Geographic Regions
Source for all information on this page: Country Groups, World Bank
The database uses the World Bank geographic classification system. This classification applies only to low- and middle-income countries, placing them into six regions. High-income countries (with the exception of South Africa, considered upper middle income) are included in database but are not classified into geographic region.
East Asia and Pacific (EAP):
American Samoa; Cambodia; China; Fiji; Indonesia; Kiribati; Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.; Lao PDR; Malaysia; Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Fed. Sts.; Mongolia; Myanmar; Northern Mariana Islands; Palau; Papua New Guinea; Philippines; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Tonga; Vanuatu; Viet Nam
Europe and Central Asia (ECA):
Albania; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Czech Republic; Estonia; Georgia; Hungary; Kazakhstan; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Lithuania; Macedonia, FYR; Moldova; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Serbia and Montenegro; Slovak Republic; Tajikistan; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Uzbekistan
Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC):
Argentina; Barbados; Belize; Bolivia; Brazil; Chile; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; El Salvador; Grenada; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Paraguay; Peru; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad and Tobago; Uruguay; Venezuela, RB
Middle East and North Africa (MENA):
Algeria; Djibouti; Egypt; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Jordan; Lebanon; Libya; Morocco; Oman; Qatar; Syrian Arab Republic; Tunisia; West Bank and Gaza; Yemen, Rep.
South Asia (SA):
Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Maldives; Nepal; Pakistan; Sri Lanka
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA):
Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep.; Congo, Rep.; Côte d’Ivoire; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; São Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Africa; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Countries not part of the World Bank classification by region:
Andorra; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Australia; Austria; Bahamas, The; Bahrain; Belgium; Bermuda; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Cayman Islands; Channel Islands; Cook Islands; Cyprus; Denmark; Faeroe Islands; Finland; France; French Polynesia; Germany; Greece; Greenland; Guam; Hong Kong, China; Iceland; Ireland; Isle of Man; Israel; Italy; Japan; Kuwait; Liechtenstein; Luxembourg; Macao, China; Malta; Monaco; Nauru; Netherlands; Netherlands Antilles; New Caledonia; New Zealand; Niue; Norway; Portugal; Puerto Rico; Republic of Korea; San Marino; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; Tuvalu; United Arab Emirates; United Kingdom; United States; Virgin Islands (U.S.)
