Gulf Cooperation Council

Gulf Cooperation Council
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Map indicating GCC members
Headquarters	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Official languages	Arabic
Type	Trade bloc
Membership	6 states Bahrain Kuwait Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia United Arab Emirates
Leaders
• Secretary General	Nayef bin Falah Al-Hajraf
• Supreme Council Presidency	United Arab Emirates
Establishment
• As the GCC	25 May 1981 (1981-05-25)
Area
• Total	2,673,108 km2 (1,032,093 sq mi)
• Water (%)	0.6%
Population
• 2021* estimate	65,506,958 (25th)
• Density	21.13/km2 (54.7/sq mi) (162nd)
GDP (PPP)	2018 estimate
• Total	$3.655 trillion (7th)
• Per capita	$71,205 (7th)
GDP (nominal)	2018* estimate
• Total	$1.638 trillion (11th)
• Per capita	$34,265 (25th)
Gini (2012)	28.7 low
HDI (2018)	0.840 very high · 45th
Currency	6 currencies (ISO 4217 in brackets) (BHD)  Bahraini Dinar (AED)  Emirati Dirham (KWD)  Kuwaiti Dinar (OMR)  Omani Rial (QAR)  Qatari Riyal (SAR)  Saudi Riyal
Website gcc-sg.org/en-us/Pages/default.aspx
Sum of component states' populations.

The Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Arabic: مجلس التعاون لدول الخليج العربي), originally (and still colloquially) known as the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC; Arabic: مجلس التعاون الخليجي), is an Arab regional political, economic, military and security organization. GCC has six Arab countries namely Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. The countries border the Persian Gulf. They form the majority of the area of ​​the Arabian Peninsula.

It was established on May 25, 1981 at the meeting held in Abu Dhabi, after it was suggested by Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah. The General Secretariat of the Council is currently held by Nayef Al-Hajraf. The council is based in the Saudi capital, Riyadh.

Related pages

• Arab League
• Arabian Peninsula

Other websites

• The Gulf Organization for Industrial Consulting (GOIC)