List of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies

The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, the world's largest group of non-governmental organizations working on humanitarian aid, is composed of the following bodies:

The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), is an independent, neutral organization ensuring humanitarian protection and assistance for victims of armed conflict and other situations of violence. It takes action in response to emergencies and at the same time promotes respect for international humanitarian law and its implementation in national law. It is based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), is an international membership organization that unites 191 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and supports them through a global secretariat. The IFRC acts before, during and after disasters and health emergencies to meet the needs and improve the lives of vulnerable people. It is also based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The 191 individual National Societies of the ′International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies′, which despite the name includes the Red Star of David Society in Israel.[1]

Members of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)

The data of the members of International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies can be found on the Federation-wide Databank and Reporting System (FDRS).[1][2] It provides data insights on the world's largest humanitarian network of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies around the world.

Society	Native name(s)	Founding year
Afghan Red Crescent Society	Pashto: د افغاني سرې میاشتې ټولنې Persian: جمعیت هلال احمر افغانی	1934
Albanian Red Cross	Albanian: Kryqi i Kuq Shqiptar	4 October 1921
Algerian Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الجزائري	1957
Andorran Red Cross	Catalan: Creu Roja Andorrana	24 March 1994
Angola Red Cross	Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Angola	1978
Antigua and Barbuda Red Cross		20 October 1983
Argentine Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Argentina	9 June 1880
Armenian Red Cross Society	Armenian: Հայկական Կարմիր խաչի ընկերությունն	19 March 1920
Red Cross Aruba	Dutch: Rode Kruis Aruba Papiamento: Cruz Cora Aruba	31 October 1957
Australian Red Cross		28 June 1941
Austrian Red Cross	German: Österreichisches Rotes Kreuz	14 March 1880
Azerbaijan Red Crescent Society	Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan Qızıl Aypara Cəmiyyət	10 March 1920
Bahamas Red Cross		1939
Bahrain Red Crescent Society	Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر البحريني	1971
Bangladesh Red Crescent Society	Bengali: বাংলাদেশ রেড ক্রিসেন্ট সোসাইটি	16 December 1971
Barbados Red Cross		24 July 1969
Belgian Red Cross	Dutch: Belgische Rode Kruis French: Croix-Rouge de Belgique German: Belgisches Rotes Kreuz	4 February 1864
Belize Red Cross Society		1950
Red Cross of Benin	French: Croix-Rouge béninoise	1963
Bhutan Red Cross Society	Dzongkha: འབྲུག་ཉེན་སྒྲོལ་སྡེ་ཚོགས།	8 May 2017
Bolivian Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Boliviana	15 May 1917
Red Cross Society of Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnian: Društvo Crvenog krsta Bosne i Hercegovine Serbian: Друштво Цервеног крста Босне и Херцеговине Croatian: Društvo Crvenog križa Bosne i Hercegovine	7 November 2001
Botswana Red Cross Society		1968
Brazilian Red Cross	Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha Brasileira	5 December 1908
Brunei Darussalam Red Crescent Society	Malay: Persatuan Bulan Sabit Merah Negara Brunei Darussalam, Jawa: ڤرساتوان بولن سابيت ميره نݢارا بروني دارالسلام	1997
Bulgarian Red Cross	Bulgarian: Български червен кръст	20 September 1885
Burkinabe Red Cross Society	French: Croix-Rouge burkinabè	31 July 1961
Burundi Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge du Burundi	1963
Cambodian Red Cross	Khmer: កាកបាទក្រហមកម្ពុជា	18 February 1955
