pakistan.
SaarLorLux: Saarland, Lorraine,
Luxembourg
 SEA: South-East Asia
SEMEA: Southern Europe, Middle East
and Africa
SEEMEA: South-Eastern Europe, Middle
East and Africa
SENA: Southeast, East, and North Asia

U
United Kingdom (UK), a group of
countries and country itself in Western
Europe consisting of England, Scotland,
Wales, and Northern Ireland.
United Nations (UN), an
intergovernmental organization to
 promote international co-operation, 193
member states.

V
Visegrád Group, an alliance of four
Central European States: the Czech
Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia.
VISTA (Vietnam, Indonesia, South Africa,
Turkey, and Argentina) is an emerging
markets grouping proposed in 2006 by
BRICs Economic Research Institute of
Japan.

See also
United Nations geoscheme
 List of multilateral free-trade
agreements

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