| Member Nations | Arrears payable in 1978 and prior years | Payable in 1979 | Total outstanding | Total outstanding as % of, 1979 assessment |
| $ | $ | $ | % | |
| Argentina | 260 296 | 260 296 | 24 | |
| Benin | 8 922 | 8 922 | 86 | |
| Bolivia b | 28 141 | 10 377 | 38 518 | 371 |
| Brazil | 821 081 | 821 081 | 61 | |
| Bulgaria | 80 000 | 80 000 | 45 | |
| Burma | 7 467 | 7 467 | 72 | |
| Cape Verde | 8 922 | 8 922 | 86 | |
| Central African Republic b | 48 149 | 10 377 | 58 526 | 564 |
| Chad | 8 193 | 8 193 | 79 | |
| Colombia | 145 271 | 145 271 | 100 | |
| Comoros a | 14 457 | 10 377 | 24 834 | 239 |
| Congo | 1 270 | 1 270 | 12 | |
| Costa Rica | 3 546 | 3 546 | 17 | |
| Democratic Kampuchea b | 64 263 | 10 377 | 74 640 | 719 |
| Democratic People's Republic Korea | 62 259 | 62 259 | 100 | |
| Dominican Republic | 19 298 | 19 298 | 93 | |
| Ecuador | 6 715 | 6 715 | 32 | |
| Ethiopia | 9 182 | 9 182 | 88 | |
| Gabon | 2 617 | 10 377 | 12 994 | 125 |
| Gambia | 9 788 | 10 377 | 20 165 | 194 |
| Ghana | 10 588 | 10 588 | 51 | |
| Grenada b | 45 508 | 10 377 | 55 885 | 539 |
| Guinea Bissau | 8 922 | 10 377 | 19 299 | 186 |
| Guyana | 8 922 | 10 377 | 19 299 | 186 |
| Haiti | 13 950 | 13 950 | 134 | |
| Honduras | 17 471 | 10 377 | 27 848 | 268 |
| Iran | 500 637 | 518 825 | 1 019 462 | 197 |
| Israel | 86 266 | 225 918 | 312 184 | 104 |
| Korea, Republic of | 155 839 | 155 839 | 94 | |
| Lao c | 17 575 | 17 575 | 169 | |
| Lebanon | 39 745 | 39 745 | 96 | |
| Malaysia | 107 592 | 107 592 | 94 | |
| Mali | 8 922 | 8 922 | 86 | |
| Mauritania | 18 165 | 10 377 | 28 542 | 275 |
| Mongolia | 8 922 | 8 922 | 86 | |
| Morocco | 56 439 | 56 439 | 91 | |
| Mozambique | 20 753 | 20 753 | 100 | |
| Nicaragua b | 38 811 | 10 377 | 49 188 | 474 |
| Nigeria | 156 566 | 39 383 | 195 949 | 118 |
| Paraguay b d | 78 761 | 17 697 | 96 458 | 930 |
| Peru | 76 463 | 76 463 | 92 | |
| Philippines | 26 946 | 26 946 | 22 | |
| Poland | 1 667 627 | 1 667 627 | 93 | |
| Portugal | 235 213 | 235 213 | 94 | |
| Romania | 101 105 | 101 105 | 32 | |
| Sao Tome & Principe | 10 377 | 10 377 | 100 | |
| Senegal | 5 610 | 5 610 | 54 | |
| Sierra Leone | 3 691 | 10 377 | 14 068 | 136 |
| Sudan | 2 150 | 2 150 | 21 | |
| Swaziland | 8 922 | 8 922 | 86 | |
| Togo | 7 649 | 10 377 | 18 026 | 174 |
| Trinidad & Tobago | 4 320 | 4 320 | 10 | |
| Turkey | 680 174 | 383 930 | 1 064 104 | 277 |
| Uganda | 8 487 | 8 487 | 82 | |
| United Kingdom | 33 179 | 33 179 | 1 | |
| Yugoslavia | 67 168 | 20 178 | 87 346 | 18 |
| Zaire | 19 298 | 19 298 | 93 | |
| Zambia | 2 668 | 2 668 | 13 | |
| Other | 1 | - | 1 | |
| 1 903 702 | 5 418 746 | 7 322 448 |
a Member Nation admitted to membership at the Nineteenth Conferencec Session (November 1977).
b Member Nations whose arrears equal or exceed contributions due for the two preceeding calendar years and thus in danger of losing their voting rights at the Twentieth Session of the Conference in accordance with Article III.4 of the Constitution.
c Lao made a voluntary undertaking in 1978 to pay its arrears for 1973 and 1975 in 10 annual instalments of $2.378.70 commencing in 1978, while at the same time paying current contributions in the year of assessment. The first payment under this arrangement was received in September 1978 and the second in May 1979.
d Member Nation in arrears with payments due under Conference Resolution 26/71.
