United Nations Security Council: Permanent Members
WorldGeopoliticalCountries comprising the United Nations (UN) Security Council, which is charged with maintaining international peace and security as well as accepting new members into the UN.
A world map highlights permanent member countries of the U N Security Council in blue. The countries highlighted are the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Russia, and China.
Value | Class | Rank | Metric tons | Value | Extent of U.S., 1803 | Louisiana Purchase, 1803 | West Florida, 1810–1813 | British Cession, 1818 | East Florida, 1819 | Northern Maine, 1842 | Texas Annexation, 1845 | Oregon Country, 1846 | Mexican Cession, 1848 | Gadsden Purchase, 1853 | Alaska, 1867 | Hawaii, 1898 | Sea-Level Rise Vulnerability (2 m) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 91.6% | 79.0% | 7.81% | 30.8% | 98.3% | 16.6% | 50.1% | 57.7% | 66.4% | 12.6% | 63.8% | 91.5% | 0.318% | ||||||
0.18.0