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Alphabetical List of Countries by Regional and Income Classification


Regional and income groups are based on World Bank classifications.

Source for all information on this page: Country Groups, World Bank

For more detail on classifications, see: Income group page and geographic region page.



Country

Income Group

Region

Afghanistan

Low income

South Asia

Albania

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Algeria

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

American Samoa

Upper middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Andorra

High income: non-OECD

 

Angola

Lower middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Antigua and Barbuda

High income: non-OECD

 

Argentina

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Armenia

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Aruba

High income: non-OECD

 

Australia

High income: OECD

 

Austria

High income: OECD

 

Azerbaijan

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Bahamas, The

High income: non-OECD

 

Bahrain

High income: non-OECD

 

Bangladesh

Low income

South Asia

Barbados

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Belarus

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Belgium

High income: OECD

 

Belize

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Benin

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Bermuda

High income: non-OECD

 

Bhutan

Low income

South Asia

Bolivia

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Botswana

Upper middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Brazil

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Brunei Darussalam

High income: non-OECD

 

Bulgaria

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Burkina Faso

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Burundi

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Cambodia

Low income

East Asia & Pacific

Cameroon

Lower middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Canada

High income: OECD

 

Cape Verde

Lower middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Cayman Islands

High income: non-OECD

 

Central African Republic

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Chad

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Channel Islands

High income: non-OECD

 

Chile

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

China

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Colombia

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Comoros

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Congo, Dem. Rep.

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Congo, Rep.

Lower middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Cook Islands

 

 

Costa Rica

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Côte d Ivoire

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Croatia

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Cuba

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Cyprus

High income: non-OECD

 

Czech Republic

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Denmark

High income: OECD

 

Djibouti

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Dominica

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Dominican Republic

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Ecuador

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Egypt

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

El Salvador

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Equatorial Guinea

Upper middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Eritrea

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Estonia

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Ethiopia

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Faeroe Islands

High income: non-OECD

 

Fiji

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Finland

High income: OECD

 

France

High income: OECD

 

French Polynesia

High income: non-OECD

 

Gabon

Upper middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Gambia

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Georgia

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Germany

High income: OECD

 

Ghana

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Greece

High income: OECD

 

Greenland

High income: non-OECD

 

Grenada

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Guam

High income: non-OECD

 

Guatemala

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Guinea

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Guinea-Bissau

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Guyana

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Haiti

Low income

Latin America & Caribbean

Honduras

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Hong Kong, China

High income: non-OECD

 

Hungary

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Iceland

High income: OECD

 

India

Low income

South Asia

Indonesia

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Iran, Islamic Republic of

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Iraq

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Ireland

High income: OECD

 

Isle of Man

High income: non-OECD

 

Israel

High income: non-OECD

 

Italy

High income: OECD

 

Jamaica

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Japan

High income: OECD

 

Jordan

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Kazakhstan

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Kenya

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Kiribati

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Korea, Dem. People’s Rep.

Low income

East Asia & Pacific

Kuwait

High income: non-OECD

 

Kyrgyzstan

Low income

Europe & Central Asia

Lao PDR

Low income

East Asia & Pacific

Latvia

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Lebanon

Upper middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Lesotho

Lower middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Liberia

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Libya

Upper middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Liechtenstein

High income: non-OECD

 

Lithuania

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Luxembourg

High income: OECD

 

Macao, China

High income: non-OECD

 

Macedonia, FYR

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Madagascar

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Malawi

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Malaysia

Upper middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Maldives

Lower middle income

South Asia

Mali

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Malta

High income: non-OECD

 

Marshall Islands

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Mauritania

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mauritius

Upper middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mayotte

Upper middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Mexico

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Micronesia, Fed. Sts.

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Moldova

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Monaco

High income: non-OECD

 

Mongolia

Low income

East Asia & Pacific

Morocco

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Mozambique

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Myanmar

Low income

East Asia & Pacific

Namibia

Lower middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nauru

 

 

Nepal

Low income

South Asia

Netherlands

High income: OECD

 

Netherlands Antilles

High income: non-OECD

 

New Caledonia

High income: non-OECD

 

New Zealand

High income: OECD

 

Nicaragua

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Niger

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Nigeria

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Niue

 

 

Northern Mariana Islands

Upper middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Norway

High income: OECD

 

Oman

Upper middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Pakistan

Low income

South Asia

Palau

Upper middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Panama

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Papua New Guinea

Low income

East Asia & Pacific

Paraguay

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Peru

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Philippines

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Poland

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Portugal

High income: OECD

 

Puerto Rico

High income: non-OECD

 

Qatar

High income: non-OECD

Middle East & North Africa

Republic of Korea

High income: OECD

 

Romania

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Russian Federation

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Rwanda

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Samoa

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

San Marino

High income: non-OECD

 

São Tomé and Principe

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Saudi Arabia

High income: non-OECD

 

Senegal

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Serbia and Montenegro

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Seychelles

Upper middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sierra Leone

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Singapore

High income: non-OECD

 

Slovak Republic

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Slovenia

High income: non-OECD

 

Solomon Islands

Low income

East Asia & Pacific

Somalia

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

South Africa

Upper middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Spain

High income: OECD

 

Sri Lanka

Lower middle income

South Asia

St. Kitts and Nevis

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

St. Lucia

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Sudan

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Suriname

Lower middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Swaziland

Lower middle income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Sweden

High income: OECD

 

Switzerland

High income: OECD

 

Syrian Arab Republic

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Tajikistan

Low income

Europe & Central Asia

Tanzania

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Thailand

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Timor-Leste

Low income

East Asia & Pacific

Togo

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Tonga

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Trinidad and Tobago

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Tunisia

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Turkey

Upper middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Turkmenistan

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

Tuvalu

 

 

Uganda

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Ukraine

Lower middle income

Europe & Central Asia

United Arab Emirates

High income: non-OECD

 

United Kingdom

High income: OECD

 

United States

High income: OECD

 

Uruguay

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Uzbekistan

Low income

Europe & Central Asia

Vanuatu

Lower middle income

East Asia & Pacific

Venezuela, RB

Upper middle income

Latin America & Caribbean

Viet Nam

Low income

East Asia & Pacific

Virgin Islands (U.S.)

High income: non-OECD

 

West Bank and Gaza

Lower middle income

Middle East & North Africa

Yemen, Rep.

Low income

Middle East & North Africa

Zambia

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

Zimbabwe

Low income

Sub-Saharan Africa

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