Cameroon Red Cross Society	French: Croix-Rouge camerounaise	30 April 1960
Canadian Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge canadienne	4 October 1921
Red Cross of Cape Verde	Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Cabo Verde	1984
Central African Red Cross Society	French: Croix-Rouge centrafricaine	1966
Red Cross of Chad	Arabic: الصليب الأحمر التشادي French: Croix-Rouge du Tchad	1983
Chilean Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Chilena	18 December 1903
Red Cross Society of China	Chinese: 中国红十字会	1950
Colombian Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Colombiana	30 July 1915
Comorian Red Crescent	French: Croissant-Rouge comorien Arabic: الهلال الأحمر القمري	1982
Congolese Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge congolaise
Red Cross of Democratic Republic of the Congo	French: Croix-Rouge de la République Démocratique du Congo Swahili: Msalaba Mwekundu la Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasi ya Kongo	4 January 1924
Cook Islands Red Cross Society
Costa Rican Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Costarricense	1885
Canadian Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge de Côte d’Ivoire
Croatian Red Cross	Croatian: Hrvatski Crveni križ	1878
Cuban Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Cubana	1909
Cyprus Red Cross	Greek: Κυπριακός Ερυθρός Σταυρός Turkish: Kıbrıs Kızılhaç	1950
Czech Red Cross	Czech: Český červený kříž	5 June 1993
Danish Red Cross	Danish: Dansk Røde Kors	26 April 1876
Djiboutian Red Crescent	French: Croissant-Rouge de Djibouti Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الجيبوتي	1 August 1977
Dominica Red Cross		1981
Dominican Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Dominicana	1927
East Timor Red Cross	Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Timor-Leste	2000
Ecuadorian Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Ecuatoriana	22 April 1910
Egyptian Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر المصري	1911
Salvadorian Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Salvadoreña	28 March 1885
Red Cross of Equatorial Guinea	Spanish: Cruz Roja de Guinea Ecuatorial French: Croix-Rouge de Guinée équatoriale Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha da Guiné Equatorial
Eswatini Red Cross		26 April 1876
Eritrean Red Cross
Estonian Red Cross	Estonian: Eesti Punane Rist	24 February 1919
Ethiopian Red Cross Society	Amharic: የኢትዮጵያ ቀይ መስቀል ማኅበር	8 July 1935
Fiji Red Cross Society		1972
Finnish Red Cross	Finnish: Suomen Punainen Risti Swedish: Finlands Röda Kors	7 May 1877
French Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge française	25 May 1864
Gabonese Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge gabonaise
Gambia Red Cross Society		1966
Georgian Red Cross	Georgian: საქართველოს წითელი ჯვრი	1918
German Red Cross	German: Deutsches Rotes Kreuz	25 January 1921
Ghana Red Cross Society		1958
Hellenic Red Cross	Greek: Ελληνικός Ερυθρός Σταυρός	10 June 1877
Grenada Red Cross		August 1987
Guatemalan Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Guatemalteca	22 April 1923
Guinean Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge guinéenne	1984
Red Cross of Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha da Guiné-Bissau
Guyana Red Cross Society
Haitian Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge haïtienne Haitian Creole: Kwa Wouj Ayisyen	29 May 1932
Honduran Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Hondureña	24 September 1937
Hong Kong Red Cross	Chinese: 香港紅十字會	12 July 1950
Hungrian Red Cross	Hungarian: Magyar Vöröskereszt	1881
Icelandic Red Cross	Icelandic: Rauði kross Íslands	10 December 1924
Indian Red Cross Society	Hindi: भारतीय रेड क्रॉस सोसायटी	1920
Indonesian Red Cross Society	Indonesian: Palang Merah Indonesia	17 September 1945
Iranian Red Crescent Society	Persian: جمعیت هلال احمر جمهوری اسلامی ایران	1922
Iraqi Red Crescent Society	Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر العراقي Kurdish: مانگی سووری عێراق	1932
