List of non-communist socialist states

!scope="col"|Country

!scope="col"|Full name

!scope="col"|From

!scope="col"|Until

!scope="col"|Duration

!scope="col" width=350|Constitutional statement

|Union of Burma

|2 March 1962

|3 January 1974

|{{ayd|1962|3|2|1974|1|3}}

|rowspan="3"|Chapter XVI General Provisions: "In order to overcome this deterioration and to build Socialism, the Revolutionary Council of the Union of Burma assumed responsibility as a historical mission, adopted the Burmese Way to Socialism and also formed the Burma Socialist Programme Party".{{cite constitution|article=XVI|section=General Provisions|country=the Socialist Republic of the Union of Burma|language=|ratified=2 March 1974|url=http://www.thailawforum.com/database1/constmyanmar.html|access-date=}}

|3 January 1974

|18 September 1988

|{{ayd|1974|1|3|1988|9|18}}

|2 March 1962

|18 September 1988

|{{ayd|1962|3|2|1988|9|18}}

|Republic of Cape Verde

|5 July 1975

|22 September 1992

|{{ayd|1975|7|5|1992|9|22}}

|Chapter 1, Article 1: "Cape Verde is a sovereign, democratic, laic, unitary, anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist state".{{cite constitution|quote=Cape Verde is a sovereign, democratic, laic, unitary, anti-colonialist and anti-imperialist state.|article=1|section=1|country=Cape Verde|language=Portuguese|ratified=5 September 1980|url=http://cedis.fd.unl.pt/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/CONST-CV-1980.pdf|access-date=9 November 2018}}

It was a one-party state ruled by the African Party for the Independence of Cape Verde, whose goal was the construction of a socialist society and which received support from other socialist states.Weisburd, Arthur Mark (2010) [1997]. Use of Force: The Practice of States Since World War II. Penn State University Press. p. 79.

|Republic of Chad

|16 April 1962

|13 April 1975

|{{ayd|1962|4|16|1975|4|13}}

|From 1962 to 1975, the African socialist Chadian Progressive Party was the sole legal political party in Chad.

|Republic of Congo

|16 August 1963

|4 September 1968

|{{ayd|1963|8|26|1968|9|4}}

|From 1963 to 1968, the socialist National Movement of the Revolution was the sole legal political party in the Republic of Congo.

|Republic of Djibouti

|24 October 1981

|3 October 1992

|{{ayd|1981|10|24|1992|10|3}}

|Law on National Mobilization Part 2, Article 4: "During the National Mobilization the People's Rally for Progress guarantees the formation and expression of popular consensus and the national will for economic and social transformation. It brings to the President of the Republic, guarantor of national unity, the support of its organization and the action of its activists. It ensures within it the democratic debate between the various social, cultural, economic and regional components of the national community as well as their equitable representation, their free expression and right of proposal. Its statutes must promote a broad development of internal democracy as well as broad popular support for the various institutions of the Republic".{{cite act |date= 24 October 1981|article= Law on National Mobilization|legislature= National Assembly|title= Loi portant sur la Mobilisation Nationale.|trans-title= Law on National Mobilization|url= https://www.presidence.dj/PresidenceOld/jo/1981/loi199an81.htm|language=fr}}

The People's Rally for Progress is a socialist party.

|Republic of Egypt

|18 June 1953

|22 February 1958

|{{ayd|1953|6|18|1958|2|22}}

| rowspan="2" |Neither [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Egypt_constitution_of_1953-arabic.pdf 1953 constitutional declaration], 1956 Egyptian Constitution{{Cite journal |last=Sivak-Reid |first=Kayla |date=2016-04-01 |title=Tracing a State and its Language from Province to Republic: Translations of Modern Egypt's Constitutions |url=https://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/classics_honors/22 |journal=Classics Honors Projects |issue=22 |pages=43–69}} nor the Provisional Constitution of the United Arab Republic{{Cite book |last=Arab Information Center (U.S.) |url=http://archive.org/details/BasicDocumentsOfTheArabUnifications |title=Basic documents of the Arab unifications |date=1958 |publisher=New York, Arab Information Center |others=dudeman5685 |language=English}} used the word 'socialist' or 'socialism', but the sole legal parties – the Liberation Rally and the National Union – were socialist.

