ARABSAT is an Inter-Governmental Organization ("IGO") founded by the Arab League in 1976, with a paid capital of US$ 500Million, split among its member-states as per the following:
% Participation in Paid Capital
| Saudi Arabia |
36.6553% |
| Kuwait |
14.5885% |
| Libya |
11.2785% |
| Qatar |
9.8074% |
| United Arab Emirates |
4.6585% |
| Jordan |
4.0455% |
| Lebanon |
3.8342% |
| Bahrain |
2.4518% |
| Syria |
2.0840% |
| Iraq |
1.9001% |
| Algeria |
1.7163% |
| Yemen |
1.6549% |
| Egypt |
1.5937% |
| Oman |
1.2259% |
| Tunisia |
0.7355% |
| Morocco |
0.6129% |
| Mauritania |
0.2758% |
| Sudan |
0.2678% |
| Palestine |
0.2451% |
| Somali |
0.24465% |
| Djibouti |
0.1225% |
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