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"Environmental Governance and Institutions -- Civil Society: International non-governmental organizations with membership"

"Units: Number"

,,2003,2002,2001,2000,1993,1992,1991,1990,
World
"World","",282851,263305,261111,255513,188381,163094,152105,148128,

,,2003,2002,2001,2000,1993,1992,1991,1990,
Region/Classification
"Asia (excluding Middle East)","",33789,34348,31880,30415,20630,18726,17084,16462,
"Central America & Caribbean","",15753,15210,15336,14987,12317,11402,10492,9797,
"Europe","",122069,121922,121674,118716,81654,69061,65126,..,
"Middle East & North Africa","",22197,21518,21115,20519,15711,14600,13538,13208,
"North America","",9619,9349,9314,10257,6756,6265,5782,6533,
"Oceania","",9447,8692,8830,8701,6720,5870,5504,5400,
"South America","",20449,19761,19909,19093,15279,14412,13438,12952,
"Sub-Saharan Africa","",33115,32505,33053,32825,25148,22758,21141,20076,
"Developed Countries","",152923,151634,150725,148224,100266,85775,80502,..,
"Developing Countries","",114076,112176,110874,107746,83848,77130,71419,68122,
"High Income Countries","",126107,120753,120964,120569,86990,80236,74598,76930,
"Low Income Countries","",43981,42796,43082,42361,31180,28187,26060,24895,
"Middle Income Countries","",96350,99756,97065,92583,66045,54671,51447,46303,

