Members of the GAFTA:
Greater Arab Free Trade Area
The GAFTA is a trade agreement of currently 18 countries in Western Asia and in Northern Africa.
All member states comprise a total area of 11.46 million km² and about 421.49 million people. This is 7.6% of the habitable area around the world and 5.4% of the world population. With an economic output of 2,763.66 billion US dollars annually, they represent around 2.9 percent of the global economy. The value of all exported goods of these 18 countries was 736.41 billion US dollars per year at last count.
| Country | Commencement | Population | Area | GDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2009 | 44.62 M | 2,382,000 km² | 167.98 bn US$ |
| Bahrain | 1997 | 1.75 M | 778 km² | 38.87 bn US$ |
| Egypt | 1997 | 104.26 M | 1,001,000 km² | 404.14 bn US$ |
| Iraq | 1997 | 41.18 M | 435,000 km² | 207.89 bn US$ |
| Jordan | 2004 | 10.27 M | 89,000 km² | 45.24 bn US$ |
| Kuwait | 1997 | 4.33 M | 18,000 km² | 105.96 bn US$ |
| Lebanon | 1997 | 6.77 M | 10,000 km² | 18.08 bn US$ |
| Libya | 1997 | 6.96 M | 1,760,000 km² | 41.88 bn US$ |
| Morocco | 1997 | 37.34 M | 447,000 km² | 132.73 bn US$ |
| Oman | 1997 | 5.22 M | 310,000 km² | 85.87 bn US$ |
| Palestine | 2005 | 4.92 M | 6,020 km² | 18.04 bn US$ |
| Qatar | 1997 | 2.93 M | 12,000 km² | 179.57 bn US$ |
| Saudi Arabia | 1997 | 35.34 M | 2,150,000 km² | 833.54 bn US$ |
| Sudan | 1997 | 44.91 M | 1,879,000 km² | 34.33 bn US$ |
| Syria | 1997 | 18.28 M | 185,000 km² | 22.78 bn US$ |
| Tunisia | 1997 | 11.94 M | 164,000 km² | 46.84 bn US$ |
| United Arab Emirates | 1997 | 9.99 M | 84,000 km² | 358.87 bn US$ |
| Yemen | 2005 | 30.49 M | 528,000 km² | 21.06 bn US$ |