Maps and Figures

Member States of the East African Community (EAC) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)

Home to an estimated 283.7 million people, EAC’s seven Member States include Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania. The IGAD region is home to approximately 230 million people and counts Djibouti, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Uganda among its eight Member States.
 

The Nexus Between Regional Integration and Human Mobility

The nexus between regional integration and human mobility, inspired by the East African Community’s integration pillars and the Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s areas of intervention on economic cooperation and regional integration. 
Source: Design Concept by: Kennedy Njagi, IOM 2023. 

Assessment of the East African Community’s (EAC) Regional Integration

The African Union’s assessment of regional integration in the East African Community (EAC) by dimension on a scale of 0-1. The EAC scores highest overall as the continent’s most integrated regional economic community.
Source: African Union 2021

Assessment of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development’s (IGAD) Regional Integration 

The African Union’s assessment of regional integration in the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) by dimension on a scale of 0-1. IGAD has made moderate progress in most of the integration fields, especially on free movement of people and infrastructural integration.
Source: African Union 2021