The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) is a trade agreement aiming for an economic and future political unity among Arab countries of the Maghreb in North Africa. Its membership is the countries Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.
The union is inactive and frozen due to deep political and economical disagreements between Morocco and Algeria regarding, among others, the issue of Western Sahara.
Members[]
| Country | Area (km²) | Population (millions, 2011) |
GDP (PPP) (USD, per capita) |
GDP (nominal) (billions USD) |
HDI (2011) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,381,741 | 37.1 | 7,200 | 183.4 | 0.698 (high) |
| Libya | 1,759,540 | 6.7 | 14,100 | 177.9 | 0.760 (high) |
| Mauritania | 1,025,520 | 3.4 | 2,200 | 4 | 0.453 (low) |
| Morocco | 710 850 | 32.3 | 5,100 | 103.8 | 0.582 (medium) |
| Tunisia | 163,610 | 10.7 | 9,500 | 48.9 | 0.698 (high) |
| AMU | 6,041,261 | 88.5 | 7000 | 516 | — |