Income Groups
Source for all information on this page: Country Groups, World Bank
The Health Systems Database uses the World Bank classification of countries by income group. It divides countries by their 2004 gross national income (GNI) per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, and comprises member-state countries and all other countries with a population of more than 30,000. Countries with a population of less than 30,000 are not put into a group.
Low Income (GNI of US$825 or less):
Afghanistan; Bangladesh; Benin; Bhutan; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cambodia; Central African Republic; Chad; Comoros; Congo, Dem. Rep.; Côte d’Ivoire; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Haiti; India; Kenya; Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.; Kyrgyzstan; Lao PDR; Liberia; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mongolia; Myanmar; Nepal; Pakistan; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands; Timor-Leste; Vietnam; Tajikistan; Uzbekistan; Yemen, Rep.; Mozambique; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; São Tomé and Principe; Senegal; Sierra Leone; Somalia; Sudan; Tanzania; Togo; Uganda; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Lower Middle Income (GNI between US$826 and US$3,255):
Albania; Algeria; Angola; Armenia; Azerbaijan; Belarus; Bolivia; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Brazil; Bulgaria; China; Cameroon; Cape Verde; Colombia; Congo, Rep.; Cuba; Djibouti; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Egypt; El Salvador; Fiji; Georgia; Guatemala; Guyana; Honduras; Indonesia; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Jamaica; Jordan; Kiribati; Kazakhstan; Lesotho; Macedonia, FYR; Maldives; Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Fed. Sts.; Moldova; Morocco; Namibia; Nicaragua; Paraguay; Peru; Philippines; Samoa; Serbia and Montenegro; Sri Lanka; Suriname; Swaziland; Syrian Arab Republic; Thailand; Tonga; Tunisia; Turkmenistan; Ukraine; Vanuatu; West Bank and Gaza
Upper Middle Income (GNI between US$3,256 and US$10,065):
American Samoa; Argentina; Barbados; Belize; Botswana; Chile; Costa Rica; Croatia; Czech Republic; Dominica; Equatorial Guinea; Estonia; Gabon; Grenada; Hungary; Latvia; Lebanon; Libya; Lithuania; Malaysia; Mauritius; Mayotte; Mexico; Northern Mariana Islands; Oman; Palau; Panama; Poland; Romania; Russian Federation; Seychelles; St. Kitts and Nevis; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and the Grenadines; Slovak Republic; South Africa; Trinidad and Tobago; Turkey; Uruguay; Venezuela, RB
High Income (GNI of US$10,066 or more):
- OECD members: Australia; Austria; Belgium; Canada; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Iceland; Ireland; Italy; Japan; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Portugal; Republic of Korea; Spain; Sweden; Switzerland; United Kingdom; United States
- Non-OECD members: Andorra; Antigua and Barbuda; Aruba; Bahamas, The; Bahrain; Bermuda; Brunei Darussalam; Cayman Islands; Channel Islands; Cyprus; Faeroe Islands; French Polynesia; Greenland; Guam; Hong Kong, China; Isle of Man; Israel; Kuwait; Liechtenstein; Macao, China; Malta; Monaco; Netherlands Antilles; New Caledonia; Puerto Rico; Qatar; San Marino; Saudi Arabia; Singapore; Slovenia; United Arab Emirates; Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Countries with a population of 30,000 or less:
Cook Islands; Nauru; Niue; Tuvalu