,,2003,2002,2001,2000,1993,1992,1991,1990,
Country
"Afghanistan","AFG",162,159,159,160,155,141,125,118,
"Albania","ALB",851,792,767,703,201,121,95,93,
"Algeria","DZA",1069,1062,1074,1044,849,798,744,700,
"Angola","AGO",469,452,458,460,334,297,281,259,
"Argentina","ARG",3031,2918,2900,2743,2176,2041,1922,1870,
"Armenia","ARM",578,525,506,451,73,10,..,..,
"Australia","AUS",4029,3889,3879,3702,2781,2575,2393,2363,
"Austria","AUT",4741,4581,4548,4340,3162,2976,2788,2704,
"Azerbaijan","AZE",446,412,378,350,47,2,..,..,
"Bahamas","BHS",515,512,520,515,433,407,378,375,
"Bahrain","BHR",491,484,480,453,348,328,301,281,
"Bangladesh","BGD",1192,1163,1153,1117,849,772,694,655,
"Barbados","BRB",644,640,649,642,531,496,464,446,
"Belarus","BLR",829,780,766,730,125,11,..,..,
"Belgium","BEL",5841,5740,5732,5514,4295,4008,3726,3639,
"Belize","BLZ",383,390,402,402,318,278,253,240,
"Benin","BEN",722,708,720,703,509,441,420,401,
"Bhutan","BTN",139,135,137,131,94,85,73,65,
"Bolivia","BOL",1216,1189,1205,1168,934,874,803,764,
"Bosnia and Herzegovina","BIH",684,613,572,510,69,..,..,..,
"Botswana","BWA",689,663,672,671,473,425,381,361,
"Brazil","BRA",3365,3232,3220,3068,2396,2263,2119,2072,
"Brunei Darussalam","BRN",345,333,330,318,235,214,198,182,
"Bulgaria","BGR",2268,2156,2123,2004,1306,1157,1011,970,
"Burkina Faso","BFA",691,691,713,692,506,451,418,398,
"Burundi","BDI",484,481,488,474,365,321,301,281,
"Cambodia","KHM",404,366,350,338,110,93,76,74,
"Cameroon","CMR",1082,1049,1063,1053,776,704,648,607,
"Canada","CAN",4394,4295,4283,4123,3141,2937,2709,2674,
"Cape Verde","CPV",241,234,245,239,154,126,110,105,
"Côte d'Ivoire","CIV",993,982,1011,996,803,727,687,676,
"Central African Rep","CAF",396,394,409,414,323,288,279,264,
"Chad","TCD",397,403,410,396,292,254,231,216,
"Chile","CHL",2247,2162,2210,2122,1628,1522,1408,1350,
"China {1}","CHN",2415,4312,2240,2133,1380,1251,1106,1072,
"Colombia","COL",2045,1984,1992,1920,1514,1423,1314,1258,
"Comoros","COM",167,166,168,171,125,113,112,104,
"Congo","COG",553,864,570,898,466,425,404,653,
"Congo, Dem Rep","COD",868,547,893,575,780,733,669,385,
"Costa Rica","CRI",1422,1391,1416,1390,1122,1046,947,899,
"Croatia","HRV",2069,1957,1894,1756,374,19,..,..,
"Cuba","CUB",1096,1069,1049,995,704,666,600,579,
"Cyprus","CYP",1421,1345,1316,1258,854,768,715,672,
"Czech Rep","CZE",3460,3319,3183,2982,..,..,1480,..,
"Denmark","DNK",5010,4881,4842,4844,3747,3517,3309,3362,
"Djibouti","DJI",226,218,226,232,184,170,152,137,
"Dominican Rep","DOM",986,938,932,904,779,737,672,647,
"Ecuador","ECU",1371,1321,1334,1270,1029,978,911,866,
"Egypt","EGY",2005,1963,1980,1892,1510,1399,1305,1271,
"El Salvador","SLV",886,861,862,829,640,607,558,537,
"Equatorial Guinea","GNQ",161,162,161,164,116,110,103,95,
"Eritrea {2}","ERI",182,175,167,156,6,5,..,..,
"Estonia","EST",1673,1573,1517,1410,367,106,..,..,
"Ethiopia {3}","ETH",766,764,790,792,601,549,497,461,
"Fiji","FJI",659,635,660,651,499,455,427,396,
"Finland","FIN",4733,4592,4515,4310,3134,2918,2748,2692,
"France","FRA",6755,5892,6562,6945,4847,4517,4204,4537,
"Gabon","GAB",487,485,504,506,399,371,358,341,
"Gambia","GMB",482,477,492,502,404,350,336,330,
"Georgia","GEO",766,684,666,624,112,13,..,..,
