CARICOM
Caribbean Community
Updated 7 November 2026
The Caribbean Community: 14 UN-member states (plus Montserrat) pursuing a single market, functional cooperation and joint foreign policy coordination from Georgetown.
Key facts
- Founded
- 1973
- Headquarters
- Georgetown, Guyana
- Members
- 14 states
- Chair
- Saint Lucia
- Secretary-General
- Carla Barnettsince August 2021
- Last summit
- 5 July 2026Gros Islet, Saint Lucia
- The UAE
- Special guest at 50th Heads of Government meeting (Feb 2026); cooperation MoU since 2020
- UAE trade with members (2025)
- $1.8 billion