|22 February 1958

|28 September 1961

|{{ayd|1958|2|22|1961|9|28}}

|28 September 1961

|26 March 2007

|{{ayd|1961|9|28|2007|3|26}}

| rowspan="2" |Article One of 1964 constitution of Egypt, then known as the United Arab Republic, directly mentioned socialism:

"The United Arab Republic is a democratic, socialist State based on the alliance of the working powers of the people"

Article One of the Egyptian Constitution of 1971:{{Cite web |last=Refugees |first=United Nations High Commissioner for |title=Refworld {{!}} Constitution of the Arab Republic of Egypt |url=https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6b5368.html |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Refworld |language=en}}

"The Arab Republic of Egypt is a Socialist Democratic State based on the alliance of the working forces of the people."

The 2007 Amendments removed the mention of Egypt as a socialist state from Article One.{{Cite web |title=الحكومة |url=https://archive.aawsat.com/details.asp?issueno=10626&article=473860#.VwM1n6QrKhd |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=archive.aawsat.com |language=ar}}{{Cite book |last=Egypt |first=the Government of |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Egypt_of_1971/2007-MAR-26#Article_1 |title=Constitution of Egypt}}{{Cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Nathan J |last2=Dunne |first2=Michele |last3=Hamzawy |first3=Amr |date=23 March 2007 |title=Egypt's Constroversial Constitutional Amendments |url=https://carnegieendowment.org/research/2007/03/egypts-constitutional-amendments?lang=en |journal=Carnegie Endowment for International Peace}} Socialism was still mentioned in the preamble and other sections, but fully removed following the 2011 revolution.{{Cite web |title=THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT, 1971 (as Amended to 2007) |url=https://constitutionnet.org/sites/default/files/Egypt%20Constitution.pdf}}{{Cite web |title=Comparing Three Versions of the Egyptian Constitution |url=https://comparativeconstitutionsproject.org/comparing-the-egyptian-constitution/ |access-date=2023-11-14 |website=Comparative Constitutions Project |language=en-US}}

|18 June 1953

|26 March 2007

|{{ayd|1953|6|18|2007|3|26}}

|Republic of Equatorial Guinea

|7 July 1970

|3 August 1979

|{{ayd|1970|7|7|1979|8|3}}

|See the 1973 Equatorial Guinean constitutional referendum.

Preamble: "The United National Workers' Party of Equatorial Guinea (PUNT), draws up the general policy of the nation, and coordinates and controls it through the State organs".{{cite constitution|article=Preamble|section=Preamble|country=the Republic of Equatorial Guinea|language=Spanish|ratified=29 July 1973|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L_H1qWbXARIC|access-date=}}

The United National Workers' Party was a political party based on African socialism.

|Republic of Ghana

|1 July 1960

|24 February 1966

|{{ayd|1960|7|1|1966|2|24}}

|Part 1, Article 2: "In the confident expectation of an early surrender of sovereignty to a union of African states and territories, the people now confer on Parliament the power to provide for the surrender of the whole or any part of the sovereignty of Ghana".{{cite constitution|article=1|section=2|country=the Republic of Ghana|language=|ratified=1 July 1960|url=http://www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/amcdouga/Hist247/winter_2017/resources/ghana_constitution_1960.pdf|access-date=}}

See the 1960 Ghanaian constitutional referendum.

Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana, is mentioned in the 1960 constitution. Nkrumah and his party, the Convention People's Party, were African socialists, whose party constitution stated: "To establish a socialist state in which all men and women shall have equal opportunity and where there shall be no capital[ist] exploitation".Apter, David Ernest (21 February 1972) [1963]. Ghana in Transition (2nd revised ed.). Princeton University Press. p. 204. {{ISBN|978-0691021669}}.

