Membership in IFAD is open to any State that is a member of the United Nations, any of its specialized agencies or the International Atomic Energy Agency.  The Fund's 172 Member States are classified as follows: List A (primarily OECD members); List B (primarily OPEC members); and List C (developing countries).  List C is further divided into sub-list C1 (countries in Africa); sub-list C2 (countries in Europe, Asia and the Pacific); and sub-list C3 (countries in Latin America and the Caribbean).

The Governing Council is IFAD's highest decision-making authority.  Each Member State is represented in the Governing Council by a Governors, Alternate Governors and any other designated advisers.  The Executive Board is responsible for overseeing the general operations of IFAD and for approving its programme of work.  Membership on the Executive Board is determined by the Governing Council and is presently distributed as follows: List A: eight Members and eight Alternate Members; List B: four Members and four Alternate Members; and List C: six Members and six Alternate Members; two each in the three regional subdivisions of List C Member States.

Complete list of IFAD Member States

A

Afghanistan is a member of List C2

Albania is a member of List C2

Algeria is a member of List B

Angola is a member of List C1

Antigua and Barbuda is a member of List C3

Argentina is a member of List C3

Armenia is a member of List C2

Austria is a member of List A

Azerbaijan is a member of List C2

B

Bangladesh is a member of List C2

Bahamas (The) is a member of List C3

Barbados is a member of List C3

Belgium is a member of List A

Belize is a member of List C3

Benin is a member of List C1

Bhutan is a member of List C2

Bolivia (Plurinational State of) is a member of List C3

Bosnia and Herzegovina is a member of List C2

Botswana is a member of List C1

Brazil is a member of List C3

Burkina Faso is a member of List C1

Burundi is a member of List C1

C

Cambodia is a member of List C2

Cameroon is a member of List C1

Canada is a member of List A

Cape Verde is a member of List C1

Central African Republic is a member of List C1

Chad is a member of List C1

Chile is a member of List C3

China is a member of List C2

Colombia is a member of List C3

Comoros is a member of List C1

Congo is a member of List C1

Cook Islands is a member of List C2

Costa Rica is a member of List C3

Cote d'Ivoire is a member of List C1

Croatia is a member of List C2

Cuba is a member of List C3

Cyprus is a member of List C2

D

Democratic People's Republic of Korea is a member of List C2

Democratic Republic of the Congo is a member of List C1

Denmark is a member of List A

Djibouti is a member of List C1

Dominica is a member of List C3

Dominican Republic is a member of List C3

E

Ecuador is a member of List C3

Egypt is a member of List C1

El Salvador is a member of List C3

Equatorial Guinea is a member of List C1

Eritrea is a member of List C1

Estonia is a member of List A

Ethiopia is a member of List C1

F

Fiji is a member of List C2

Finland is a member of List A

France is a member of List A

G

Gabon is a member of List B

Gambia, The is a member of List C1

Georgia is a member of List C2

Germany is a member of List A

Ghana is a member of List C1

Greece is a member of List A

Grenada is a member of List C3

Guatemala is a member of List C3

Guinea is a member of List C1

Guinea-Bissau is a member of List C1

Guyana is a member of List C3

H

Haiti is a member of List C3

Hungary is a member of List A

Honduras is a member of List C3

I

Iceland is a member of List A

India is a member of List C2

Indonesia is a member of List B

Iran (Islamic Republic of) is a member of List B

Iraq is a member of List B

Ireland is a member of List A

Israel is a member of List C2

Italy is a member of List A

J

Jamaica is a member of List C3

Japan is a member of List A

Jordan is a member of List C2

K

Kazakhstan is a member of List C2

Kenya is a member of List C1

Kiribati is a member of List C2

Kuwait is a member of List B

Kyrgyzstan is a member of List C2

L

Lao People's Democratic Republic is a member of List C2

Lebanon is a member of List C2

Lesotho is a member of List C1

Liberia is a member of List C1

Libya is a member of List B

Luxembourg is a member of List A

M

Madagascar is a member of List C1

Malawi is a member of List C1

Malaysia is a member of List C2

Maldives is a member of List C2

Mali is a member of List C1

Malta is a member of List C2

Marshall Islands is a member of List C2

Mauritania is a member of List C1

Mauritius is a member of List C1

Mexico is a member of List C3

Mongolia is a member of List C2

Morocco is a member of List C1

Mozambique is a member of List C1

Myanmar is a member of List C2

N

Namibia is a member of List C1

Nauru is a member of List C2

Nepal is a member of List C2

Netherlands is a member of List A

New Zealand is a member of List A

Nicaragua is a member of List C3

Niger is a member of List C1

Nigeria is a member of List B

Niue is a member of List C2

Norway is a member of List A

O

Oman is a member of List C2

P

Pakistan is a member of List C2

Panama is a member of List C3

Papua New Guinea is a member of List C2

Paraguay is a member of List C3

Peru is a member of List C3

Philippines is a member of List C2

Portugal is a member of List A

Q

Qatar is a member of List B

R

Republic of Korea is a member of List C2

Republic of Moldova is a member of List C2

Romania is a member of List C2

Rwanda is a member of List C1

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis is a member of List C3

Saint Lucia is a member of List C3

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is a member of List C3

Samoa is a member of List C2

Sao Tome and Principe is a member of List C1

Saudi Arabia is a member of List B

Senegal is a member of List C1

Seychelles is a member of List C1

Sierra Leone is a member of List C1

Solomon Islands is a member of List C2

Somalia is a member of List C1

South Africa is a member of List C1

South Sudan is a member of List C1

Spain is a member of List A

Sri Lanka is a member of List C2

Sudan is a member of List C1

Suriname is a member of List C3

Swaziland is a member of List C1

Sweden is a member of List A

Switzerland is a member of List A

Syria is a member of List C2

T

Tajikistan is a member of List C2

United Republic of Tanzania is a member of List C1

Thailand is a member of List C2

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is a member of List C2

Togo is a member of List C1

Timor-Leste is a member of List C2

Tonga is a member of List C2

Trinidad and Tobago is a member of List C3

Tunisia is a member of List C1

Turkey is a member of List C2

Tuvalu is a member of List C2

U

Uganda is a member of List C1

United Arab Emirates is a member of List B

United Kingdom is a member of List A

United States is a member of List A

Uruguay is a member of List C3

Uzbekistan is a member of List C2

V

Vanuatu is a member of List C2

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) is a member of List B

Viet Nam is a member of List C2

Y

Yemen is a member of List C2

Z

Zambia is a member of List C1

Zimbabwe is a member of List C1