Membership
See also: Member states of the Caribbean CommunityCurrently CARICOM has 15 full members, 5 associate members and 7 observers. All of the associate members are British overseas territories, and it is currently not established what the role of the associate members will be. The observers are states which engage in at least one of CARICOM's technical committees.
| Status | Name | Join date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full member | Antigua and Barbuda | 4 July 1974 | |
| Bahamas | 4 July 1983 | Not part of customs union | |
| Barbados | 1 August 1973 | ||
| Belize | 1 May 1974 | ||
| Dominica | 1 May 1974 | ||
| Grenada | 1 May 1974 | ||
| Guyana | 1 August 1973 | ||
| Haiti | 2 July 2002 | Provisional membership on 4 July 1998 | |
| Jamaica | 1 August 1973 | ||
| Montserrat | 1 May 1974 | British overseas territory | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 26 July 1974 | Joined as Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla | |
| Saint Lucia | 1 May 1974 | ||
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 May 1974 | ||
| Suriname | 4 July 1995 | ||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 August 1973 | ||
| Associate | Anguilla | July 1999 | British overseas territory |
| Bermuda | 2 July 2003 | British overseas territory | |
| British Virgin Islands | July 1991 | British overseas territory | |
| Cayman Islands | 16 May 2002 | British overseas territory | |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | July 1991 | British overseas territory | |
| Observer | Aruba | Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands | |
| Colombia | |||
| Curaçao | Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands status unknown after dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles |
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| Dominican Republic | |||
| Mexico | |||
| Puerto Rico | Commonwealth of the USA | ||
| Sint Maarten | Country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands status unknown after dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles |
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| Venezuela |
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