Ghana's Seven Year Development plan included the task to "[e]mbark upon the socialist transformation of the economy through the rapid development of state and co-operative sectors".Ghana. Planning Commission (1964). Seven-year Development Plan: A Brief Outline. Office of the Planning Commission.

|People's Revolutionary Republic of Guinea

|2 October 1958

|3 April 1984

|{{ayd|1958|10|2|1984|4|3}}

|From 1958 to 1984, the African socialist Democratic Party of Guinea – African Democratic Rally was the sole legal political party in Guinea.Thomas O'Toole, Historical Dictionary of Guinea, 1978, p. 55

|rowspan="2"|Iraqi Republic

|14 July 1958

|8 February 1963

|{{ayd|1958|7|14|1963|2|8}}

|From 1958 to 1963, the Iraqi Communist Party held significant power within the progressive military government of General Abd al-Karim Qasim.

See the 14 July Revolution.{{Cite book |last=Hunt|first=Courtney|year=2005 |title=The History of Iraq |location=Westport, Connecticut |publisher=Greenwood Press |isbn=978-0-313-33414-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/historyofiraqthe00cour |url-access=registration |page=76}}

|17 July 1968

|{{ayd|1963|2|8|1968|7|17}}

|From 1963 to 1968, the Arab Socialist Union was the sole legal political party in Iraq.{{cite book|author1=Richard F. Nyrop|author2=American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies|title=Area Handbook for Iraq|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6eBguNYflQC&pg=PA198|year=1971|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|page=198}}

|17 July 1968

|7 April 2005

|{{ayd|1968|7|17|2005|4|7}}

|rowspan="2"|Chapter 1, Article 1: "Its [the country's] basic objective is the realization of one Arab State and the build-up of the socialist system".{{cite constitution|article=1|section=1|country=the Republic of Iraq|language=|ratified=21 September 1968|url=http://confinder.richmond.edu/admin/docs/local_iraq1990.pdf|access-date=}}

|14 July 1958

|7 April 2005

|{{ayd|1958|7|14|2005|4|7}}

|Libyan Arab Republic

|1 September 1969

|2 March 1977

|{{ayd|1969|9|1|1977|3|2}}

|rowspan="4"|Section 1, Article 6: "The aim of the state is the realization of socialism through the application of social justice which forbids any form of exploitation".{{cite constitution|article=5|section=1|country=the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|language=|ratified=11 December 1969|url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/ly00000_.html|access-date=}}

|2 March 1977

|15 April 1986

|{{ayd|1977|3|2|1986|4|15}}

|15 April 1986

|23 October 2011

|{{ayd|1986|4|15|2011|10|23}}

|1 September 1969

|23 October 2011

|{{ayd|1969|9|1|2011|10|23}}

|Democratic Republic of Madagascar

|30 December 1975

|12 September 1992

|{{ayd|1975|12|30|1992|9|12}}

|Preamble: "The Malagasy people,[...] — Determined to build a State of a new type, expression of the interests of the working masses, and to build a society in conformity with the socialist principles set out in the 'Charter of the Malagasy Socialist Revolution'，"[https://mjp.univ-perp.fr/constit/mg1975.htm Constitution de la République démocratique malgache.][http://www.eisa.org.za/wep/mad1975referendum.htm "Madagascar: 1975 Constitutional referendum"]. EISA. Retrieved 20 January 2020.

|Republic of Mali

|20 June 1960

|26 March 1991

|{{ayd|1960|6|20|1991|2|26}}

|From 1960 to 1968, the African socialist Sudanese Union – African Democratic Rally was the sole legal political party in Mali.

