List of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members
This is a list of World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts members.
Table of members
The World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts recognizes at most one Guiding organization per country. Some countries have several organizations combined as a federation, with different component groups divided on the basis of religions (France, Denmark), ethnic identification (Israel) or language (Belgium).
Country | Member organization | Membership status | Membership (from 2012 or most recent) | Year Guiding organization joined WAGGGS | Year Guiding was introduced | Admits girls/boys |
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Albania | Girl Scouts of Albania (Vajzat Udhëheqëse të Shqipërisë) | associate | 253 | 2017 | 2016 | girls-only |
Antigua and Barbuda | The Girl Guides Association of Antigua and Barbuda | full | 662 | 1984 | 1931 | girls-only |
Argentina | Asociación Guías Argentinas | full | 4,826 | 1958 | 1915 | girls-only |
Armenia | National Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts of Armenia | full | 1,065 | 2001 | 1988 | girls-only |
Aruba | Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde | full | 326 | 1993 | 1941 | girls-only |
Australia | Girl Guides Australia | full | 25,077 | 1928 | 1910 | girls-only |
Austria | Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Österreichs | full | 9,983 | 1957 | 1914 | both |
Azerbaijan | Association of Scouts of Azerbaijan | full | ca. 600 | 2017 | 1996 | both |
Bahamas | The Bahamas Girl Guides Association | full | 2,351 | 1975 | 1915 | girls-only |
Bahrain | The Girl Guides Association of Bahrain | full | 2,647 | 1981 | 1970 | girls-only |
Bangladesh | Bangladesh Girl Guides Association | full | 93,323 | 1973 | 1928 | girls-only |
Barbados | The Girl Guide Association of Barbados | full | 2,668 | 1969 | 1918 | girls-only |
Belarus | The Association of Belarusian Guides | full | 1,224 | 1996 | 1926 | girls-only |
Belgium | Guides and Scouts Movement of Belgium | full | 56,879 | 1928 | 1915 | both |
Belize | The Girl Guides Association of Belize | full | 532 | 1987 | 1937 | girls-only |
Benin | Guides du Bénin | full | 2,306 | 1963 | 1954 | girls-only |
Bolivia | Asociación de Guías Scouts de Bolivia | full | 221 | 1966 | 1915 | girls-only |
Botswana | Botswana Girl Guides Association | full | 9,825 | 1969 | 1924 | girls-only |
Brazil | Federação de Bandeirantes do Brasil | full | 10,789 | 1930 | 1919 | both |
Brunei | Girl Guides Association of Brunei Darussalam | full | 1,677 | 1996 | 1951 | girls-only |
Burkina Faso | Association des Guides du Burkina Faso | full | 16,333 | 1972 | 1955 | girls-only |
Burundi | Association des Guides du Burundi | full | 19,929 | 1972 | 1954 | girls-only |
Cambodia | Girl Guides Association of Cambodia | full | 4,551 | 2002 | 1940 | girls-only |
Cameroon | Association des Guides du Cameroun | full | 5,350 | 1972 | 1943 | girls-only |
Canada | Girl Guides of Canada | full | 92,000 | 1928 | 1910 | girls-only |
Central African Republic | Association Nationale des Guides de Centrafrique | full | 7,125 | 1963 | 1952 | girls-only |
Chad | Association des Guides du Tchad | full | 7,112 | NA | 1957 | girls-only |
Chile | Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Chile | full | 19,337 | 1957 | 1913 | both |
Republic of China (Taiwan) | Girl Scouts of Taiwan | full | 17,436 | 1963 | 1919 | girls-only |
Colombia | Asociación de Guías Scouts de Colombia | full | 291 | 1954 | 1936 | girls-only |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Guides de la République Démocratique du Congo | full | 13,958 | 1972/2008 | 1928 | girls-only |