"Germany","DEU",6652,6021,6436,6144,4707,4416,4116,5203,
"Ghana","GHA",1245,1217,1223,1209,968,891,840,811,
"Greece","GRC",3854,3729,3707,3549,2606,2403,2208,2123,
"Guadeloupe","GLP",98,..,..,..,88,..,..,..,
"Guatemala","GTM",1090,1065,1074,1051,858,813,738,717,
"Guinea","GIN",502,489,488,495,357,303,277,249,
"Guinea-Bissau","GNB",246,240,248,256,171,144,135,121,
"Guyana","GUY",492,491,501,502,451,424,396,383,
"Haiti","HTI",607,598,618,609,509,470,442,419,
"Honduras","HND",825,809,826,804,651,610,555,206,
"Hungary","HUN",3630,3530,3495,3294,2166,1909,1674,1585,
"Iceland","ISL",1775,1746,1705,1635,1267,1156,1087,1061,
"India","IND",3219,3130,3115,3005,2354,2193,2044,2009,
"Indonesia {4}","IDN",1943,1891,1911,1827,1379,1278,1171,1129,
"Iran, Islamic Rep","IRN",992,966,955,932,734,676,637,632,
"Iraq","IRQ",527,518,523,517,557,545,524,516,
"Ireland","IRL",3790,3671,3628,3482,2528,2357,2180,2091,
"Israel {5}","ISR",3449,3348,2951,3139,2221,2043,1831,1870,
"Italy","ITA",6085,5921,5906,5638,4364,4064,3807,3719,
"Jamaica","JAM",898,889,909,903,803,751,710,689,
"Japan","JPN",3863,3751,3721,3567,2733,2548,2361,2347,
"Jordan","JOR",983,941,937,889,690,653,590,571,
"Kazakhstan","KAZ",556,516,491,429,62,1,..,..,
"Kenya","KEN",1639,1618,1611,1614,1276,1171,1057,1024,
"Korea, Dem People's Rep","PRK",271,261,261,249,223,203,179,173,
"Korea, Rep","KOR",2335,2241,2193,2099,1468,1357,1234,1187,
"Kuwait","KWT",775,767,784,738,633,602,560,538,
"Kyrgyzstan","KGZ",305,279,257,226,25,2,..,..,
"Lao People's Dem Rep","LAO",273,251,236,231,118,104,93,89,
"Latvia","LVA",1456,1353,1286,1197,263,78,..,..,
"Lebanon","LBN",1083,1030,1023,960,734,710,676,662,
"Lesotho","LSO",499,487,505,512,403,373,344,322,
"Liberia","LBR",420,426,447,449,450,428,421,415,
"Libyan Arab Jamahiriya","LBY",471,452,460,437,400,373,350,344,
"Lithuania","LTU",1606,1494,1411,1325,319,92,..,..,
"Luxembourg","LUX",2167,2123,2153,2107,1725,1597,1497,1439,
"Macedonia, FYR","MKD",781,700,650,600,12,..,..,..,
"Madagascar","MDG",700,687,710,702,574,536,507,483,
"Malawi","MWI",656,640,655,647,492,448,417,396,
"Malaysia","MYS",2033,1965,1951,1851,1398,1316,1203,1148,
"Maldives","MDV",159,158,154,143,86,81,81,72,
"Mali","MLI",639,626,631,682,472,419,394,365,
"Malta","MLT",1209,1174,1162,1121,725,655,616,579,
"Martinique","MTQ",101,..,..,..,88,..,..,..,
"Mauritania","MRT",422,419,435,419,310,291,277,263,
"Mauritius","MUS",811,793,807,801,664,600,562,536,
"Mexico","MEX",2900,2797,2805,2716,2098,1970,1825,1786,
"Micronesia, Fed States","FSM",111,..,104,103,51,..,34,26,
"Moldova, Rep","MDA",556,512,482,453,59,2,..,..,
"Mongolia","MNG",471,429,412,377,160,148,126,122,
"Morocco {6}","MAR",1382,1358,1384,1339,1072,1003,954,895,
"Mozambique","MOZ",639,619,637,620,402,342,310,284,
"Myanmar","MMR",425,405,401,398,301,276,265,258,
"Namibia","NAM",670,639,645,633,333,256,193,146,
"Nepal","NPL",877,834,820,781,531,482,415,376,
"Netherlands","NLD",6005,5855,5826,6188,4308,4011,3736,4058,
"New Caledonia","NCL",130,..,..,..,101,..,..,..,
"New Zealand","NZL",2679,2610,2606,2680,1886,1744,1636,1679,
"Nicaragua","NIC",805,775,785,768,602,582,515,496,
"Niger","NER",488,487,505,495,371,336,325,296,
"Nigeria","NGA",1655,1629,1643,1611,1399,1280,1204,1190,
