World Bank Classification of Countries

Countries are classified in categories based on the World Bank Classification of Countries: Gross National Income (GNI) Per Capita (2013), http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-classifications/country-and-lending-groups#Low_income, January 3, 2014.

Category A: High-income economies ($12,616 or more)

AndorraFrench PolynesiaNorway
Antigua and BarbudaGermanyOman
ArubaGreecePoland
AustraliaGreenlandPortugal 
AustriaGuamPuerto Rico
Bahamas, TheHong Kong SAR, ChinaQatar
BahrainIcelandRussian Federation
BarbadosIrelandSan Marino
BelgiumIsle of ManSaudi Arabia
BermudaIsraelSingapore
Brunei DarussalamItalySint Maarten
CanadaJapanSlovak Republic
Cayman IslandsKorea, Rep.Slovenia
Channel IslandsKuwaitSpain
ChileLatviaSt. Kitts and Nevis
Croatia Liechtenstein St. Martin
CuraçaoLithuaniaSweden
CyprusLuxembourgSwitzerland
Czech RepublicMacao SAR, ChinaTrinidad and Tobago 
DenmarkMaltaTurks and Caicos Islands
EstoniaMonacoUnited Arab Emirates
Equatorial GuineaNetherlandsUnited Kingdom
Faeroe IslandsNew CaledoniaUnited States
FinlandNew ZealandUruguay
FranceNorthern Mariana IslandsVirgin Islands (U.S.)
  Taiwan

 

Category B: Upper-middle-income economies ($4,086 to $12,615)

AngolaFijiPalau
AlbaniaGabonPanama
AlgeriaGrenadaPeru  
American SamoaHungaryRomania
ArgentinaIran, Islamic Rep. Serbia
AzerbaijanIraqSeychelles
BelarusJamaica South Africa
BelizeJordanSt. Lucia
Bosnia and HerzegovinaKazakhstanSt. Vincent and the Grenadines
BotswanaLebanonSuriname
BrazilLibyaThailand
BulgariaMacedonia, FYR  Tonga
ChinaMalaysiaTunisia
ColombiaMaldivesTurkey
Costa RicaMarshall IslandsTurkmenistan
CubaMauritiusTuvalu
DominicaMexicoVenezuela, RB
Dominican Republic  Montenegro 
EcuadorNamibia 

Category C: Low-income economies ($1,035 or less) and Lower-middle-income economies ($1,036 to $4,085)

AfghanistanHaitiPhilippines
ArmeniaHondurasRwanda
BangladeshIndonesiaSamoa
BeninIndiaSão Tomé and Principe
BhutanKenyaSenegal
BoliviaKiribatiSierra Leone
Burkina FasoKorea, Dem Rep.Solomon Islands
BurundiKosovo  Somalia 
CambodiaKyrgyz RepublicSouth Sudan
CameroonLao PDRSri Lanka
Cape VerdeLesothoSudan
Central African RepublicLiberiaSwaziland
ChadMadagascarSyrian Arab Republic
ComorosMalawiTajikistan
Congo, Dem. RepMaliTanzania
Congo, Rep.MauritaniaTimor-Leste
Côte d’IvoireMicronesia, Fed. Sts.Togo
DjiboutiMoldovaUkraine
Egypt, Arab RepMongoliaUganda
El SalvadorMoroccoUzbekistan
EritreaMozambiqueVanuatu
EthiopiaMyanmarVietnam
Gambia, TheNepalWest Bank and Gaza
GeorgiaNicaraguaYemen, Rep. 
GhanaNigerZambia
GuatemalaNigeria  Zimbabwe
GuineaPakistan   
Guinea-BisauPapua New Guinea   
GuyanaParaguay