Republic of the Congo | Association des Scouts et Guides du Congo | full | 5,770 | 1957/1996 | 1927 | both |
Cook Islands | The Girl Guides Cook Islands Association | full | 700 | 1993 | 1928 | girls-only |
Costa Rica | Asociación de Guías y Scouts de Costa Rica | full | 5,414 | 1946 | 1922 | both |
Cyprus | Girl Guides Association of Cyprus | full | 1,754 | 1962 | 1912 | both |
Czech Republic | Junák | full | 19,143 | 1928/1990 | 1915 | both |
Denmark | Pigespejdernes Fællesråd Danmark | full | 17,403 | 1928 | 1910 | both |
Dominica | The Girl Guides Association of Dominica | full | 962 | 1987 | 1930 | girls-only |
Dominican Republic | Asociación de Guías Scouts Dominicanas | full | 348 | 1969 | 1961 | girls-only |
Ecuador | Asociación Nacional de Guías Scouts del Ecuador | full | 124 | 1966 | 1919 | girls-only |
Egypt | Egyptian Federation for Scouts and Girl Guides | full | 39,995 | 1931 | 1913 | girls-only |
El Salvador | Asociación de Muchachas Guías de El Salvador | full associate | 449 | 1960 | 1945 | girls-only |
Estonia | Eesti Gaidide Liit | full | 639 | 1928/1993 | 1919 | both |
Fiji | Fiji Girl Guides Association | full | 5,531 | 1981 | 1924 | girls-only |
Finland | Suomen Partiolaiset | full | 23,450 | 1928 | 1910 | both |
France | Scoutisme Français | full | 41,335 | 1928 | 1921 | both |
Gambia | The Gambia Girl Guides Association | full | 17,395 | 1966 | 1923 | girls-only |
Georgia | Sakartvelos Gogona Skautebis Asociacia 'Dia' | associate | 192 | NA | 1992 | girls-only |
Germany | Ring Deutscher Pfadfinderinnenverbände | full | 51,749 | 1950 | 1912 | both |
Ghana | The Ghana Girl Guides Association | full | 19,191 | 1960 | 1921 | girls-only |
Greece | Soma Hellinikou Odigismou | full | 6,589 | 1933 | 1932 | both |
Grenada | The Girl Guides Association of Grenada | full | 2,288 | 1990 | 1925 | girls-only |
Guatemala | Asociación Nacional de Muchachas Guías de Guatemala | full | 418 | 1957 | 1934 | girls-only |
Guinea | Association Nationale des Guides de Guinée | full | 4,880 | NA | 1990 | girls-only |
Guyana | Guyana Girl Guides Association | full | 1,787 | 1969 | 1922 | girls-only |
Haiti | Association Nationale des Guides d'Haïti | full | 1,582 | 1946 | 1942 | girls-only |
Honduras | Asociación Nacional de Muchachas Guías de Honduras | full | 142 | 1981 | 1953 | both |
Hong Kong | Hong Kong Girl Guides Association | full | 59,030 | 1978 | 1916 | girls-only (both in Happy Bee Section) |
Hungary | Magyar Cserkészlány Szövetség | full | 654 | 1928/1993 | 1919 | girls-only |
Iceland | Bandalag Íslenskra Skáta | full | 2,048 | 1928 | 1922 | both |
India | The Bharat Scouts and Guides | full | 1,780,545 | 1948 | 1911 | both |
Ireland | Council of Irish Guiding Associations | full | 15,935 | 1932 | 1911 | girls-only |
Israel | Hitachdut Hatsofim Ve Hatsofot Be Israel | full | 11,268 | 1957 | 1919 | both |
Italy | Federazione Italiana dello Scautismo | full | 86,114 | 1946 | 1912 | both |
Ivory Coast | Fédération Ivoirienne du Scoutisme Féminin | full | 4,146 | 1963 | 1937 | girls-only |
Jamaica | The Girl Guides Association of Jamaica | full | 5,903 | 1963 | 1915 | girls-only |
Japan | Girl Scouts of Japan | full | 34,927 | 1952 | 1919 | girls-only |
Jordan | Jordanian Association for Boy Scouts and Girl Guides | full | 9,080 | 1963 | 1938 | girls-only |
Kenya | Kenya Girl Guides Association | full | 159,399 | 1963 | 1920 | girls-only |
Kiribati | The Girl Guides Association of Kiribati | associate | 2,833 | 1990 | 1926 | girls-only |
