For 2025, the BRICS union includes 10 countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Iran, Ethiopia, Egypt and Indonesia. The term BRICS+ is often used to refer to the expansion of this union at the expense of new members and partners.

The BRICS partner countries that have a special status of cooperation with the alliance include Algeria, Belarus, Bolivia, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Cuba, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda and Uzbekistan.

The invited countries are those that have received an invitation to join the BRICS, but have not yet completed the accession procedures. At the moment, Saudi Arabia is in this status, which received an invitation in 2023, but has not yet confirmed its membership.

BRICS+ is an expanded cooperation between the BRICS member countries and their partners aimed at strengthening economic and political ties in a multipolar world.