"Norway","NOR",4478,4371,4302,4132,3181,2949,2779,2753,
"Oman","OMN",394,394,395,371,254,230,207,191,
"Pakistan","PAK",1606,1561,1545,1502,1143,1057,975,923,
"Panama","PAN",1075,1041,1044,1026,889,852,800,762,
"Papua New Guinea","PNG",684,701,717,714,589,533,495,463,
"Paraguay","PRY",980,945,963,939,737,696,636,606,
"Peru","PER",1833,1765,1784,1702,1383,1319,1230,1179,
"Philippines","PHL",2114,2036,2060,1985,1548,1456,1330,1280,
"Poland","POL",3768,3643,3556,3367,2247,2002,1794,1704,
"Portugal","PRT",4206,4075,4033,3858,2889,2660,2443,2316,
"Qatar","QAT",371,350,358,331,237,220,202,201,
"Romania","ROU",2549,2431,2358,2228,1269,1111,939,898,
"Russian Federation {7}","RUS",3284,3130,3068,2864,1377,1560,1376,..,
"Rwanda","RWA",515,518,527,525,415,365,335,311,
"Samoa","WSM",327,313,311,298,224,208,191,176,
"Sao Tome & Principe","STP",121,121,125,126,79,69,68,62,
"Saudi Arabia","SAU",1105,1082,1070,1039,788,710,653,612,
"Senegal","SEN",1097,1088,1118,1120,935,860,814,758,
"Serbia and Montenegro {8}","YUG",1803,1656,1624,1477,1682,1762,1642,1580,
"Sierra Leone","SLE",601,605,632,647,557,512,484,460,
"Singapore","SGP",1921,1844,1828,1716,1251,1163,1068,1033,
"Slovakia","SVK",2226,2117,2058,1936,..,..,..,..,
"Slovenia","SVN",2169,2036,1972,1808,386,24,..,..,
"Solomon Islands","SLB",279,271,278,280,216,192,172,153,
"Somalia","SOM",223,222,226,228,259,251,241,225,
"South Africa","ZAF",2941,2828,2809,2689,1686,1496,1373,1335,
"Spain","ESP",5782,5621,5564,5325,4014,3721,3433,3325,
"Sri Lanka","LKA",1354,1332,1313,1297,1094,1011,939,903,
"St. Lucia","LCA",340,345,347,348,287,261,240,227,
"St. Vincent & Grenadines","VCT",268,275,278,273,226,200,184,179,
"Sudan","SDN",743,739,746,733,671,635,590,565,
"Suriname","SUR",342,337,354,347,297,277,269,255,
"Swaziland","SWZ",464,461,476,481,373,333,312,291,
"Sweden","SWE",5413,5267,5196,4972,3675,3417,3208,3171,
"Switzerland","CHE",5357,5234,5209,4980,3780,3518,3297,3216,
"Syrian Arab Rep","SYR",620,592,602,572,500,471,454,438,
"Tajikistan","TJK",216,197,189,176,23,1,..,..,
"Tanzania","TZA",1113,1087,1092,1082,846,774,701,675,
"Thailand","THA",2003,1915,1893,1795,1358,1269,1170,1112,
"Timor-Leste {9}","TMP",52,..,..,..,6,..,..,..,
"Togo","TGO",686,672,678,672,552,495,468,435,
"Tonga","TON",267,..,..,..,188,..,..,..,
"Trinidad and Tobago","TTO",814,815,820,812,691,656,611,593,
"Tunisia","TUN",1255,1228,1249,1201,973,918,863,833,
"Turkey","TUR",2500,2394,2345,2222,1498,1375,1270,1214,
"Turkmenistan","TKM",163,159,156,145,28,1,..,..,
"Uganda","UGA",1047,990,999,990,712,639,575,541,
"Ukraine","UKR",1731,1626,1569,1433,238,24,..,..,
"United Arab Emirates","ARE",790,750,740,707,452,399,360,353,
"United Kingdom","GBR",6509,6010,6297,7555,4554,4223,3933,4882,
"United States","USA",5225,5054,5031,6134,3615,3328,3073,3859,
"Uruguay","URY",1609,1550,1546,1484,1203,1150,1065,1019,
"Uzbekistan","UZB",415,385,362,343,54,2,..,..,
"Vanuatu","VUT",282,273,275,273,185,163,156,144,
"Venezuela","VEN",1918,1867,1900,1828,1531,1445,1365,1330,
"Viet Nam","VNM",930,878,851,811,387,337,283,253,
"Yemen","YEM",352,335,330,318,252,238,217,296,
"Zambia","ZMB",938,929,945,963,777,714,675,650,
"Zimbabwe","ZWE",1339,1314,1330,1330,1028,937,855,793,

