World Bank Country and Lending Groups
For the current 2026 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 2024; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,136 and $4,495; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,496 and $13,935; high-income economies are those with more than a GNI per capita of $13,935.
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. | Papua New Guinea |
| Australia | Lao PDR | Philippines |
| Brunei Darussalam | Macao SAR, China | Samoa |
| Cambodia | Malaysia | Singapore |
| China | Marshall Islands | Solomon Islands |
| Fiji | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Taiwan, China |
| French Polynesia | Mongolia | Thailand |
| Guam | Myanmar | Timor-Leste |
| Hong Kong SAR, China | Nauru | Tonga |
| Indonesia | New Caledonia | Tuvalu |
| Japan | New Zealand | Vanuatu |
| Kiribati | Northern Mariana Islands | Viet Nam |
| 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 |
| Czechia | 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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|
Afghanistan |
Jordan |
Qatar |
|
Algeria |
Kuwait |
Saudi Arabia |
|
Bahrain |
Lebanon |
Syrian Arab Republic |
|
Djibouti |
Libya |
Tunisia |
|
Egypt, Arab Rep. |
Malta |
United Arab Emirates |
|
Iran, Islamic Rep. |
Morocco |
West Bank and Gaza |
|
Iraq |
Oman |
Yemen, Rep. |
|
Israel |
Pakistan |
|
NORTH AMERICA
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| Bermuda | Canada | United States |
SOUTH ASIA
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|
Bangladesh |
India |
Nepal |
|
Bhutan |
Maldives |
Sri Lanka |
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 |
Somalia |
|
Burkina Faso |
Liberia |
South Sudan |
|
Burundi |
Madagascar |
Sudan |
|
Central African Republic |
Malawi |
Syrian Arab Republic |
|
Chad |
Mali |
Togo |
|
Congo, Dem. Rep |
Mozambique |
Uganda |
|
Eritrea |
Niger |
Yemen, Rep. |
|
Gambia, The |
Rwanda |
|
|
Guinea-Bissau |
Sierra Leone |
LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME
ECONOMIES ($1,136 TO $4,495)
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|
Angola |
India |
Papua New Guinea |
|
Bangladesh |
Jordan |
Philippines |
|
Benin |
Kenya |
São Tomé and Principe |
|
Bhutan |
Kiribati |
Senegal |
|
Bolivia |
Kyrgyz Republic |
Solomon Islands |
|
Cambodia |
Lao PDR |
Sri Lanka |
|
Cameroon |
Lebanon |
Tajikistan |
|
Comoros |
Lesotho |
Tanzania |
|
Congo, Rep. |
Mauritania |
Timor-Leste |
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. |
Tunisia |
|
Djibouti |
Morocco |
Uzbekistan |
|
Egypt, Arab Rep. |
Myanmar |
Vanuatu |
|
Eswatini |
Namibia |
Viet Nam |
|
Ghana |
Nepal |
West Bank and Gaza |
|
Guinea |
Nicaragua |
Zambia |
|
Haiti |
Nigeria |
Zimbabwe |
|
Honduras |
Pakistan |
UPPER-MIDDLE-INCOME
ECONOMIES ($4,496 TO $13,935)
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|
Albania |
Equatorial Guinea |
Moldova |
|
Algeria |
Fiji |
Mongolia |
|
Argentina |
Gabon |
Montenegro |
|
Armenia |
Georgia |
North Macedonia |
|
Azerbaijan |
Grenada |
Paraguay |
|
Belarus |
Guatemala |
Peru |
|
Belize |
Indonesia |
Samoa |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Iran, Islamic Rep. |
Serbia |
|
Botswana |
Iraq |
South Africa |
|
Brazil |
Jamaica |
St. Lucia |
|
Cabo Verde |
Kazakhstan |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
China |
Kosovo |
Suriname |
|
Colombia |
Libya |
Thailand |
|
Cuba |
Malaysia |
Tonga |
|
Dominica |
Maldives |
Türkiye |
|
Dominican Republic |
Marshall Islands |
