Commonwealth: Membership
(asked on 29th June 2022) - View Source
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether membership of the Commonwealth is open to any country; and what is the eligibility criteria.
Answered by
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
This question was answered on 13th July 2022
The Commonwealth is a voluntary association of 56 independent and equal countries. Membership is open to any country subject to meeting the criteria. The Membership criteria can be found here: https://thecommonwealth.org/about/joining. The most recent countries to join were Togo and Gabon, who joined at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali last month (June).