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BRICS

Also known as BRICS+, Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa

BRICS is an intergovernmental organization comprising ten countries: Brazil, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, and the United Arab Emirates. Its conceptual origins were articulated by Russian foreign minister Yevgeny Primakov in 1998, and can be traced to informal forums and dialogue groups such as RIC (Russia, India, and China) and IBSA (India, Brazil, and South Africa). BRIC was originally a term coined by British economist Jim O'Neill, and later championed by his employer Goldman Sachs in 2001, to designate a group of emerging markets.

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BRICS is a group of ten countries—Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Indonesia, Iran, and the United Arab Emirates—that work together on shared interests through an intergovernmental organization. The group emerged from the idea of identifying major emerging market economies and has grown through various informal dialogue forums since the late 1990s.

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Organization.name: BRICS+
Organization.full_name: Brazil • Russia • India • China • South Africa
Organization.logo_size: 250px
Organization.logo_alt: BRICS 2026 Indian Presidency logo
Organization.logo_caption: Logo of BRICS during India’s 2026 presidency
Organization.map: BRICS, partners and applicants (2025-06).svg
Organization.map_caption: Map key
Organization.named_after: First five member states' initials in English
Organization.type: Intergovernmental organization
Organization.purpose: Economic and political
Organization.fields: International politics
Organization.leader_title: Chairman (current)
Organization.leader_name: Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India
Organization.formerly: BRICS

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Official website: brics2023.gov.za
Image: 17th BRICS Summit Family Picture.jpg

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Commons category: BRICS
inception: 2009-06-16
vehicles per thousand people: 50
member count: 11

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Contents

History
Founding
2010 expansion
New Development Bank
Other initiatives
Discussions
2024 expansion
2025 expansion
Statistics
Comparison of G7 and BRICS countries in GDP (nominal) (1990–2030)
Rotating BRICS presidency
Leaders' summits
Member states
Financial architecture
New Development Bank
BRICS Contingent Reserve Arrangement
BRICS payment system
Potential common currency and BRICS Bridge
Important issues
Peace and security
Reception
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
China
France
Germany
India
Iran
Russia
Ukraine
United States
United Kingdom
Global opinion
Current leaders
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
Declarations
BRICS Academic Review
External links
Journals

The bloc's inaugural summit was held in 2009 and featured the founding countries of Brazil, Russia, India, and China; they adopted the acronym BRIC and formed an informal diplomatic group where their governments could meet annually at formal summits and coordinate multilateral policies. South Africa joined the organization in September 2010, which was then renamed BRICS, and attended the third summit in 2011 as a full member. Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates attended their first summit as member states in 2024 in Russia. Indonesia officially joined in early 2025, becoming the first Southeast Asian member. The acronym BRICS+ or BRICS Plus has been informally used to reflect new membership since 2024.