South Korea | Girl Scouts Korea | full | 45,139 | 1957 | 1946 | both |
Kuwait | Kuwait Girl Guides Association | full | 15,000 | 1966 | 1957 | girls-only |
Latvia | Latvijas Skautu un Gaidu Centrālā Organizācija | full | 371 | 1928/1993 | 1921 | both |
Lebanon | Fédération Libanaise des Eclaireuses et des Guides | full | 6,772 | 1955 | 1937 | girls-only |
Lesotho | Lesotho Girl Guides Association | full | 6,172 | 1978 | 1925 | girls-only |
Liberia | Liberian Girl Guides Association | full | 7,297 | 1928/1966 | 1920 | girls-only |
Libya | Public Scout and Girl Guide Movement | full | 4,500 | 1966 | 1958 | both |
Liechtenstein | Pfadfinder und Pfadfinderinnen Liechtensteins | full | 331 | 1948 | 1932 | both |
Lithuania | Lietuvos skaučių seserija | associate | 652 | 2008 | girls-only | |
Luxembourg | Lëtzebuerger Guiden a Scouten | full | 1,649 | 1928 | 1915 | both |
Madagascar | Skotisma Zazavavy eto Madagasikara | full | 44,048 | 1963 | 1941 | both |
Malawi | The Malawi Girl Guides Association | full | 54,144 | NA | 1931 | girls-only |
Malaysia | Persatuan Pandu Puteri Malaysia | full | 52,858 | 1960 | 1916 | girls-only |
Maldives | Maldives Girl Guide Association | full | 9,474 | 1994 | 1962 | girls-only |
Malta | The Malta Girl Guides Association | full | 1,130 | 1966 | 1918 | girls-only |
Mauritania | Association des Scouts et Guides de Mauritanie | associate | 500 | 1996 | 1986 | both |
Mauritius | The Mauritius Girl Guides Association | full | 953 | 1975 | 1926 | girls-only |
Mexico | Guías de México | full | 2,514 | 1948 | 1930 | girls-only |
Monaco | Association des Guides et Scouts de Monaco | full | 23 | 1960 | 1929 | both |
Mongolia | Girl Scout Association of Mongolia | full | 1,500 | 2005 | 1996 | girls-only |
Myanmar | Myanmar Girl Guides | associate | 2014 | |||
Namibia | The Girl Guides Association of Namibia | full | 1,680 | 1993 | 1923 | girls-only |
Nepal | Nepal Scouts | full | 22,061 | 1978 | 1952 | both |
Netherlands | Scouting Nederland | full | 53,796 | 1928/1981 | 1911 | both |
Netherlands Antilles | Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen | full | 255 | 1978 | 1930 | girls-only |
New Zealand | GirlGuiding New Zealand | full | 13,220 | 1928 | 1908 | girls-only |
Nicaragua | Federación Nacional de Muchachas Guías de Nicaragua | associate | 2,213 | 1981 | 1940 | girls-only |
Niger | Mouvement des Guides et Eclaireuses du Niger | associate | 1,429 | 2017 | 2002 | girls-only |
Nigeria | The Nigerian Girl Guides Association | full | 120,000 | 1960 | 1919 | girls-only |
Norway | Speidernes Fellesorganisasjon | full | 11,792 | 1928 | 1912 | both |
Oman | The National Organisation for Scouts and Guides | full | 2,600 | 1987 | 1972 | both |
Pakistan | Pakistan Girl Guides Association | full | 110,826 | 1948 | 1911 | girls-only |
Palestine | Palestinian Scout Association | full | 5,000 | 2017 | 1912 | both |
Panama | Asociación de Muchachas Guías de Panamá | full | 1,026 | 1952 | 1950 | girls-only |
Papua New Guinea | Girl Guides Association of Papua New Guinea | full | 3,410 | 1978 | 1927 | girls-only |
Paraguay | Asociación Guías Scouts del Paraguay | full | 178 | 1966 | 1923 | both |
Peru | Asociación Nacional de Guías Scouts del Perú | full | 2,780 | 1960 | 1916 | both |
Philippines | Girl Scouts of the Philippines | full | 692,629 | 1946 | 1919 | girls-only |
Poland | Związek Harcerstwa Polskiego | full | 49,304 | 1928/1996 | 1910 | both |
Portugal | Associação Guias de Portugal | full | 3,038 | 1963 | 1919 | girls-only |
Qatar | The Scout and Guide Association of Qatar | full | 3,480 | NA | 1995 | both |
Romania | Asociația Ghidelor și Ghizilor din România | full | 1,195 | 1993 | 1928 | both |
