ARABSAT is an Inter-Governmental Organization (“IGO”) founded by the Arab League in 1976 with a paid capital of US $ 163 Million, Split among its member-states as per the following:

  Member Country

% Participation in Paid Capital

Saudi Arabia

36.66%

Kuwait

14.59%

Libya

11.28%

Qatar

9.81%

United Arab Emirates

4.66%

Jordan

4.05%

Lebanon

3.83%

Bahrain

2.45%

Syria

2.08%

Iraq

1.90%

Algeria

1.72%

Yemen

1.65%

Egypt

1.59%

Oman

1.23%

Tunisia

0.74%

Morocco

0.61%

Mauritania

0.28%

Sudan

0.27%

Palestine

0.25%

Somali

0.24%

Djibouti

0.12%