The 1974 Malian constitution provided for a one-party system which was ruled by the socialist Democratic Union of the Malian People.{{cite journal|title=Insoumission civile et défaillance étatique : les contradictions du processus démocratique malien|first=Marie-France|last=Lange|language=fr|trans-title=Civil dissent and state failure: the contradictions of the Malian democratic process|url=https://horizon.documentation.ird.fr/exl-doc/pleins_textes/pleins_textes_7/autrepart/010019329.pdf|journal=Autrepart|issue=10|year=1999|pages=177–134|via=Horizon pleins textes}}

|Islamic Republic of Mauritania

|25 December 1961

|10 December 1984

|{{ayd|1961|12|25|1978|7|10}}

|Chapter 1, Article 9: "The popular will is expressed through the democratically organized State Party. The Mauritanian People's Party, born from the merger of the national parties existing on December 25, 1961, is recognized as the only party of the State".{{cite constitution|article=9|section=1|country=Mauritania|language=French|ratified=12 February 1965|url=https://mjp.univ-perp.fr/constit/mr1964.htm}}

The Mauritanian People's Party was a political party based on Islamic socialism.

|Republic of Senegal

|20 August 1960

|24 April 1981

|{{ayd|1960|8|20|1981|4|24}}

|From 1960 to 1975, the African socialist Senegalese Progressive Union (UPS) was the sole legal political party in Senegal and until 1981 there were only three parties allowed a socialist party (UPS), a liberal party and a communist party.{{cite constitution|article=1|section=SECOND EXTRAORDINARY SESSION OF 1976|country=Senegal|language=French|ratified=9 July 1975|url=http://www.dri.gouv.sn/sites/default/files/gouvernance/LOI%20N%20%201976%2026%20DU%2006%20AVRIL%201976.pdf}}

|Republic of Seychelles

|5 June 1977

|27 December 1991

|{{ayd|1977|06|05|1991|12|27}}

|Preamble: "Seychelles is declared to be a sovereign socialist republic".{{cite journal|doi=10.1080/03050718.1979.9985562|volume=5|title=The 1979 constitution for Seychelles|journal=Commonwealth Law Bulletin|year=1979|issue=4|pages=1329–1332}}

|Republic of Sierra Leone

|12 July 1978

|1 October 1991

|{{ayd|1978|7|12|1991|10|1}}

|Chapter X, Article 176: "The All People's Congress established and in being immediately prior to the commencement of this Constitution shall continue in being thereafter and be deemed to be the One Party officially recognised in Sierra Leone".{{cite constitution|article=176|section=10|country=Republic of Sierra Leone|language=English|ratified=13 May 1978|url=https://sierralii.org/sl/legislation/act/1978/12}}

The All People's Congress is a political party based on African socialism.

|Democratic Republic of the Sudan

|25 May 1969

|10 October 1985

|{{ayd|1969|5|25|1985|10|10}}

|Preamble: "In the belief of our pursuit of freedom, socialism and democracy to achieve the society of sufficiency, justice and equality".{{cite constitution|article=5|section=1|country=the Democratic Republic of the Sudan|language=|ratified=13 March 1973|url=http://www.righttononviolence.org/mecf/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Constitution-Sudan-1973-+-amendment-1975.pdf|access-date=}}

|Syrian Arab Republic

|8 March 1963

|27 February 2012

|{{ayd|1963|3|8|2012|2|27}}

|Section 1, Article 8: "The leading party in the society and the state is the Socialist Arab Ba'ath Party. It leads a patriotic and progressive front seeking to unify the resources of the people's masses and place them at the service of the Arab nation's goals".{{cite constitution|article=5|section=1|country=the Syrian Arab Republic|language=|ratified=12 April 1973|url=http://www.servat.unibe.ch/icl/sy00000_.html|access-date=}}

|Republic of Tunisia

|22 October 1964

|27 February 1988

|{{ayd|1964|10|22|1988|2|27}}

|From 1964 to 1988, the Socialist Destourian Party was the sole legal political party in Tunisia.Brace, Morocco Algeria Tunisia (Prentice Hall 1964) pp. 114–116, 121–123, 140–143.

|Republic of Zambia

|25 August 1973

|24 August 1991

|{{ayd|1973|8|25|1991|8|24}}

|Section 1, Article 4: "There shall be one and only one political party or organization in Zambia, namely, the United National Independence Party".{{cite constitution|article=4|section=1|country=the Republic of Zambia|language=|ratified=25 August 1973|url=http://citizenshiprightsafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/Zambia-Constitution-1973.pdf|access-date=}}

The United National Independence Party is a political party based on African socialism.

