D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation

The D-8 Organization for Economic Cooperation, also known as Developing-8, is an organisation for development co-operation among Bangladesh, Egypt, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey. Azerbaijan was admitted to the organization as the 9th member on 19 December 2024.

The combined population of the nine countries is more than 1.28 billion or 63% of all Muslims, or close to 16% of the world's population and covering an area of 7.62 million square kilometres, 5% of world land area. In 2016, trade between the D-8 member states stood at approximately $65 billion, showing substantial growth since its inception. By 2020, this figure increased to around $133 billion, reflecting the enhanced economic cooperation and integration among member countries. In 2024, the total nominal GDP of the eight nations reached approximately $5.1 trillion, underscoring their collective economic significance. Transactions among these countries accounted for an increasing share of global trade as they continue to pursue ambitious goals, such as reaching a trade value of $500 billion by 2030 under the D-8 Decennial Road map. This plan also focuses on expanding sectoral cooperation in areas like agriculture, energy, and transportation, fostering sustainable development across the member states.Template:Fact

Purposes and objectives

The main areas of co-operation include finance, banking, rural development, science and technology, humanitarian development, agriculture, energy, environment, and health.

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:

• Peace instead of conflict.
• Dialogue instead of confrontation.
• Cooperation instead of exploitation.
• Justice instead of double standard.
• Equality instead of discrimination.
• Democracy instead of oppression.

The fifth D-8 Summit Declaration (Bali, 2006) produced the following, as illustration of the application of the group's objectives:

• Commitment to work together to solve the problem of economic disparities within our countries.
• Reaffirm commitment to enhance co-operation in the field of energy to develop alternative and renewable energy resources.
• Emphasize the importance of D-8 in contributing to the economic development of its member countries and ensure that it promotes global trade.

Structure

The Summit, which is convened every two years, has the highest level of authority, and is composed of the leaders of each member state.

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.

D-8 Summits

	Date	Host country	Host leader	Location held
1	June 1997	Template:Flagcountry	Necmettin Erbakan	Istanbul
2	March 1999	Template:Flagcountry	Sheikh Hasina	Dhaka
3	February 2001	Template:Flagcountry	Hosni Mubarak	Cairo
4	February 2004	Template:Flagcountry	Mohammad Khatami	Tehran
5	May 2006	Template:Flagcountry	Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono	Bali
6	July 2008	Template:Flagcountry	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	Kuala Lumpur
7	July 2010	Template:Flagcountry	Muhammadu Buhari	Abuja
8	November 2012	Template:Flagcountry	Asif Ali Zardari	Islamabad
9	October 2017	Template:Flagcountry	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan	Istanbul
10	April 2021	Template:Flagcountry	Sheikh Hasina	Virtual
11	18-20 December 2024	Template:Flagcountry	Abdel Fattah el-Sisi	Cairo
12	2026-2027	Template:Flagcountry

Member countries

Country	Population (2024)	Nominal GDP (USD million) 2024	Nominal GDP per capita ($) 2024	PPP GDP (USD million) 2024	PPP GDP per capita ($) 2024	Life expectancy (years, avg. 2021)	HDI (2021)
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

Secretaries-General

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	Iran	2013	2017
5	Ku Jaafar Ku Shaari	Malaysia	2018	2021
6	Isiaka Abdulqadir Imam	Nigeria	2022	Present

Affiliated Bodies

• D-8 International University
• D-8 Map of Scientific Excellence and Collaboration (D8-MSEC)
• D-8 Network of Pioneers for Research and Innovation (D-8 NPRI)
• D-8 Technology Transfer and Exchange Network (D-8 TTEN)
• D-8 Health and Social Protection Programme (D-8 HSP)
• D-8 Research Center for Agriculture and Food Security

See also

• Newly industrialized country
• Next Eleven

External links

• D-8 Member States Statistics
• D-8 Publications
• Preferential Trade Agreement
• Agriculture and Food Security