Human rights
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
Source: UN Treaty Collection · scraped 2026-09-26
Figures below count the 193 UN member states separately from other parties to this treaty (international organizations and non-member observer states) — a treaty can have more parties than there are UN member states.
173/193
RatifiedUN member states
174 in total, incl. 1 non-UN member (State of Palestine)
4
Signed, not ratifiedUN member states
0
WithdrawnUN member states
16
No actionUN member states
| Country | Signature | Ratification | Withdrawal | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | — | 1983-01-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Albania | — | 1991-10-04(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Algeria | 1968-12-10 | 1989-09-12 | — | Ratified |
| Andorra | 2025-09-23 | 2026-09-22 | — | Ratified |
| Angola | — | 1992-01-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Antigua and Barbuda | — | 2019-07-03(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Argentina | 1968-02-19 | 1986-08-08 | — | Ratified |
| Armenia | — | 1993-09-13(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Australia | 1972-12-18 | 1975-12-10 | — | Ratified |
| Austria | 1973-12-10 | 1978-09-10 | — | Ratified |
| Azerbaijan | — | 1992-08-13(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Bahamas | 2008-12-04 | 2008-12-23 | — | Ratified |
| Bahrain | — | 2007-09-27(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Bangladesh | — | 1998-10-05(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Barbados | — | 1973-01-05(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Belarus | 1968-03-19 | 1973-11-12 | — | Ratified |
| Belgium | 1968-12-10 | 1983-04-21 | — | Ratified |
| Belize | 2000-09-06 | 2015-03-09 | — | Ratified |
| Benin | — | 1992-03-12(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Bhutan | — | — | — | No action |
| Bolivia | — | 1982-08-12(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | — | 1993-09-01(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Botswana | — | — | — | No action |
| Brazil | — | 1992-01-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Brunei Darussalam | — | — | — | No action |
| Bulgaria | 1968-10-08 | 1970-09-21 | — | Ratified |
| Burkina Faso | — | 1999-01-04(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Burundi | — | 1990-05-09(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Cabo Verde | — | 1993-08-06(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Cambodia | 1980-10-17 | 1992-05-26(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Cameroon | — | 1984-06-27(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Canada | — | 1976-05-19(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Central African Republic | — | 1981-05-08(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Chad | — | 1995-06-09(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Chile | 1969-09-16 | 1972-02-10 | — | Ratified |
| China | 1997-10-27 | 2001-03-27 | — | Ratified |
| Colombia | 1966-12-21 | 1969-10-29 | — | Ratified |
| Comoros | 2008-09-25 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Congo | — | 1983-10-05(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Costa Rica | 1966-12-19 | 1968-11-29 | — | Ratified |
| Croatia | — | 1992-10-12(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Cuba | 2008-02-28 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Cyprus | 1967-01-09 | 1969-04-02 | — | Ratified |
| Czech Republic | — | 1993-02-22(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Côte d'Ivoire | — | 1992-03-26(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Democratic People's Republic of Korea | — | 1981-09-14(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | — | 1976-11-01(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Denmark | 1968-03-20 | 1972-01-06 | — | Ratified |
| Djibouti | — | 2002-11-05(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Dominica | — | 1993-06-17(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Dominican Republic | — | 1978-01-04(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Ecuador | 1967-09-29 | 1969-03-06 | — | Ratified |
| Egypt | 1967-08-04 | 1982-01-14 | — | Ratified |
| El Salvador | 1967-09-21 | 1979-11-30 | — | Ratified |
| Equatorial Guinea | — | 1987-09-25(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Eritrea | — | 2001-04-17(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Estonia | — | 1991-10-21(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Eswatini | — | 2004-03-26(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Ethiopia | — | 1993-06-11(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Fiji | — | 2018-08-16(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Finland | 1967-10-11 | 1975-08-19 | — | Ratified |
| France | — | 1980-11-04(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Gabon | — | 1983-01-21(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Gambia | — | 1978-12-29(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Georgia | — | 1994-05-03(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Germany | 1968-10-09 | 1973-12-17 | — | Ratified |
| Ghana | 2000-09-07 | 2000-09-07 | — | Ratified |
| Greece | — | 1985-05-16(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Grenada | — | 1991-09-06(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Guatemala | — | 1988-05-19(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Guinea | 1967-02-28 | 1978-01-24 | — | Ratified |
| Guinea-Bissau | — | 1992-07-02(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Guyana | 1968-08-22 | 1977-02-15 | — | Ratified |
| Haiti | — | 2013-10-08(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Honduras | 1966-12-19 | 1981-02-17 | — | Ratified |
| Hungary | 1969-03-25 | 1974-01-17 | — | Ratified |
| Iceland | 1968-12-30 | 1979-08-22 | — | Ratified |
| India | — | 1979-04-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Indonesia | — | 2006-02-23(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Iran | 1968-04-04 | 1975-06-24 | — | Ratified |
| Iraq | 1969-02-18 | 1971-01-25 | — | Ratified |
| Ireland | 1973-10-01 | 1989-12-08 | — | Ratified |
| Israel | 1966-12-19 | 1991-10-03 | — | Ratified |
| Italy | 1967-01-18 | 1978-09-15 | — | Ratified |
| Jamaica | 1966-12-19 | 1975-10-03 | — | Ratified |
| Japan | 1978-05-30 | 1979-06-21 | — | Ratified |
| Jordan | 1972-06-30 | 1975-05-28 | — | Ratified |
| Kazakhstan | 2003-12-02 | 2006-01-24 | — | Ratified |
| Kenya | — | 1972-05-01(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Kiribati | — | — | — | No action |
| Kuwait | — | 1996-05-21(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Kyrgyzstan | — | 1994-10-07(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2000-12-07 | 2007-02-13 | — | Ratified |
