Economic Cooperation Organization

Economic Cooperation Organization
*(in other official languages)*
Azerbaijani *İqtisadi Əməkdaşlıq Təşkilatı*
Persian سازمان همکاری اقتصادی
Kazakh Экономикалық Ынтымақтастық Ұйымы
*Ekonomikalyq Yntymaqtastyq Ūiymy*
Kyrgyz Экономикалык Кызматташтык Уюму
Pashto د اقتصادي او همکاريو سازمان
Tajik Ташкилоти ҳамкории иқтисодӣ
Turkmen *Ykdysady Hyzmatdaşlyk Guramasy*
Turkish *Ekonomik İşbirliği Teşkilatı*
Urdu اقتصادی تعاون تنظیم
Uzbek *Iqtisodiy Hamkorlik Tashkiloti*
	(in other official languages)
Azerbaijani	İqtisadi Əməkdaşlıq Təşkilatı
Persian	سازمان همکاری اقتصادی
Kazakh	Экономикалық Ынтымақтастық Ұйымы; Ekonomikalyq Yntymaqtastyq Ūiymy
Kyrgyz	Экономикалык Кызматташтык Уюму
Pashto	د اقتصادي او همکاريو سازمان
Tajik	Ташкилоти ҳамкории иқтисодӣ
Turkmen	Ykdysady Hyzmatdaşlyk Guramasy
Turkish	Ekonomik İşbirliği Teşkilatı
Urdu	اقتصادی تعاون تنظیم
Uzbek	Iqtisodiy Hamkorlik Tashkiloti
	Logo
	Motto: "Sustainable socioeconomic development for the people of the region"
	Member states of the ECO
Headquarters	Tehran, Iran
Largest metropolis	Karachi
Official languages	English
Member states	10 members Afghanistan ; Azerbaijan ; Iran ; Kazakhstan ; Kyrgyzstan ; Pakistan ; Tajikistan ; Turkey; Turkmenistan ; Uzbekistan ; ; 1 observer Northern Cyprus ; ;
Leaders
• Secretary General	Asad Majeed Khan
Area
• Total	8,208,600 km2 (3,169,400 sq mi)
Population
• 2023 estimate	566,800,000
• Density	72/km2 (186.5/sq mi)
GDP (PPP)	2023 estimate
• Total	US$10 trillion
• Per capita	US$34,800
GDP (nominal)	2023 estimate
• Total	US$3.8 trillion
• Per capita	US$15,000
HDI (2023)	0.781; high
Currency	10 currencies Afghani (AFN) ; Lira (TRY) ; Manat (AZN) ; Manat (TMT) ; Rial (IRR) ; Rupee (PKR) ; Som (KGS) ; Soum (UZS) ; Somoni (TJS) ; Tenge (KZT) ;
Time zone	UTC+2 to +5
Calling code	10 codes +7 ; +90 ; +92 ; +93 ; +98 ; +992 ; +993 ; +994 ; +996 ; +998 ;
	Website; www.eco.int
Preceded by
	Regional Cooperation for Development

The Economic Cooperation Organization or ECO is a Eurasian political and economic intergovernmental organization that was founded in 1985 in Tehran by the leaders of Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey. It provides a platform to discuss ways to improve development and promote trade and investment opportunities. The ECO is an ad hoc organisation under the United Nations Charter. The objective is to establish a single market for goods and services, much like the European Union. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the ECO expanded to include Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan in 1992.

The current framework of the ECO expresses itself mostly in the form of bilateral agreements and arbitration mechanisms between individual and fully sovereign member states. Similar to ASEAN, the ECO maintains dedicated secretariats and administrative bodies to coordinate trade among its member states. Regional initiatives include cross-border agricultural collaboration across the historically integrated Fergana Valley between Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, as well as multimodal transit via the Ashgabat Agreement and the Afghanistan–Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement. Bilateral initiatives also focus on regional energy corridors, including the Tabriz–Ankara pipeline and proposed projects such as the TAPI and Iran–Pakistan gas pipeline, intended to move Central Asian energy to industrial hubs across Iran, Pakistan, and Turkey.

The ECO's Secretariat and ECO Cultural Institute are based in Iran, the ECO Trade and Development Bank and ECO Educational Institute are located in Turkey, and the ECO Science Foundation is in Pakistan.