Irish Red Cross	Irish: Crois Dhearg na hÉireann	6 July 1939
Magen David Adom	Hebrew: מגן דוד אדום	7 June 1930
Italian Red Cross	Italian: Croce Rossa Italiana	7 February 1884
Jamaica Red Cross		8 April 1948
Japanese Red Cross Society	Japanese: 日本赤十字社	1 May 1877
Jordan Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الأردني	1950
Kazakh Red Crescent	Kazakh: Қазақстанның Қызыл Айы / Qazaqstannyñ Qyzyl Аiy Russian: Красный Полумесяц Казахстана	5 March 1937
Kenya Red Cross	Swahili: Msalaba Mwekundu la Kenya	1965
Kiribati Red Cross Society		1965
Kuwait Red Crescent Society	Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الكويت	10 January 1966
Kyrgyzstan Red Crescent	Kyrgyz: Кыргызстан Кызыл Ай Russian: Красный Полумесяц Кыргызстана	1936
Lao Red Cross	Lao: ອົງການກາແດງແຫ່ງຊາດລາວ	1955
Latvian Red Cross	Latvian: Latvijas Sarkanais Krusts	20 November 1918
Lebanese Red Cross	Arabic: الصليب الأحمر اللبناني	9 July 1945
Lesotho Red Cross Society	Sotho: Mokhatlo oa Sefapano se Sefubelu sa Lesotho	9 November 1967
Liberian Red Cross Society		January 1919
Libyan Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الليبي	5 October 1957
Liechtenstein Red Cross	German: Liechtensteinisches Rotes Kreuz	30 April 1945
Lithuanian Red Cross	Lithuanian: Lietuvos Raudonasis Kryžius	1919
Luxembourg Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise German: Luxemburgisches Rotes Kreuz Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Rout Kräiz	1914
Macau Red Cross	Chinese: 澳門紅十字會 Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Macau	1943
Malagasy Red Cross	Malagasy: Vokovoko Mena Malagasy French: Croix-Rouge malagasy	7 August 1963
Malawi Red Cross Society		1966
Malaysian Red Crescent	Malay: Bulan Sabit Merah Malaysia	1957
Maldivian Red Crescent	Dhivehi: ދިވެހި ރެޑް ކްރެސެންޓް	16 August 2009
Mali Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge malienne	1965
Malta Red Cross Society	Maltese: Soċjetà Maltija tas-Salib l-Aħmar	30 April 1945
Marshall Islands Red Cross Society		26 November 2013
Mauritanian Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الموريتاني	1970
Mauritius Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge de Maurice
Mexican Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Mexicana	21 February 1910
Micronesia Red Cross Society
Moldovan Red Cross Society	Romanian: Societatea de Cruce Roșie din Moldova	21 February 1910
Red Cross of Monaco	French: Croix-Rouge monégasque	1948
Mongolian Red Cross Society	Mongolian: Монголын улаан загалмай нийгэмлэг	1939
Red Cross of Montenegro	Montenegrin: Crveni krst Crne Gore Montenegrin Cyrillic: Црвени крст Црне Горе	1875
Moroccan Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر المغربي French: Croissant-Rouge marocain	1957
Mozambique Red Cross	Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de Moçambique	21 February 1910
Myanmar Red Cross Society	Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ ကြက်ခြေနီ အသင်း	1 April 1937
Namibia Red Cross Society	Afrikaans: Namibiese Rooi Kruis	1992
Nepal Red Cross Society	Nepali: नेपाल रेडक्रस सोसाइटी	1963
Netherlands Red Cross	Dutch: Nederlandse Rode Kruis	1867
New Zealand Red Cross	Māori: Rīpeka Whero Aotearoa	1911
Red Cross Society of Niger	French: Croix-Rouge nigérienne	1963
Nigerian Red Cross		1960
Red Cross Society of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea	Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 적십자회	18 October 1946
North Macedonian Red Cross	Macedonian: Црвен крст на Северна Македонија Albanian: Kryqi i Kuq i Maqedonisë së Veriut	17 March 1945
Norwegian Red Cross	Norwegian: Norges Røde Kors Nynorsk: Noregs Raude Kross	22 September 1865
Pakistan Red Crescent	Urdu: ہلالِ احمر پاکستان	20 December 1947
Palau Red Cross Society		1977
Palestine Red Crescent Society	Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الفلسطيني	1968
Panamanian Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Panameña	1917
Papua New Guinea Red Cross		1977
