5th Maruzza International Congress
5th Maruzza International Congress

Low Income Countries

Economy Code Region Income group Lending category Other
1 Afghanistan AFG South Asia Low income IDA HIPC
2 Albania ALB Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
3 Algeria DZA Middle East & North Africa Upper middle income IBRD
4 American Samoa ASM East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income ..
5 Andorra AND Europe & Central Asia High income ..
6 Angola AGO Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IBRD
7 Antigua and Barbuda ATG Latin America & Caribbean High income IBRD
8 Argentina ARG Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
9 Armenia ARM Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
10 Aruba ABW Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
11 Australia AUS East Asia & Pacific High income ..
12 Austria AUT Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
13 Azerbaijan AZE Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
14 Bahamas, The BHS Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
15 Bahrain BHR Middle East & North Africa High income ..
16 Bangladesh BGD South Asia Lower middle income IDA
17 Barbados BRB Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
18 Belarus BLR Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
19 Belgium BEL Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
20 Belize BLZ Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
21 Benin BEN Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
22 Bermuda BMU North America High income ..
23 Bhutan BTN South Asia Lower middle income IDA
24 Bolivia BOL Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income IBRD HIPC
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
26 Botswana BWA Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income IBRD
27 Brazil BRA Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
28 British Virgin Islands VGB Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
29 Brunei Darussalam BRN East Asia & Pacific High income ..
30 Bulgaria BGR Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
31 Burkina Faso BFA Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
32 Burundi BDI Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
33 Cabo Verde CPV Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income Blend
34 Cambodia KHM East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IDA
35 Cameroon CMR Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income Blend HIPC
36 Canada CAN North America High income ..
37 Cayman Islands CYM Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
38 Central African Republic CAF Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
39 Chad TCD Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
40 Channel Islands CHI Europe & Central Asia High income ..
41 Chile CHL Latin America & Caribbean High income IBRD
42 China CHN East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income IBRD
43 Colombia COL Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
44 Comoros COM Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IDA HIPC
45 Congo, Dem. Rep. COD Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
46 Congo, Rep. COG Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income Blend HIPC
47 Costa Rica CRI Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
48 Côte d’Ivoire CIV Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IDA HIPC
49 Croatia HRV Europe & Central Asia High income IBRD
50 Cuba CUB Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income ..
51 Curaçao CUW Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
52 Cyprus CYP Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
53 Czech Republic CZE Europe & Central Asia High income ..
54 Denmark DNK Europe & Central Asia High income ..
55 Djibouti DJI Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income IDA
56 Dominica DMA Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income Blend
57 Dominican Republic DOM Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
58 Ecuador ECU Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
59 Egypt, Arab Rep. EGY Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income IBRD
60 El Salvador SLV Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income IBRD
61 Equatorial Guinea GNQ Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income IBRD
62 Eritrea ERI Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
63 Estonia EST Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
64 Eswatini SWZ Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IBRD
65 Ethiopia ETH Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
66 Faroe Islands FRO Europe & Central Asia High income ..
67 Fiji FJI East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income Blend
68 Finland FIN Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
69 France FRA Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
70 French Polynesia PYF East Asia & Pacific High income ..
71 Gabon GAB Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income IBRD
72 Gambia, The GMB Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
73 Georgia GEO Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
74 Germany DEU Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
75 Ghana GHA Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IDA HIPC
76 Gibraltar GIB Europe & Central Asia High income ..
77 Greece GRC Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
78 Greenland GRL Europe & Central Asia High income ..
79 Grenada GRD Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income Blend
80 Guam GUM East Asia & Pacific High income ..
81 Guatemala GTM Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
82 Guinea GIN Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
83 Guinea-Bissau GNB Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
84 Guyana GUY Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IDA HIPC
85 Haiti HTI Latin America & Caribbean Low income IDA HIPC
86 Honduras HND Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income IDA HIPC
87 Hong Kong SAR, China HKG East Asia & Pacific High income ..
88 Hungary HUN Europe & Central Asia High income ..
89 Iceland ISL Europe & Central Asia High income ..
90 India IND South Asia Lower middle income IBRD
91 Indonesia IDN East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IBRD
92 Iran, Islamic Rep. IRN Middle East & North Africa Upper middle income IBRD
93 Iraq IRQ Middle East & North Africa Upper middle income IBRD
94 Ireland IRL Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
95 Isle of Man IMN Europe & Central Asia High income ..
96 Israel ISR Middle East & North Africa High income ..
97 Italy ITA Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
98 Jamaica JAM Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
99 Japan JPN East Asia & Pacific High income ..
100 Jordan JOR Middle East & North Africa Upper middle income IBRD
101 Kazakhstan KAZ Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
102 Kenya KEN Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income Blend
103 Kiribati KIR East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IDA
104 Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. PRK East Asia & Pacific Low income ..
105 Korea, Rep. KOR East Asia & Pacific High income ..
106 Kosovo XKX Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IDA
107 Kuwait KWT Middle East & North Africa High income ..
108 Kyrgyz Republic KGZ Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income IDA
109 Lao PDR LAO East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IDA