| Latvia | — | 1992-04-14(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Lebanon | — | 1972-11-03(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Lesotho | — | 1992-09-09(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Liberia | 1967-04-18 | 2004-09-22 | — | Ratified |
| Libya | — | 1970-05-15(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Liechtenstein | — | 1998-12-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Lithuania | — | 1991-11-20(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Luxembourg | 1974-11-26 | 1983-08-18 | — | Ratified |
| Madagascar | 1970-04-14 | 1971-09-22 | — | Ratified |
| Malawi | — | 1993-12-22(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Malaysia | — | — | — | No action |
| Maldives | — | 2006-09-19(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Mali | — | 1974-07-16(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Malta | 1968-10-22 | 1990-09-13 | — | Ratified |
| Marshall Islands | — | 2018-03-12(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Mauritania | — | 2004-11-17(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Mauritius | — | 1973-12-12(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Mexico | — | 1981-03-23(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Micronesia | — | — | — | No action |
| Monaco | 1997-06-26 | 1997-08-28 | — | Ratified |
| Mongolia | 1968-06-05 | 1974-11-18 | — | Ratified |
| Montenegro | — | 2006-10-23(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Morocco | 1977-01-19 | 1979-05-03 | — | Ratified |
| Mozambique | — | — | — | No action |
| Myanmar | 2015-07-16 | 2017-10-06 | — | Ratified |
| Namibia | — | 1994-11-28(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Nauru | — | — | — | No action |
| Nepal | — | 1991-05-14(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Netherlands | 1969-06-25 | 1978-12-11 | — | Ratified |
| New Zealand | 1968-11-12 | 1978-12-28 | — | Ratified |
| Nicaragua | — | 1980-03-12(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Niger | — | 1986-03-07(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Nigeria | — | 1993-07-29(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| North Macedonia | — | 1994-01-18(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Norway | 1968-03-20 | 1972-09-13 | — | Ratified |
| Oman | — | 2020-06-09(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Pakistan | 2004-11-03 | 2008-04-17 | — | Ratified |
| Palau | 2011-09-20 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Panama | 1976-07-27 | 1977-03-08 | — | Ratified |
| Papua New Guinea | — | 2008-07-21(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Paraguay | — | 1992-06-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Peru | 1977-08-11 | 1978-04-28 | — | Ratified |
| Philippines | 1966-12-19 | 1974-06-07 | — | Ratified |
| Poland | 1967-03-02 | 1977-03-18 | — | Ratified |
| Portugal | 1976-10-07 | 1978-07-31 | — | Ratified |
| Qatar | — | 2018-05-21(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Republic of Korea | — | 1990-04-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Moldova | — | 1993-01-26(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Romania | 1968-06-27 | 1974-12-09 | — | Ratified |
| Russian Federation | 1968-03-18 | 1973-10-16 | — | Ratified |
| Rwanda | — | 1975-04-16(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Saint Lucia | — | — | — | No action |
| Samoa | — | — | — | No action |
| San Marino | — | 1985-10-18(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 1995-10-31 | 2017-01-10 | — | Ratified |
| Saudi Arabia | — | — | — | No action |
| Senegal | 1970-07-06 | 1978-02-13 | — | Ratified |
| Serbia | — | 2001-03-12(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Seychelles | — | 1992-05-05(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Sierra Leone | — | 1996-08-23(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Singapore | — | — | — | No action |
| Slovakia | — | 1993-05-28(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Slovenia | — | 1992-07-06(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Solomon Islands | — | 1982-03-17(Succession) | — | Ratified |
| Somalia | — | 1990-01-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| South Africa | 1994-10-03 | 2015-01-12 | — | Ratified |
| South Sudan | — | 2024-02-05(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Spain | 1976-09-28 | 1977-04-27 | — | Ratified |
| Sri Lanka | — | 1980-06-11(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | — | 2024-11-01(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | 1981-11-09(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| State of PalestineNon-UN member | — | 2014-04-02(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Sudan | — | 1986-03-18(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Suriname | — | 1976-12-28(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Sweden | 1967-09-29 | 1971-12-06 | — | Ratified |
| Switzerland | — | 1992-06-18(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Syrian Arab Republic | — | 1969-04-21(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Tajikistan | — | 1999-01-04(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Thailand | — | 1999-09-05(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Timor-Leste | — | 2003-04-16(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Togo | — | 1984-05-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Tonga | — | — | — | No action |
| Trinidad and Tobago | — | 1978-12-08(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Tunisia | 1968-04-30 | 1969-03-18 | — | Ratified |
| Turkmenistan | — | 1997-05-01(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Tuvalu | — | — | — | No action |
| Türkiye | 2000-08-15 | 2003-09-23 | — | Ratified |
| Uganda | — | 1987-01-21(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Ukraine | 1968-03-20 | 1973-11-12 | — | Ratified |
| United Arab Emirates | — | — | — | No action |
| United Kingdom | 1968-09-16 | 1976-05-20 | — | Ratified |
| United Republic of Tanzania | — | 1976-06-11(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| United States of America | 1977-10-05 | — | — | Signed, not ratified |
| Uruguay | 1967-02-21 | 1970-04-01 | — | Ratified |
| Uzbekistan | — | 1995-09-28(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Vanuatu | — | — | — | No action |
| Venezuela | 1969-06-24 | 1978-05-10 | — | Ratified |
| Viet Nam | — | 1982-09-24(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Yemen | — | 1987-02-09(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Zambia | — | 1984-04-10(Accession) | — | Ratified |
| Zimbabwe | — | 1991-05-13(Accession) | — | Ratified |