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 |
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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 | Kiribati | Solomon Islands |
Bolivia | Kyrgyz Republic | Sri Lanka |
Cabo Verde | Lao PDR | Tanzania |
Cambodia | Lebanon | Tajikistan |
Cameroon | Lesotho | Timor-Leste |
Comoros |
Mauritania | Tunisia |
Congo, Rep. | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Ukraine |
Côte d'Ivoire | Mongolia |
Uzbekistan |
Djibouti |
Morocco | Vanuatu |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Myanmar | Vietnam |
Eswatini |
Nepal |
Zambia |
Ghana |
Nicaragua |
Zimbabwe |
Guinea |
Nigeria |
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Haiti |
Pakistan |
|
Honduras |
Papua New Guinea |
UPPER-MIDDLE-INCOME
ECONOMIES ($4,466 TO $13,845)
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Albania | Fiji |
North Macedonia |
Argentina | Gabon |
Palau |
Armenia |
Georgia |
Paraguay |
Azerbaijan |
Grenada |
Peru |
Belarus |
Guatemala |
Russian Federation |
Belize |
Indonesia |
Serbia |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Iraq |
South Africa |
Botswana | Jamaica |
St. Lucia |
Brazil |
Kazakhstan |
St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Bulgaria |
Kosovo |
Suriname |
China |
Libya |
Thailand |
Colombia |
Malaysia |
Tonga |
Costa Rica |
Maldives |
Türkiye |
Cuba | Marshall Islands |
Turkmenistan |
Dominica |
Mauritius | Tuvalu |
Dominican Republic |
Mexico | West Bank and Gaza |
El Salvador | Moldova |
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Equatorial Guinea | Montenegro |
|
Ecuador | Namibia |
HIGH-INCOME ECONOMIES
($13,846 OR MORE)
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American Samoa | Germany |
Oman |
Andorra | Gibraltar |
Panama |
Antigua and Barbuda |
Greece |
Poland |
Aruba |
Greenland | Portugal |
Australia |
Guam |
Puerto Rico |
Austria | Hong Kong SAR, China |
Qatar |
Bahamas, The |
Hungary |
Romania |
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 |
Canada | Korea, Rep. |
Slovenia |
Cayman Islands | Kuwait |
Spain |
Channel Islands |
Latvia |
St. Kitts and Nevis |
Chile |
Liechtenstein |
St. Martin (French part) |
Croatia |
Lithuania | Sweden |
Curaçao |
Luxembourg |
Switzerland |
Cyprus | Macao SAR, China |
Taiwan, China |
Czech Republic |
Malta |
Trinidad and Tobago |
Denmark |
Monaco |
Turks and Caicos Islands |
Estonia | Nauru | United Arab Emirates |
Faroe Islands |
Netherlands | United Kingdom |
Finland |
New Caledonia | United States |
France | New Zealand |
Uruguay |
French Polynesia |
Northern Mariana Islands |
Virgin Islands (U.S.) |
Guyana | Norway |
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 |
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
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.