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|17 April 1989

|{{age in years and months|1986|4|17}}

|One-party Maoist socialist state

|Founded in 1989, Wa State is governed by the United Wa State Party, a Maoist and Wa nationalist party, reported to have good relations and a close connection with the Communist Party of China.{{cite news |last=Hay |first=Wayne |date=29 September 2019 |title=Myanmar: No sign of lasting peace in Wa State |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/09/myanmar-sign-lasting-peace-wa-state-190929075944087.html |access-date=6 March 2020 |agency=Al Jazeera}}

|1 January 1994

|{{age in years and months|1994|1|1}}

|Libertarian socialist confederal semi-direct democracy

|Founded as the Rebel Zapatista Autonomous Municipalities; the municipalities dissolved in 2023 and were restructured into the Zapatista Autonomous Government Collectives.{{cite news |last=Mallett-Outtrim |first=Ryan |date=13 August 2016 |title=Two decades on: A glimpse inside the Zapatista's capital, Oventic |url=http://links.org.au/mexico-zapatistas-ezln-oventic |access-date=29 December 2019 |work=Links International Journal of Socialist Renewal}} This autonomous region's governance is inspired by the neozapatista ideology of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation. Zapatista autonomy began with the Zapatista uprising in 1994.

|19 July 2012

|{{age in years and months|2012|7|19}}

|Libertarian socialist federal semi-direct democracy

|Commonly called Rojava, the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria's governance is inspired by democratic confederalism.{{cite web |date=17 February 2015 |title=Revolutionary Education in Rojava |url=http://new-compass.net/articles/revolutionary-education-rojava |access-date=18 May 2016 |publisher=New Compass}} Its autonomy began with the Rojava Revolution in 2012.

|5 January 2024

|{{age in years and months|2024|5|1}}

|One-party Maoist socialist state

|Founded in 1990, following the collapse of the Communist Party of Burma insurgency, Kokang is governed by the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, a Maoist https://www.singtao.ca/6513216/2024-01-04/news-%E7%B7%AC%E7%94%B8%E5%90%8C%E7%9B%9F%E8%BB%8D%EF%B8%B130%E9%AB%98%E5%B1%A4%E6%99%AE%E9%80%9A%E8%A9%B1%E9%BD%8A%E5%AD%B8%E3%80%8A%E7%BF%92%E8%BF%91%E5%B9%B3%E6%96%87%E9%81%B8%E3%80%8B+%C2%A0%E7%B8%BD%E5%8F%B8%E4%BB%A4%E5%BD%AD%E5%BE%B7%E4%BB%81%E4%B8%BB%E6%8C%81 and Kokang nationalist party, that split from the Communist Party of Burma. They are reported to have good relations and a close connection with the Communist Party of China along with the other groups that split from the Communist Party of Burma, such as the United Wa State Party and the National Democratic Alliance Army. The MNDAA lost control over Kokang in 2009 after the 2009 Kokang incident. The MNDAA regained power following the start of the Myanmar civil war (2021–present)

|30 June 1989

|{{age in years and months|1989|7|30}}

|One-party socialist state

|Founded in 1989 after the collapse of the Communist Party of Burma, Eastern Shan State Special Region 4, which is commonly known as Mong La, or the Special Zone, is governed by the Peace and Solidarity Committee, a Socialisthttps://www.4tzx.com/ and Shan nationalist party and the political wing of the NDAA, reported to have good relations and a close connection with the other groups that split from the Communist Party of Burma, namely the United Wa State Army and the similarly named Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army. https://web.archive.org/web/20171017043213/http://www.english.panglong.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4602:wa-leader-uwsa-able-to-defend-itself&catid=85:politics&Itemid=266