16 Members (excluding the associate or suspended members but including the countries represented on their behalf) [The rulers are not necessarily the representatives in the organisation. ] :
| | ANGOLA | (Luanda) | | President Joao Manuel Goncalves Lourenco | | |
| | CONGO-KINSHASA | (Kinshasa a) | | President Felix Tshisekedi | | |
| | BOTSWANA | (Gaborone) | | President Mokgweetsi Masisi | | |
| | COMOROS | (Moroni) | | President Azali Assoumani | | |
| | LESOTHO | (Maseru) | | King Letsie III | | |
| | MADAGASCAR | (Tananarive) | | President Andry Rajoelina | | |
| | MAURITIUS | (Port Louis a + Reduit in Moka r) | | President Prithvirajsing Pradeep Roopun | | |
| | MALAWI | (Lilongwe) | | President Lazarus Chakwera | | |
| | MOZAMBIQUE | (Maputo) | | President Filipe Nyusi | | |
| | NAMIBIA | (Windhoek) | | President Hage Geingob | | |
| | SEYCHELLES | (Port Victoria) | | President Wavel Ramkalawan | | |
| | ESWATINI | (Mbabane aj + Lobamba lr) | | King Mswati III | | |
| | TANZANIA | (Dodoma City al + Dar Es Salaam jnqr) | | President John Magufuli | | |
| | SOUTH AFRICA | (Pretoria ae + Cape Town l + Bloemfontein j + Johannesburg d) | | President Cyril Ramaphosa | | |
| | ZAMBIA | (Lusaka) | | President Edgar Lungu | | |
| | ZIMBABWE | (Harare) | | President Emmerson Mnangagwa | | |