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OECD Development Centre
of the OECD Development Centre
Coat of arms
Secretariat Paris, France
Membership 54 countries
Leaders
• Director
Ragnheiður Elín Árnadóttir
Establishment 1961
Website
www.oecd.org/dev/
The OECD Development Centre was established in 1961 as an independent platform for
knowledge sharing and policy dialogue between Organisation for Economic Co-
operation and Development (OECD) member countries and developing economies,
allowing these countries to interact on an equal footing.[1]
Today, 25 OECD member countries and 29 non-OECD member countries are members of the
Centre.[2]
Membership
The Development Centre of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
Development was established in 1961 and
comprises 54 countries, of which 25 are
OECD members: Belgium, Chile, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Costa Rica, Denmark,
Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Mexico, the
Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and Turkey. In addition, 29 non-OECD countries are full members of the
Development Centre: Albania (since June 2023), Brazil (since March 1994); India
(February 2001); Romania (October 2004); Thailand (March 2005); South Africa (May
2006); Egypt and Viet Nam (March 2008); Indonesia (February 2009); Mauritius,
Morocco and Peru (March 2009); the Dominican Republic (November 2009); Senegal
(February 2011); Argentina and Cabo Verde (March 2011); Panama (July 2013); Côte
d'Ivoire, Kazakhstan and Tunisia (January 2015); the People's Republic of China
(July 2015); Ghana and Uruguay (October 2015); Paraguay (March 2017), El Salvador
and Guatemala (February 2019), Togo, Rwanda and Ecuador (May 2019). The European
Union also takes part in the work of the Governing Board.
OECD Development Centre Map (latest version)
Member states[3]
Albania
Argentina
Belgium
Brazil
Cape Verde
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ivory Coast
Czech Republic
Denmark
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Finland
France
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Kazakhstan
South Korea
Mauritius
Mexico
Morocco
Netherlands
Norway
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Portugal
Romania
Rwanda
Senegal
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Thailand
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Uruguay
Vietnam
Participating OECD members: Belgium, Chile, Colombia, Czech Republic, Costa Rica,
Denmark, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea,
Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland and Turkey.
Participating non-OECD members: Albania, Argentina, Brazil, Cabo Verde, China, Côte
d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Sal
