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World Bank Country and Lending Groups

For the current 2024 fiscal year, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, of $1,135 or less in 2022; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,136 and $4,465; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,466 and $13,845; high-income economies are those with a GNI per capita of $13,846 or more.

Please note: Regions in this table include economies at all income levels. The term country, used interchangeably with economy, does not imply political independence but refers to any territory for which authorities report separate social or economic statistics. Click here for information about how the World Bank classifies countries.

You can also download the current classification by income in XLSX format and the historical classification by income in XLSX format.

To explore the world by income and region with interactive tables and maps, please visit the World Development Indicators website.

BY REGION BY INCOME BY LENDING
East Asia and Pacific Low-income economies IDA
Europe and Central Asia Lower-middle-income economies Blend
Latin America & the Caribbean Upper-middle-income economies IBRD
Middle East and North Africa High-income economies
North America
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa

Bold indicates a change of classification.


EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC  

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American Samoa Korea, Rep. Philippines
Australia Lao PDR Samoa
Brunei Darussalam Macao SAR, China Singapore
Cambodia Malaysia Solomon Islands
China Marshall Islands Taiwan, China
Fiji Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Thailand
French Polynesia Mongolia Timor-Leste
Guam Myanmar Papua New Guinea
Hong Kong SAR, China Nauru Tonga
Indonesia New Caledonia Tuvalu
Japan New Zealand Vanuatu
Kiribati Northern Mariana Islands Vietnam
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Palau


EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
 

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Albania Gibraltar Norway
Andorra Greece Poland
Armenia Greenland Portugal
Austria Hungary Romania
Azerbaijan Iceland Russian Federation
Belarus Ireland San Marino
Belgium Isle of Man Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina Italy Slovak Republic
Bulgaria Kazakhstan Slovenia
Channel Islands Kosovo Spain
Croatia Kyrgyz Republic Sweden
Cyprus Latvia Switzerland
Czech Republic Liechtenstein Tajikistan
Denmark Lithuania Türkiye
Estonia Luxembourg Turkmenistan
Faroe Islands Moldova Ukraine
Finland Monaco United Kingdom
France Montenegro Uzbekistan
Georgia Netherlands
Germany North Macedonia


LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

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Antigua and Barbuda Curacao Paraguay
Argentina Dominica Peru
Aruba Dominican Republic Puerto Rico
Bahamas, The Ecuador Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Barbados El Salvador St. Kitts and Nevis
Belize Grenada St. Lucia
Bolivia Guatemala St. Martin (French part)
Brazil Guyana St. Vincent and the Grenadines
British Virgin Islands Haiti Suriname
Cayman Islands Honduras Trinidad and Tobago
Chile Jamaica Turks and Caicos Islands
Colombia Mexico Uruguay
Costa Rica Nicaragua Venezuela, RB
Cuba Panama Virgin Islands (U.S.)


MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
 

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Algeria Jordan Qatar
Bahrain Kuwait Saudi Arabia
Djibouti Lebanon Syrian Arab Republic
Egypt, Arab Rep. Libya Tunisia
Iran, Islamic Rep. Malta United Arab Emirates
Iraq Morocco West Bank and Gaza
Israel Oman Yemen, Rep.


NORTH AMERICA

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Bermuda Canada United States


SOUTH ASIA
 

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Afghanistan India Pakistan
Bangladesh Maldives Sri Lanka
Bhutan Nepal


SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
 

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Angola Ethiopia Niger
Benin Gabon Nigeria
Botswana Gambia, The Rwanda
Burkina Faso Ghana São Tomé and Principe
Burundi Guinea Senegal
Cabo Verde Guinea-Bissau Seychelles
Cameroon Kenya Sierra Leone
Central African Republic Lesotho Somalia
Chad Liberia South Africa
Comoros Madagascar South Sudan
Congo, Dem. Rep. Malawi Sudan
Congo, Rep Mali Tanzania
Côte d'Ivoire Mauritania Togo
Equatorial Guinea Mauritius Uganda
Eritrea Mozambique Zambia
Eswatini Namibia Zimbabwe


LOW-INCOME ECONOMIES ($1,135 OR LESS)     

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Afghanistan Korea, Dem. People's Rep 
South Sudan
Burkina Faso Liberia
Sudan
Burundi Madagascar
Syrian Arab Republic  
Central African Republic Malawi
Togo
Chad Mali
Uganda
Congo, Dem. Rep Mozambique
Yemen, Rep.
Eritrea Niger

Ethiopia Rwanda

Gambia, The Sierra Leone
Guinea-Bissau
Somalia  


LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME ECONOMIES ($1,136 TO $4,465)
      

