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 Members of D-8[1] | |
| Formation | 1996 1997 (1 Summit) |
|---|---|
| Legal status | Intergovernmental organization |
| Headquarters | Istanbul, Turkey |
| Membership | |
Secretary-General | Sohail Mahmood |
President | Badr Abdul Ati[2] |
Chairman | Prabowo Subianto |
| Website | www |
TheD-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known asDeveloping-8, is anorganisation for development co-operation amongBangladesh,Egypt,Indonesia,Iran,Malaysia,Nigeria,Pakistan, andTurkey.[3]Azerbaijan was admitted to the organization as the 9th member on 19 December 2024.[4]
The combined population of the eight countries is about 1.2 billion or 60% of allMuslims, or close to 13% of the world's population and covering an area of 7.6 million square kilometers, 5% of world land area.[5] In 2006, trade between the D-8 member states stood at $35 billion, and it was around $68 billion in 2010.[6] Transactions between the eight developing countries accounted for 3.3 percent of world trade in 2010.[6] The total nominal GDP of the eight nations was around 4.92 trillion as of 2023.
The main areas of co-operation include finance, banking, rural development, science and technology, humanitarian development, agriculture, energy, environment, and health.[5]
In the first Summit Declaration (Istanbul, 1997), the main objective of D-8 is stated to be socio-economic development in accordance with the following principles:
The fifth D-8 Summit Declaration (Bali, 2006) produced the following, as illustration of the application of the group's objectives:
The Summit, which is convened every two years, has the highest level of authority, and is composed of the leaders of each member state.[8]
The Council is the principal decision-making body and forum for consideration of issues relating to the and is composed of the foreign affairs ministers of each member state.
The Commission has executive authority, and is composed of Commissioners appointed by each member state's government. Commissioners are responsible for promoting compliance with directives in their respective nation. Finally, an executive director is appointed by D-8 members to facilitate communication and to act in a supervisory capacity during each summit or lower-level assembly.
| Date | Host country | Host leader | Location held | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | June 1997 |  Turkey | Necmettin Erbakan | Istanbul |
| 2 | March 1999 |  Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina | Dhaka |
| 3 | February 2001 |  Egypt | Hosni Mubarak | Cairo |
| 4 | February 2004 |  Iran | Mohammad Khatami | Tehran |
| 5 | May 2006 |  Indonesia | Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono | Bali |
| 6 | July 2008 |  Malaysia | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | Kuala Lumpur |
| 7 | July 2010 |  Nigeria | Muhammadu Buhari | Abuja |
| 8 | November 2012 |  Pakistan | Asif Ali Zardari | Islamabad |
| 9 | October 2017 | Turkey | Recep Tayyip Erdoğan | Istanbul |
| 10 | April 2021 | Bangladesh | Sheikh Hasina | Virtual |
| 11 | 18-20 December 2024 | Egypt | Abdel Fattah el-Sisi | Cairo |
| 12 | 2026-2027 | Indonesia |
| Country | Population (2024) | Nominal GDP (USD million) 2024[9] | Nominal GDP per capita ($) 2024[9] | PPP GDP (USD million) 2024[9] | PPP GDP per capita ($) 2024[9] | Life expectancy (years, avg. 2021) | HDI (2021)[10] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Azerbaijan | 10,353,296 | 78,749 | 7,641 | 199,195 | 19,328 | 72.9 | 0.760 (high) |
| Bangladesh | 173,562,364 | 451,468 | 2,625 | 1,690,000 | 9,840 | 74.3 | 0.661 (medium) |
| Egypt | 116,538,258 | 380,044 | 3,542 | 2,230,000 | 20,799 | 71.8 | 0.731 (high) |
| Indonesia | 283,487,931 | 1,402,590 | 4,981 | 4,661,542 | 16,542 | 71.3 | 0.705 (high) |
| Iran | 91,567,738 | 434,243 | 5,013 | 1,700,000 | 19,607 | 77.3 | 0.774 (high) |
| Malaysia | 35,557,673 | 439,748 | 13,142 | 1,370,942 | 41,022 | 74.7 | 0.803 (very high) |
| Nigeria | 232,679,478 | 372,970 | 1,637 | 1,490,000 | 6,543 | 62.6 | 0.535 (low) |
| Pakistan | 251,269,164 | 374,595 | 1,588 | 1,580,000 | 6,715 | 68 | 0.544 (medium) |
| Turkey | 87,473,805 | 1,344,318 | 15,666 | 3,460,000 | 40,283 | 78.6 | 0.838 (very high) |
| Average | 142,498,856 | 586,525 | 6,204 | 2,042,409 | 20,075 | 72.0 | 0.705 (high) |
| Combined | 1,282,489,707 | 5,278,725 | N/A | 18,381,679 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
The Secretary General of the D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation serves as the chief executive of the Secretariat. The Secretary General is appointed by the Summit, upon the recommendation of the Council of Ministers, by consensus from among qualified candidates nominated by Member States, for a single non-renewable term of four years, in accordance with Article 9.3 of the D-8 Charter and the principle of rotation among Member Countries.[11]
| No. | Name | Country of origin | Took office | Left office |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ayhan Kamel | Turkey | 1997 | 2006 |
| 2 | Dipo Alam | Indonesia | 2006 | 2010 |
| 3 | Widi Agoes Pratikto | Indonesia | 2010 | 2012 |
| 4 | Seyed Ali Mohammad Mousavi[12] | Iran | 2013 | 2017 |
| 5 | Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari[13] | Malaysia | 2018 | 2021 |
| 6 | Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam[14] | Nigeria | 2022 | 2025 |
| 7 | Sohail Mahmood | Pakistan | 2026 | present |
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