Footnotes
"1 -- China"
"Data for China exclude Hong Kong and Macao."

"2 -- Eritrea"
"Data for Ethiopia until 1993 include Eritrea, later data do not."

"3 -- Ethiopia"
"Data for Ethiopia until 1993 include Eritrea, later data do not."

"4 -- Indonesia"
"Data for Indonesia include East Timor for the years 1990-1992 and 2000-2002."

"5 -- Israel"
"Data for Israel include territories identified by INGOs as Palestine, Cisjordania, Gaza, Jerusalem, and West Bank."

"6 -- Morocco"
"Data for Morocco include Western Sahara."

"7 -- Russian Federation"
"1990 and 1991 data is for all of the U.S.S.R."

"8 -- Serbia and Montenegro"
"1990 and 1991 data is for all of Yugoslavia."

"9 -- Timor-Leste"
"Data for Indonesia include East Timor for the years 1990-1992 and 2000-2002."

Source
"Center for the Study of Global Governance (London School of Economics). 2004. Global Civil Society 2004/5. H. Anheier et al., eds. London: Sage. Available online at: http://www.lse.ac.uk/Depts/global/yearbook04chapters.htm."
""
"Data were collected by the Center from the Union of International Associations' Yearbook of International Organizations by the Center for the Study of Global Governance."


Technical Notes
"Definition:"
"International non-governmental organizations with membership is the number of international non-governmental organizations (INGOs) that have either member organizations or individuals in each country."
""
"According to Resolution 288 of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, ""any international organization which is not established by intergovernmental agreement shall be considered as a non-governmental organization.""  Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) can also include ""organizations which accept members designated by government authorities, provided that such membership does not interfere with the free expression of views of the organization"" (Resolution 1296)."
""
"The Union of International Associations (UIA) compiles as complete a list as possible of international non-governmental organizations, based on seven criteria (explained below):  aims, members, structure, officers, finance, relations with other organizations, and activities. The UIA codes organizations by type.  The following types of organizations are included in this dataset:"
""
"* federations of international organizations;"
"* universal membership organizations;"
"* intercontinental membership organizations;"
"* regionally defined membership organizations;"
"* organizations emanating from places, persons, or other bodies; and"
"* organizations having a special form, including foundations and funds."
""
"The following types of organizations are not included in the country and region totals:"
"* inactive or dissolved organizations;"
"* recently reported or proposed organizations; "
"* subsidiary and internal bodies;"
"* national organizations;"
"* religious orders, fraternities, and secular institutions;"
"* autonomous conference series;"
"* multilateral treaties and agreements; and"
"* currently inactive non-conventional bodies."
""
"Years Covered and Frequency of Update:"
"The data shown here were originally reported by the UIA and were compiled for Global Civil Society 2004/5 to cover the years 1990-1993 and 2000-2003.  "
""
"The UIA publishes their yearbook annually and has been keeping records on the number of NGOs since 1950; however, their definitions and reporting methods have not remained consistent over that time period."
""
"Methodology:"
"The editors of the Yearbook of International Organizations identify eligible INGOs based on the following seven criteria:"
"1.  Aims:  The aim of the organization must be international in character.  Societies devoted solely to commemorating individuals are excluded."
"2.  Members:  There must be members from at least three countries.  Closed groups are excluded."
"3. Structure: There must be a permanent headquarters and some continuity of operation."
"4. Officers:  Headquarters and officers should be rotated among countries at designated intervals. "
"5. Finance: Substantial budgetary contributions must come from at least 3 countries, and there must be no attempt to make profits for distribution to members."
"6. Relations with other organizations: Organizations must be independent from other organizations and elect their own officers.  Internal or subsidiary committees are excluded."
"7. Activities: There must be evidence of current activity. "
""
"Data Reliability:"
"The compilation of such a massive data set inevitably leads to misreporting and underreporting of organizations.  The UIA frequently lists and categorizes based on an organization's self-description.  Users should keep in mind that actual estimates of the number of INGOs vary widely; although the global number of INGOs reported here is about 280,000, some informal estimates put the number of international NGOs at over one million."