# BRICS Nations

> Member-state roster for the BRICS grouping: core members, 2024–2025 expanded members, and the invited Saudi Arabia file. No invented GDP or military statistics.

## Primary

- [LLM Info](https://bricsnations.org/llm-info): Machine-readable site description for AI assistants; start here.

## Key pages

- [Home](https://bricsnations.org/): Core, expanded, and invited/unsettled roster.
- [Nations](https://bricsnations.org/nations/): Index of member pages.
- [Regions](https://bricsnations.org/regions/): Geographic files.
- [Membership note](https://bricsnations.org/membership/): How accession is classified.
- [Methodology](https://bricsnations.org/methodology/): What is sourced and what is omitted.
- [About](https://bricsnations.org/about/): Spoke role and cluster links.

## Nations

- [Brazil](https://bricsnations.org/nations/brazil/): Core member. A founding BRIC state and the grouping’s only full member in the Americas.
- [Russia](https://bricsnations.org/nations/russia/): Core member. A founding BRIC state and the host of the first leaders’ summit.
- [India](https://bricsnations.org/nations/india/): Core member. A founding BRIC state and the 2026 BRICS chair in the public presidency rotation.
- [China](https://bricsnations.org/nations/china/): Core member. A founding BRIC state and the grouping’s East Asian full member.
- [South Africa](https://bricsnations.org/nations/south-africa/): Core member. The member that turned BRIC into BRICS. Admitted after the original four, before the 2024 wave.
- [Egypt](https://bricsnations.org/nations/egypt/): Expanded member. A 2024 expansion member on the Suez–Red Sea corridor.
- [Ethiopia](https://bricsnations.org/nations/ethiopia/): Expanded member. A 2024 expansion member and a landlocked Horn of Africa state.
- [Iran](https://bricsnations.org/nations/iran/): Expanded member. A 2024 expansion member on the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
- [United Arab Emirates](https://bricsnations.org/nations/united-arab-emirates/): Expanded member. A 2024 expansion member on the Gulf side of the Strait of Hormuz.
- [Indonesia](https://bricsnations.org/nations/indonesia/): Expanded member. The first Southeast Asian full member, seated in January 2025.
- [Saudi Arabia](https://bricsnations.org/nations/saudi-arabia/): Invited / unsettled. Invited in 2023. Presidency lists sometimes include the Kingdom; Saudi officials have also described membership as not yet finalized.

## Regions

- [Latin America](https://bricsnations.org/regions/latin-america/): The Americas seat of BRICS is Brazil. Argentina was invited in 2023 and declined.
- [Eurasia](https://bricsnations.org/regions/eurasia/): Russia is the Eurasian full member. Partner-country outreach after Kazan 2024 is a separate track.
- [South Asia](https://bricsnations.org/regions/south-asia/): India is the South Asian full member.
- [East Asia](https://bricsnations.org/regions/east-asia/): China is the East Asian full member.
- [Southern Africa](https://bricsnations.org/regions/southern-africa/): South Africa is the Southern African full member and the source of the “S” in BRICS.
- [North Africa](https://bricsnations.org/regions/north-africa/): Egypt is the North African full member, seated in the 2024 wave.
- [Horn of Africa](https://bricsnations.org/regions/horn-of-africa/): Ethiopia is the Horn full member. It is landlocked; Red Sea ports are neighbors’ geography.
- [West Asia / Gulf](https://bricsnations.org/regions/west-asia/): Iran and the UAE are confirmed 2024 members. Saudi Arabia is filed as invited / unsettled.
- [Southeast Asia](https://bricsnations.org/regions/southeast-asia/): Indonesia became the first Southeast Asian full member in January 2025.

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Updated: 2026-09-07