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 [ar]
• Supreme Council Presidency	United Arab Emirates[1]
Establishment
• As the GCC	25 May 1981; 43 years ago (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^[2] (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.

1. ↑ "Kuwait hopes emir visit to Iran will boost Gulf peace". Gulf News. Retrieved 23 July 2014.
2. ↑ "GCC Charter". Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.