Arab Maghreb Union

Arab Maghreb Union
إتحاد المغرب العربي (Arabic)
Ittiḥād al-Maghrib al-‘Arabī
Seat of SecretariatRabat, Morocco
Largest cityCasablanca, Morocco
Official languageArabic
DemonymMaghrebis
Member states
Leaders
• Secretary General
Taïeb Baccouche
Establishment17 February 1989
Area
• Total
6,046,441 km2 (2,334,544 sq mi) (7th)
Population
• 2020 estimate
102,877,547 (13th)
• Density
17/km2 (44.0/sq mi) (217th)
GDP (PPP)2020 estimate
• Total
$1.299173 trillion (23rd)
• Per capita
$12,628
GDP (nominal)2020 estimate
• Total
$382.780 billion (37st)
• Per capita
$3,720
Gini (2012 ) 32.8
medium inequality
HDI (2019 ) 0.715
high (106th)
Currency

The Arab Maghreb Union (Arabic: إتحاد المغرب العربي Ittiḥād al-Maghrib al-‘Arabī; AMU/UMA) is a political union and economic union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity among Arab countries that are located primarily in the Maghreb in North Africa. Its members are the nations of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia. The Union has been unable to achieve tangible progress on its goals due to deep economic and political disagreements between Morocco and Algeria regarding, among others, the issue of Western Sahara. No high-level meetings have taken place since 3 July 2008, and commentators regard the Union as largely dormant.