110 Latvia LVA Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
111 Lebanon LBN Middle East & North Africa Upper middle income IBRD
112 Lesotho LSO Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IDA
113 Liberia LBR Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
114 Libya LBY Middle East & North Africa Upper middle income IBRD
115 Liechtenstein LIE Europe & Central Asia High income ..
116 Lithuania LTU Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
117 Luxembourg LUX Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
118 Macao SAR, China MAC East Asia & Pacific High income ..
119 Madagascar MDG Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
120 Malawi MWI Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
121 Malaysia MYS East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income IBRD
122 Maldives MDV South Asia Upper middle income IDA
123 Mali MLI Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
124 Malta MLT Middle East & North Africa High income .. EMU
125 Marshall Islands MHL East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income IDA
126 Mauritania MRT Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IDA HIPC
127 Mauritius MUS Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income IBRD
128 Mexico MEX Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
129 Micronesia, Fed. Sts. FSM East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IDA
130 Moldova MDA Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income Blend
131 Monaco MCO Europe & Central Asia High income ..
132 Mongolia MNG East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income Blend
133 Montenegro MNE Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
134 Morocco MAR Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income IBRD
135 Mozambique MOZ Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
136 Myanmar MMR East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IDA
137 Namibia NAM Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income IBRD
138 Nauru NRU East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income IBRD
139 Nepal NPL South Asia Low income IDA
140 Netherlands NLD Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
141 New Caledonia NCL East Asia & Pacific High income ..
142 New Zealand NZL East Asia & Pacific High income ..
143 Nicaragua NIC Latin America & Caribbean Lower middle income IDA HIPC
144 Niger NER Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
145 Nigeria NGA Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income Blend
146 North Macedonia MKD Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
147 Northern Mariana Islands MNP East Asia & Pacific High income ..
148 Norway NOR Europe & Central Asia High income ..
149 Oman OMN Middle East & North Africa High income ..
150 Pakistan PAK South Asia Lower middle income Blend
151 Palau PLW East Asia & Pacific High income IBRD
152 Panama PAN Latin America & Caribbean High income IBRD
153 Papua New Guinea PNG East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income Blend
154 Paraguay PRY Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
155 Peru PER Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
156 Philippines PHL East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IBRD
157 Poland POL Europe & Central Asia High income IBRD
158 Portugal PRT Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
159 Puerto Rico PRI Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
160 Qatar QAT Middle East & North Africa High income ..
161 Romania ROU Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
162 Russian Federation RUS Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
163 Rwanda RWA Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
164 Samoa WSM East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income IDA
165 San Marino SMR Europe & Central Asia High income ..
166 São Tomé and Principe STP Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IDA HIPC
167 Saudi Arabia SAU Middle East & North Africa High income ..
168 Senegal SEN Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IDA HIPC
169 Serbia SRB Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
170 Seychelles SYC Sub-Saharan Africa High income IBRD
171 Sierra Leone SLE Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
172 Singapore SGP East Asia & Pacific High income ..
173 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) SXM Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
174 Slovak Republic SVK Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
175 Slovenia SVN Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
176 Solomon Islands SLB East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IDA
177 Somalia SOM Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
178 South Africa ZAF Sub-Saharan Africa Upper middle income IBRD
179 South Sudan SSD Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA
180 Spain ESP Europe & Central Asia High income .. EMU
181 Sri Lanka LKA South Asia Upper middle income IBRD
182 St. Kitts and Nevis KNA Latin America & Caribbean High income IBRD
183 St. Lucia LCA Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income Blend
184 St. Martin (French part) MAF Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
185 St. Vincent and the Grenadines VCT Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income Blend
186 Sudan SDN Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IDA HIPC
187 Suriname SUR Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
188 Sweden SWE Europe & Central Asia High income ..
189 Switzerland CHE Europe & Central Asia High income ..
190 Syrian Arab Republic SYR Middle East & North Africa Low income IDA
191 Taiwan, China TWN East Asia & Pacific High income ..
192 Tajikistan TJK Europe & Central Asia Low income IDA
193 Tanzania TZA Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
194 Thailand THA East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income IBRD
195 Timor-Leste TLS East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income Blend
196 Togo TGO Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
197 Tonga TON East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income IDA
198 Trinidad and Tobago TTO Latin America & Caribbean High income IBRD
199 Tunisia TUN Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income IBRD
200 Turkey TUR Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
201 Turkmenistan TKM Europe & Central Asia Upper middle income IBRD
202 Turks and Caicos Islands TCA Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
203 Tuvalu TUV East Asia & Pacific Upper middle income IDA
204 Uganda UGA Sub-Saharan Africa Low income IDA HIPC
205 Ukraine UKR Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income IBRD
206 United Arab Emirates ARE Middle East & North Africa High income ..
207 United Kingdom GBR Europe & Central Asia High income ..
208 United States USA North America High income ..
209 Uruguay URY Latin America & Caribbean High income IBRD
210 Uzbekistan UZB Europe & Central Asia Lower middle income Blend
211 Vanuatu VUT East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IDA
212 Venezuela, RB VEN Latin America & Caribbean Upper middle income IBRD
213 Vietnam VNM East Asia & Pacific Lower middle income IBRD
214 Virgin Islands (U.S.) VIR Latin America & Caribbean High income ..
215 West Bank and Gaza PSE Middle East & North Africa Lower middle income ..
216 Yemen, Rep. YEM Middle East & North Africa Low income IDA
217 Zambia ZMB Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income IDA HIPC
218 Zimbabwe ZWE Sub-Saharan Africa Lower middle income Blend

