BRICS

BRICS
BRICS logo during the 2024 Russian chairmanship
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Named afterFounder member states' initials (in English)
BRIC (economic term)
Formation16 June 2009; 17 years ago (2009-06-16)
Founded at
TypeIntergovernmental organization
PurposePolitical and economical
FieldsInternational Politics
Membership
10 member states
Official languages
Persian, Arabic, Amharic, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Portuguese
Websitebrics-russia2024.ru
Formerly called
BRIC

BRICS is an acronym used to talk about the countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia and the United Arab Emirates. Many economists think that all these countries are at a similar stage of economic development. When people write about these countries, they usually write "BRICS" or the "BRICS countries".

The acronym was invented by Jim O'Neill, an economist who worked for Goldman Sachs. In 2001, O'Neill wrote an article that he called "Building Better Global Economic BRICs".

Mexico and South Korea were the only other countries with economies that are like the BRICs. O'Neill did not include these countries because they were considered already more developed, as they were already members of the OECD.

They also proposed to have a “partnership model” for other countries and talked about starting a common currency. They planned to use the US dollar less.

Countries that are called "partnership countries"

These countries could gain full membership later, but they are not full members. As of 2025's second quarter:

Belarus, Bolivia, Cuba, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Uganda, Uzbekistan, Vietnam

Leaders

Leaders as of 2025's first quarter

Countries that have applied for membership

A total of 15 countries have formally applied to join BRICS, listed as follows:

References

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  11. ↑ Omirgazy, Dana (5 June 2023). "Kazakhstan Seeks to Join BRICS and Enhance Trade and Economic Cooperation". Astana Times.
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  13. ↑ "Pakistan seeks BRICS membership, despite India roadblock". Al Jazeera. 24 November 2023.
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  15. 1 2 "Wang Yi Chairs Dialogue of Foreign Ministers between BRICS and Emerging Markets and Developing Countries". June 2023.

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