Turkmenistan |
|
Ecuador |
Mauritius |
Tuvalu |
|
El Salvador |
Mexico |
Ukraine |
HIGH-INCOME ECONOMIES
($13,935 OR MORE)
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|
American Samoa |
Gibraltar |
Panama |
|
Andorra |
Greece |
Poland |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
Greenland |
Portugal |
|
Aruba |
Guam |
Puerto Rico |
|
Australia |
Guyana |
Qatar |
|
Austria |
Hong Kong SAR, China |
Romania |
|
Bahamas, The |
Hungary |
Russian Federation |
|
Bahrain |
Iceland |
San Marino |
|
Barbados |
Ireland |
Saudi Arabia |
|
Belgium |
Isle of Man |
Seychelles |
|
Bermuda |
Israel |
Singapore |
|
British Virgin Islands |
Italy |
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) |
|
Brunei Darussalam |
Japan |
Slovak Republic |
|
Bulgaria |
Korea, Rep. |
Slovenia |
|
Canada |
Kuwait |
Spain |
|
Cayman Islands |
Latvia |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
|
Channel Islands |
Liechtenstein |
St. Martin (French part) |
|
Chile |
Lithuania |
Sweden |
|
Costa Rica |
Luxembourg |
Switzerland |
|
Croatia |
Macao SAR, China |
Taiwan, China |
|
Curaçao |
Malta |
Trinidad and Tobago |
|
Cyprus |
Monaco |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
|
Czechia |
Nauru |
United Arab Emirates |
|
Denmark |
Netherlands |
United Kingdom |
|
Estonia |
New Caledonia |
United States |
|
Faroe Islands |
New Zealand |
Uruguay |
|
Finland |
Northern Mariana Islands |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
|
France |
Norway |
|
|
French Polynesia |
Oman |
|
|
Germany |
Palau |
IDA
|
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 |
|
Djibouti |
Mali |
Tajikistan |
|
Eritrea |
Marshall Islands |
Tanzania |
|
Ethiopia |
Mauritania |
Togo |
|
Gambia, The |
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. |
Tonga |
|
Ghana |
Mozambique |
Tuvalu |
|
Guinea |
Myanmar |
Uganda |
|
Guinea-Bissau |
Nepal |
Vanuatu |
|
Guyana |
Nicaragua |
Yemen, Rep. |
|
Niger |
Zambia |
BLEND
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Belize |
Fiji |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
|
Cabo Verde |
Grenada |
Suriname |
|
Cameroon |
Kenya |
Timor-Leste |
|
Congo, Rep. |
Nigeria |
Uzbekistan |
|
Côte d'Ivoire |
Pakistan |
Zimbabwe |
|
Dominica |
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
Eswatini |
St. Lucia |
IBRD
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|
Albania |
Equatorial Guinea |
Palau |
|
Algeria |
Gabon |
Panama |
|
Angola |
Georgia |
Paraguay |
|
Antigua and Barbuda |
Guatemala |
Peru |
|
Argentina |
India |
Philippines |
|
Armenia |
Indonesia |
Poland |
|
Azerbaijan |
Iran, Islamic Rep. |
Romania |
|
Barbados |
Iraq |
Russian Federation |
|
Belarus |
Jamaica |
Serbia |
|
Bolivia |
Jordan |
Seychelles |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Kazakhstan |
South Africa |
|
Botswana |
Lebanon |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
|
Brazil |
Libya |
Thailand |
|
Bulgaria |
Malaysia |
Trinidad and Tobago |
|
Chile |
Mauritius |
Tunisia |
|
China |
Mexico |
Türkiye |
|
Colombia |
Moldova |
Turkmenistan |
|
Costa Rica |
Mongolia |
Ukraine |
|
Croatia |
Montenegro |
Uruguay |
|
Dominican Republic |
Morocco |
Venezuela, RB |
|
Ecuador |
Namibia |
Viet Nam |
|
Egypt, Arab Rep. |
Nauru |
|
|
El Salvador |
North Macedonia |
Notes: Venezuela, RB, classified as an upper-middle income country until FY21, has been unclassified since then due to the unavailability of data. Ethiopia is currently in a temporary status of unclassification for FY26.