Everything About G-20 (Group of Twenty)

Everything About G-20

• The G-20 (or Group of Twenty) is an international forum for the governments and central bank governors from 19 countries and the European Union. 
• Founded on 26 September, 1999 with the aim to discuss policy pertaining to the promotion of international financial stability.
• Collectively, the G20 economies account for around 90% of the gross world product (GWP), 80% of world trade (or, if excluding EU intra-trade, 75%), two-thirds of the world population, and approximately half of the world land area.

G-20 Members

European Union and these 19 countries-

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5
Australia Canada Saudi Arabia United States	India Russia South Africa Turkey	Argentina Brazil Mexico	France Germany Italy United Kingdom	China Indonesia Japan South Korea

G-20 Summit

Summits of State Leaders:

• 1st summit : Washington DC (USA) in 2008
• 13th summit: Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 2018
• 14th Summit: Osaka (Japan) in 2019
• 15th summit: Riyadh (Saudi Arabia) in 2020
• 16th summit: Italy in 2021
• 17th summit: New Delhi (India) in 2022 – First time in India.

The other eight ministerial meetings that will take place alongside the Summit are:

G20 Ministers Meeting	Venue	Month & Year
Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting	Fukuoka	June, 2019
Agriculture Ministers’ Meeting	Niigata	May, 2019
Labor and Employment Ministers’ Meeting	Matsuyama	Sept., 2019
Tourism Ministers’ Meeting	Kutchan	Oct., 2019
Ministerial Meeting on Trade and Digital Economy	Tsukuba	June, 2019
Ministerial Meeting on Energy Transitions and Global Environment for Sustainable Growth	Karuizawa	June, 2019
Health Ministers’ Meeting	Okayama	Oct., 2019
Foreign Ministers’ Meeting	Nagoya	Nov., 2019