Interesting Facts About G20 Summit

By factober Updated on December 2, 2022

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G20 is a group of 19 countries and Europe. It is an intergovernmental organization. This group of 20 major powers focuses on joint development and collaboration regarding various topics such as the global economy, financial stability, climate change, sustainable development, and much more.

The G20 2022 just took place in Indonesia (Bali). This year India got the G20 presidency and will be preparing for a year to make it happen. The Indian government has already started allocating the required resources and manpower to manage the event.

The G20 summit will include a lot of meetings covering different topics.

India is all set to become the voice of the global south. The countries which are not part of G20 will get a voice in the summit and their things will also be taken into consideration.

Facts About G20 Summit

1. What is the purpose of the G20 Summit?

The purpose of the G20 is to provide a forum for the world’s 19 largest economies and the European Union to discuss a wide range of issues, including economic, financial, trade, energy, climate change, development, and health. The G20 has also become a forum for the world’s largest economies to coordinate their responses to global economic and financial crises. This year India has declared that India will become a voice for the global south, i.e, the Asian countries that are not part of this forum.

2. Who will host the G20 2023?

India. Today, on 02, December 2022 India accepted the position of G20 presidency for the year 2022-23. The Indian government has already signaled the meetings will take place throughout the country. Some of the meetings will be organized in the Kashmir region as well. Since the abrogation of section 370, a lot of work has been done in Jammu & Kashmir areas.

The meetup will give attendees a peak at the things the Indian government has focused on there. Obviously, it will help India make its Kashmir trance more effective and also will attract foreign investment. It’s not a topic of this fact sheet today.

We’ll cover it in the upcoming days, which will cover how Jammu & Kashmir have started gaining attention from all over the world and what are the possibilities for residents as well as outsiders.

3. What countries are part of the G20? Or Which are G20 countries?

The G20 has the following major countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Türkiye, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the European Union.

4. G20 has more than 20 countries

G20 is made up of 19 countries and the European Union. The European Union is an economic and political union. It consists of 27 countries. So, technically G20 has more than 20 countries.

5. What is the strength of G20 countries?

The G20 countries account for around 80% of gross world product (GWP), 59–77% of international trade, two-thirds of the global population, and 60% of the world’s land area.

6. When was the first G20 Summit held?

The first G20 Summit was held in Washington, D.C. on November 15-16, 2008.

7. When & Where the G20 Summit has been held till the date?

The first G20 Summit was held on 14 & 15 November 2008 in the United States ( Washington, D.C.) at National Building Museum under the host George W. Bush.
The second G20 Summit was held on 2 April 2009 in the United Kingdom (London) at ExCeL London under host Gordon Brown.
The third G20 Summit was held on 24 & 25 September 2009 in the United States (Pittsburgh) at David L. Lawrence Convention Center under the host Barack Obama.
The fourth G20 Summit was held on 26 & 27 June 2010 in Canada (Toronto) at Metro Toronto Convention Centre under the host Stephen Harper.
The fifth G20 Summit was held on 11 & 12 November 2010 in South Korea (Seoul) at COEX Convention & Exhibition Center under the host Lee Myung-bak.
The sixth G20 Summit was held on 3 & 4 November 2011 in France (Cannes) at Palais des Festivals under the host Nicolas Sarkozy.
The seventh G20 Summit was held on 18 & 19 June 2012 in Mexico (San José del Cabo, Los Cabos) at Los Cabos International Convention Center under the host Felipe Calderón.
The eighth G20 Summit was held on 5 & 6 September 2013 in Russia (Saint Petersburg) at Constantine Palace under the host Vladimir Putin.
The ninth G20 Summit was held on 15 & 16 November 2014 in Australia (Brisbane) at Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre under the host Tony Abbott.
The tenth G20 Summit was held on 15 & 16 November 2015 in Turkey (Serik, Antalya) at Regnum Carya Hotel Convention Centre under the host Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The eleventh G20 Summit was held on 4 & 5 September 2016 in China (Hangzhou) at Hangzhou International Exhibition Centre under the host Xi Jinping.
The twelfth G20 Summit was held on the 7th & 8th of July 2017 in Germany (Hamburg) at Hamburg Messe under the host Angela Merkel.
The thirteenth G20 Summit was held on the 30th of November & 1st of December 2018 in Argentina (Buenos Aires) at Costa Salguero Center under the host Mauricio Macri.
The fourteenth G20 Summit was held on the 28th & 29th of June 2019 in Japan (Osaka) at Intex Osaka under the host Shinzō Abe.
The fifteenth G20 Summit was held on the 21st & 22nd of November 2020. The host country of G20 2020 was Saudi Arabia. The summit took place in online video conferencing mode due to Corona pandemic the host King Salman.
The sixteenth G20 Summit was held on the 30th & 31st of October 2021 in Italy (Rome) at EUR Convention Center under the host Mario Draghi.
The seventeenth G20 Summit was held on the 15th & 16th of November 2022 Indonesia (Nusa Dua, Bali) at The Apurva Kempinski Bali under the host Joko Widodo.
The eighteenth (upcoming) G20 Summit will be held in India under the host Shri. Narendra Modi.