Paraguayan Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Paraguaya
Philippine Red Cross	Tagalog: Krus na Pula ng Pilipinas	1947
Polish Red Cross	Polish: Polski Czerwony Krzyż	18 January 1919
Portuguese Red Cross	Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha Portuguesa	11 February 1865
Qatar Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر القطري	1978
Romanian Red Cross	Romanian: Crucea Roșie Română	4 July 1876
Russian Red Cross	Russian: Российский Красный Крест	15 May 1867
Rwandan Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge rwandaise	1962
Saint Kitts and Nevis Red Cross		1942
Saint Lucia Red Cross		1949
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Red Cross
Samoa Red Cross Society	Samoan: Koluse Mumu o Sāmoa	1952
Sammarinese Red Cross	Italian: Croce Rossa Sammarinese	1949
São Tomé and Príncipe Red Cross	Portuguese: Cruz Vermelha de São Tomé e Príncipe	1976
Saudi Red Crescent Authority	Arabic: هيئة الهلال الأحمر السعودي	1934
Senegalese Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge sénégalaise	1962
Red Cross of Serbia	Serbian: Црвени крст Србије / Crveni krst Srbije	6 February 1876
Red Cross Society of Seychelles	French: Croix-Rouge des Seychelles
Sierra Leone Red Cross Society		1962
Singapore Red Cross Society	Chinese: 新加坡红十字会 Malay: Persatuan Palang Merah Singapura Tamil: சிங்கப்பூர் செஞ்சிலுவை சங்கம்	30 September 1949
Slovak Red Cross	Slovak: Slovenský Červený kríž	8 December 1992
Slovenian Red Cross	Slovene: Rdeči križ Slovenije	8 June 1944
Solomon Islands Red Cross
Somali Red Crescent Society	Somali: Ururka Bisha Cas ee Soomaaliyeed Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر الصومالي	1963
South African Red Cross Society	Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Rooi Kruisvereniging	1921
Korean Red Cross	Korean: 대한적십자사	27 October 1905
South Sudan Red Cross
Spanish Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Española Catalan: Creu Roja Espanyola Galician: Cruz Vermella Española Basque: Espainiako Gurutze Gorria	6 July 1864
Sri Lanka Red Cross Society	Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා රතු කුරුස සමාජය Tamil: இலங்கை செஞ்சிலுவை சங்கம்	1936
Sudanese Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الاحمر السوداني	1923
Suriname Red Cross	Dutch: Surinaamse Rode Kruis
Swedish Red Cross	Swedish: Svenska Röda Korset	1865
Swiss Red Cross	German: Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz French: Croix-Rouge suisse Italian: Croce Rossa Svizzera Romansh: Crusch Cotschna Svizra	1866
Syrian Arab Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر العربي السوري	1942
Tajikistan Red Crescent	Tajik: Ҳилоли Аҳмари Тоҷикистон Russian: Красный Полумесяц Таджикистана
Tanzania Red Cross Society	Swahili: Shirika la Msalaba Mwekundu Tanzania	1962
Thai Red Cross Society	Thai: สภากาชาดไทย	26 April 1893
Togolese Red Cross	French: Croix-Rouge togolaise	1959
Tonga Red Cross Society		1961
Trinidad and Tobago Red Cross Society		12 July 1939
Tunisian Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر التونسي	1956
Turkish Red Crescent	Turkish: Türk Kızılay	1868
National Red Crescent Society of Turkmenistan	Turkmen: Türkmenistanyň Gyzyl Ýarymaý Milli Jemgyýeti	1926
Tuvalu Red Cross Society
Uganda Red Cross Society	Swahili: Shirika la Msalaba Mwekundu nchini Uganda	1964
Ukrainian Red Cross Society	Ukrainian: Товариство Червоного Хреста України	18 April 1918
Emirates Red Crescent	Arabic: الهلال الأحمر الإماراتي	1983
British Red Cross	Welsh: Y Groes Goch Brydeinig	4 August 1870
American Red Cross		21 May 1881
Uruguayan Red Cross	Spanish: Cruz Roja Uruguaya	5 March 1897
Uzbekistan Red Crescent Society	Uzbek: O‘zbekiston Qizil Yarim Oy Jamiyati	14 November 1925
Vanuatu Red Cross Society		1992
Venezuelan Red Cross Society	Spanish: Sociedad Venezolana de la Cruz Roja	1895
Viet Nam Red Cross Society	Vietnamese: Hội Chữ thập đỏ Việt Nam	23 November 1946
Yemen Red Crescent Society	Arabic: جمعية الهلال الأحمر اليمني	1968
Zambia Red Cross Society		1966
Zimbabwe Red Cross Society		1981