 

N World WLD
1 Arab World ARB
2 Caribbean small states CSS
3 Central Europe and the Baltics CEB
4 Early-demographic dividend EAR
5 East Asia & Pacific EAS
6 East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) EAP
7 East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD) TEA
8 Euro area EMU
9 Europe & Central Asia ECS
10 Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) ECA
11 Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD) TEC
12 European Union EUU
13 Fragile and conflict affected situations FCS
14 Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) HPC
15 High income HIC
16 IBRD only IBD
17 IDA & IBRD total IBT
18 IDA blend IDB
19 IDA only IDX
20 IDA total IDA
21 Late-demographic dividend LTE
22 Latin America & Caribbean LCN
23 Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) LAC
24 Latin America & Caribbean (IDA & IBRD) TLA
25 Least developed countries: UN classification LDC
26 Low & middle income LMY
27 Low income LIC
28 Lower middle income LMC
29 Middle East & North Africa MEA
30 Middle East & North Africa (excluding high income) MNA
31 Middle East & North Africa (IDA & IBRD) TMN
32 Middle income MIC
33 North America NAC
34 OECD members OED
35 Other small states OSS
36 Pacific island small states PSS
37 Post-demographic dividend PST
38 Pre-demographic dividend PRE
39 Small states SST
40 South Asia SAS
41 South Asia (IDA & IBRD) TSA
42 Sub-Saharan Africa SSF
43 Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) SSA
44 Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD) TSS
45 Upper middle income UMC
46 World WLD


World Bank list of economies (June 2019)

This table classifies all World Bank member countries (189), and all other economies with populations of more than 30,000. For operational and analytical purposes, economies are divided among income groups according to 2018 gross national income (GNI) per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method. The groups are: low income, $1,025 or less; lower middle income, $1,026 – 3,995; upper middle income, $3,996 – 12,375; and high income, $12,375 or more. The effective operational cutoff for IDA eligibility is $1,175 or less.

Geographic classifications in this table cover all income levels.

IDA countries are those that lack the financial ability to borrow from IBRD. IDA credits are deeply concessional—interest-free loans and grants for programs aimed at boosting economic growth and improving living conditions. IBRD loans are noncessional. Blend countries are eligible for IDA credits because of their low per capita incomes but are also eligible for IBRD because they are financially creditworthy.

Note: 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. Income classifications set on 1 July 2017 remain in effect until 1 July 2018. Argentina, which was temporarily unclassified in July 2016 pending release of revised national accounts statistics, was classified as upper middle income for FY17 as of 29 September 2016 based on alternative conversion factors. Also effective 29 September 2016, Syrian Arab Republic is reclassified from IBRD lending category to IDA-only. On 29 March 2017, new country codes were introduced to align World Bank 3-letter codes with ISO 3-letter codes: Andorra (AND), Dem. Rep. Congo (COD), Isle of Man (IMN), Kosovo (XKX), Romania (ROU), Timor-Leste (TLS), and West Bank and Gaza (PSE).