| G8 Nations | Developing Nations | Least-Developing Nations |
| Canada – Joined in 1976 | Argentina, | Selected LDNs |
| France United States | Brazil, Cuba | Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso Niger, Cambodia, Gambia, Guinea, Haiti |
| Germany | China | Senegal, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi |
| Great Britain | South Africa | Nepal, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone |
| Italy | India, | Chad, Togo, Uganda |
| Japan and Russia joined in1998. | Turkey | Solomon Island, Ivory Coast Zambia, |
| Russia – Formal member in 1998 | ||
| United States |