States which currently do not have National Societies that are active members of the IFRC

National Society is not a member of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement

Faroe Islands: Faroe Islands Red Cross[3]
Indonesia: Indonesian Red Crescent Society, in competition with the Indonesian Red Cross Society (as a sectarian religious body it is ineligible for recognition)
Kosovo: Red Cross of Kosovo[4]
Northern Cyprus: North Cyprus Red Crescent Society (observer)
Rojava: Kurdish Red Crescent (only states are authorized to use Red Crescent or the Red Cross symbols)
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: Sahrawi Red Crescent (observer)[5][6]
Taiwan (Republic of China):
- Red Cross Society of the Republic of China (previously recognized by the ICRC, but not a member or observer of the Federation)
- Red Swastika Society (as a sectarian religious body it is ineligible for recognition)

IFRC membership suspended

Belarus: Belarus Red Cross (IFRC membership suspended on December 1, 2023)[7]
Peru: Peruvian Red Cross, its IFRC membership was suspended on August 12, 2022[8]

States which have no National Society at all

Nauru, Niue, Oman, and the Vatican City are the states without national societies, along with the states with limited recognition, such as Abkhazia, Somaliland, South Ossetia, Transnistria.

Nicaragua's National Society, Nicaraguan Red Cross, was dissolved by Nicaragua's parliament on May 9, 2023.[9]

References

"National Societies directory". www.ifrc.org. Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
"Federation-wide databank and reporting system". www.ifrc.org (database). Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
"Reyði Krossur Føroya - Forsíða". Reyði Krossur Føroya. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
"Kryqi Kuq i Kosovës". redcross-ks.org. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
"Refugee Participation Network 7" (PDF). The Fearless Children of the Stone: Refugee Studies Program. Oxford. February 1990. p. 19. The Sahrawi Red Crescent has observer status with the League of Red Cross Societies and is the formal channel for all external assistance to the Sahrawi people, (full membership is precluded until SADR has gained membership of the United Nations).
Diego Aguirre; Jose Ramón (1991). Guerra en el Sáhara Istmo ed. p. 176. ISBN 8470902520. ...in April the Sahrawi Red Crescent obtained the status of observer at the IX Congress of the Arab Red Crescent, analog to the International Red Cross, what supposed also the boycott of this reunion by Morocco.
"Statement on the suspension of the Belarus Red Cross as a member of the IFRC". International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent So cieties. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
"Statement on suspension of the Peruvian Red Cross as a member of IFRC | IFRC". www.ifrc.org. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2024-01-15.
"Nicaragua orders closure of Red Cross in continuing crackdown". Al Jazeera. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.

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[IFDIR-1] "National Societies directory". www.ifrc.org. Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

[FDRS-2] "Federation-wide databank and reporting system". www.ifrc.org (database). Geneva, Switzerland: IFRC. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

[3] "Reyði Krossur Føroya - Forsíða". Reyði Krossur Føroya. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

[4] "Kryqi Kuq i Kosovës". redcross-ks.org. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

[5] "Refugee Participation Network 7" (PDF). The Fearless Children of the Stone: Refugee Studies Program. Oxford. February 1990. p. 19. The Sahrawi Red Crescent has observer status with the League of Red Cross Societies and is the formal channel for all external assistance to the Sahrawi people, (full membership is precluded until SADR has gained membership of the United Nations).

[6] Diego Aguirre; Jose Ramón (1991). Guerra en el Sáhara Istmo ed. p. 176. ISBN 8470902520. ...in April the Sahrawi Red Crescent obtained the status of observer at the IX Congress of the Arab Red Crescent, analog to the International Red Cross, what supposed also the boycott of this reunion by Morocco.

[7] "Statement on the suspension of the Belarus Red Cross as a member of the IFRC". International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent So cieties. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

[8] "Statement on suspension of the Peruvian Red Cross as a member of IFRC | IFRC". www.ifrc.org. 2022-08-12. Retrieved 2024-01-15.

[9] "Nicaragua orders closure of Red Cross in continuing crackdown". Al Jazeera. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 16 January 2024.