Russia | Rossiskaya Assotsiatsia Devochek-Skautov | full | 1,997 | 1999 | 1910 | girls-only |
Rwanda | Association des Guides du Rwanda | full | 12,492 | 1981 | 1962 | girls-only |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | The Girl Guides Association of Saint Christopher and Nevis | associate | 158 | 1993 | 1931 | girls-only |
Saint Lucia | Girl Guides Association of Saint Lucia | full | 961 | 1984 | 1925 | girls-only |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Girl Guides Association of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | full | 2,066 | 1984 | 1914 | girls-only |
San Marino | Associazione Guide Esploratori Cattolici Sammarinesi | full | 98 | 1993 | 1973 | both |
Senegal | Association des Scouts et Guides du Sénégal | full | 5,121 | 1981 | 1953 | both |
Sierra Leone | The Sierra Leone Girl Guides Association | full | 1,460 | 1963 | 1924 | girls-only |
Singapore | Girl Guides Singapore | full | 9,268 | 1966 | 1917 | girls-only |
Slovakia | Slovenský skauting | full | 2,621 | 1928/1990 | 1919 | both |
Slovenia | Združenje slovenskih katoliških skavtinj in skavtov | full | 4,373 | 1928/1996 | 1922 | both |
Solomon Islands | The Girl Guides Association of the Solomon Islands | associate | 697 | 1987 | 1949 | girls-only |
South Africa | Girl Guides Association of South Africa | full | 27,449 | 1928 | 1910 | girls-only |
Spain | Comité de Enlace del Guidismo en España | full | 6,785 | 1959 | 1929 | both |
Sri Lanka | The Sri Lanka Girl Guides Association | full | 32,817 | 1951 | 1917 | girls-only |
Sudan | The Sudan Girl Guides Association | full | 15,580 | 1957 | 1928 | girls-only |
Suriname | Surinaamse Padvindsters Raad | associate | 323 | 1972 | 1947 | girls-only |
Swaziland | The Swaziland Girl Guides Association | full | 3,558 | 1969 | 1924 | girls-only |
Sweden | Scouterna | full | 28,546 | 1928 | 1910 | both |
Switzerland | Swiss Guide and Scout Movement | full | 19,179 | 1928 | 1913 | both |
Syria | Scouts of Syria | full | 2,200 | 2008 | 1950 | both |
Tanzania | The Tanzania Girl Guides Association | full | 71,236 | 1963 | 1928 | girls-only |
Thailand | The Girl Guides Association of Thailand | full | 57,731 | 1963 | 1957 | girls-only |
Togo | Association des Guides du Togo | full | 3,236 | 1963 | 1942 | girls-only |
Tonga | The Girl Guides Association of the Kingdom of Tonga | associate | 2,238 | 1987 | 1952 | girls-only |
Trinidad and Tobago | The Girl Guides Association of Trinidad and Tobago | full | 2,886 | 1963 | 1914 | girls-only |
Tunisia | Les Scouts Tunisiens | full | 7,336 | 1996 | 1934 | both |
Turkey | Türkiye İzcilik Federasyonu | full | 14,457 | 1972 | 1923 | both |
Uganda | The Uganda Girl Guides Association | full | 174,219 | 1963 | 1914 | girls-only |
Ukraine | Asotsiatsiya Haydov Ukrayiny | associate | 287 | 1999 | 1911/1992 | girls-only |
United Arab Emirates | Girl Guides Association of the United Arab Emirates | full | 5,120 | 1984 | 1973 | girls-only |
United Kingdom | Girlguiding UK | full | 554,939 | 1928 | 1909 | girls-only |
United States of America | Girl Scouts of the USA | full | 3,169,371 | 1928 | 1912 | girls-only |
Venezuela | Asociación de Guías Scouts de Venezuela | full | 522 | 1960 | 1958 | girls-only |
Yemen | Yemen Scouts and Guides Association - Guide branch | full | 11,765 | 1990 | 1962 | girls-only |
Zambia | Girl Guides Association of Zambia | full | 23,531 | 1966 | 1924 | girls-only |
Zimbabwe | Girl Guides Association of Zimbabwe | full | 24,270 | 1969 | 1912 | girls-only |
Non-sovereign territories with independent WAGGGS member organizations