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Angola Jordan
Philippines
Algeria India
Samoa
Bangladesh Iran, Islamic Rep    
São Tomé and Principe
Benin Kenya
Senegal
Bhutan KiribatiSolomon Islands  
Bolivia Kyrgyz Republic  
Sri Lanka
Cabo Verde Lao PDR  
Tanzania
Cambodia LebanonTajikistan
Cameroon LesothoTimor-Leste
Comoros
Mauritania
Tunisia
Congo, Rep.  Micronesia, Fed. Sts.  
Ukraine
Côte d'Ivoire  Mongolia
Uzbekistan
Djibouti
MoroccoVanuatu
Egypt, Arab Rep. Myanmar
Vietnam
Eswatini
Nepal
Zambia
Ghana
Nicaragua
Zimbabwe
Guinea
Nigeria

Haiti
Pakistan

Honduras
Papua New Guinea  

UPPER-MIDDLE-INCOME ECONOMIES ($4,466 TO $13,845) 

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Albania Fiji
North Macedonia
ArgentinaGabon
Palau
Armenia
Georgia
Paraguay
Azerbaijan
Grenada
Peru  
Belarus
Guatemala
Russian Federation
Belize
Indonesia
Serbia
Bosnia and Herzegovina    
Iraq
South Africa
BotswanaJamaica
St. Lucia
Brazil
Kazakhstan
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Bulgaria
Kosovo
Suriname
China
Libya
Thailand
Colombia
Malaysia
Tonga
Costa Rica  
Maldives
Türkiye
CubaMarshall Islands  
Turkmenistan
Dominica
Mauritius
Tuvalu
Dominican Republic    
MexicoWest Bank and Gaza
El Salvador
Moldova

Equatorial Guinea    
Montenegro
EcuadorNamibia


HIGH-INCOME ECONOMIES ($13,846 OR MORE)
  

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American Samoa Germany
Oman  
AndorraGibraltar
Panama 
Antigua and Barbuda  
Greece
Poland
Aruba
GreenlandPortugal
Australia
Guam
Puerto Rico
AustriaHong Kong SAR, China  
Qatar
Bahamas, The  
Hungary
Romania
Bahrain
IcelandSan Marino
Barbados
Ireland
Saudi Arabia
Belgium
Isle of Man  
Seychelles
BermudaIsrael
Singapore
British Virgin Islands  ItalySint Maarten (Dutch part)
Brunei Darussalam  
Japan
Slovak Republic
CanadaKorea, Rep.  
Slovenia
Cayman Islands    Kuwait
Spain
Channel Islands  
Latvia
St. Kitts and Nevis
Chile
Liechtenstein
St. Martin (French part)
Croatia
LithuaniaSweden
Curaçao
Luxembourg
Switzerland
CyprusMacao SAR, China  
Taiwan, China
Czech Republic  
Malta
Trinidad and Tobago
Denmark
Monaco
Turks and Caicos Islands
EstoniaNauruUnited Arab Emirates
Faroe Islands  
NetherlandsUnited Kingdom
Finland
New Caledonia    United States
FranceNew Zealand    
Uruguay
French Polynesia  
Northern Mariana Islands  
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
Guyana Norway

IDA 

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Afghanistan Haiti Rwanda
Bangladesh Honduras Samoa
Benin Kiribati São Tomé and Principe
Bhutan Kosovo   Senegal
Burkina Faso Kyrgyz Republic Sierra Leone
Burundi Lao PDR Solomon Islands
Cambodia Lesotho Somalia
Central African Republic Liberia South Sudan
Chad Madagascar Sri Lanka
Comoros Malawi Sudan
Congo, Dem. Rep. Maldives Syrian Arab Republic
Côte d'Ivoire Mali Tajikistan
Djibouti Marshall Islands Tanzania
Eritrea Mauritania Togo
Ethiopia Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Tonga
Gambia, The Mozambique Tuvalu
Ghana Myanmar Uganda
Guinea Nepal Vanuatu
Guinea-Bissau Nicaragua Yemen, Rep.
Guyana Niger Zambia


BLEND 

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Cabo Verde   Grenada St. Lucia
Cameroon Kenya St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Congo, Rep. Nigeria Timor-Leste
Dominica Pakistan Uzbekistan
Fiji Papua New Guinea Zimbabwe


IBRD
 

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Albania Eswatini Panama
Algeria Gabon Paraguay
Angola Georgia Peru
Antigua and Barbuda Guatemala Philippines
Argentina India Poland
Armenia Indonesia Romania
Azerbaijan Iran, Islamic Rep. Russian Federation
Belarus Iraq Serbia
Belize Jamaica Seychelles
Bolivia Jordan South Africa
Bosnia and Herzegovina Kazakhstan St. Kitts and Nevis
Botswana Lebanon Suriname
Brazil Libya Thailand
Bulgaria Malaysia Trinidad and Tobago
Chile Mauritius Tunisia
China Mexico Turkey
Colombia Moldova Turkmenistan
Costa Rica Mongolia Ukraine
Croatia Montenegro Uruguay
Dominican Republic Morocco Venezuela, RB
Ecuador Namibia Vietnam
Egypt, Arab Rep. Nauru
El Salvador North Macedonia
Equatorial Guinea Palau

Note: Venezuela has been temporarily unclassified as of July 2021 pending release of revised national accounts statistics.

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