- Aruba - Het Arubaanse Padvindsters Gilde: Associate Member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- Cook Islands - The Girl Guides Cook Islands Association: Associate Member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- Hong Kong - Hong Kong Girl Guides Association: Full Member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
- Netherlands Antilles - Padvindstersvereniging van de Nederlandse Antillen: Full Member of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts
Sovereign countries with Guiding run by another sovereign state
Girl Scouts of the USA
- Federated States of Micronesia - Scouting in the Federated States of Micronesia - Girl Scouts of the USA
- Marshall Islands - Scouting in the Marshall Islands - Girl Scouts of the USA
- Palau - Scouting in Palau - Girl Scouts of the USA
Non-sovereign territories with Guiding run by a sovereign state
Denmark
- Faroe Islands - Føroya Skótaráð
- Greenland - Grønlands Spejderkorps
France
Guiding in the following areas is run by different French Scout associations:
- French Guiana - Scouting in French Guiana
- Guadeloupe and Saint Martin - Scouting in Guadeloupe et Saint Martin
- Martinique - Scouts et Guides de Martinique
- Mayotte - Scouting in Mayotte
- New Caledonia - Scouting in New Caledonia
- Réunion - Scouting on Réunion
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon - Scouting in Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Wallis and Futuna - Scouting in Wallis and Futuna
United Kingdom
- Anguilla - Girlguiding Anguilla
- Bermuda - Girlguiding Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands - British Virgin Islands Girl Guide Association
- Cayman Islands - Girlguiding Cayman Islands
- Falkland Islands - Girlguiding Falkland Islands
- Gibraltar - Girlguiding Gibraltar
- Montserrat - Girlguiding Montserrat
- Saint Helena - Girlguiding Saint Helena
- Turks and Caicos Islands - Turks and Caicos Islands branch of Girlguiding UK
United States
The following areas are administered by the Girl Scouts of the USA:
Countries working towards WAGGGS membership
"Working towards WAGGGS membership" is an official status by WAGGGS acknowledging the development of an association. As of 2017, three countries have this status:
- Mozambique - Mozambique Guides
- São Tomé and Príncipe - Associação Guias de São Tomé and Príncipe
- Vietnam - Vietnam Scouting National Council (Girl Guides section)
Countries with Guiding organizations, work towards recognition unclear
- Algeria - Scouting in Algeria
- Iraq - Iraq Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Council
- Kazakhstan - Kazakh Guide Association
- Morocco - Scouting in Morocco
- Nauru - Scouting and Guiding in Nauru
Former members of WAGGGS
- Cuba - Asociación de Guías de Cuba, last mentioned in 1969
- Ethiopia - last mentioned in 1984, now part of Ethiopia Scout Association
- Indonesia - Gerakan Pramuka left WAGGGS and joined WOSM in 2002
- Iran - Fereshtegan-e Pishahang-e Īrān, last mentioned in 1979
- Samoa - Samoa Girl Guides Association, membership cancelled in 2008
- Tuvalu - Girl Guides Association of Tuvalu, membership withdrawn in 2005
- Uruguay - Asociación Guías Scout del Uruguay, membership cancelled in 2014
- Vanuatu - Vanuatu Girl Guides Association, membership cancelled in 2008
- Vietnam - Hội Nữ Hướng Đạo Việt Nam, last mentioned in 1973
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References
- World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts, World Bureau (1997), Trefoil Round the World. Eleventh Edition 1997. ISBN 0-900827-75-0
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