Table of Economies by Category
Source: For operational and analytical purposes, the World Bank’s main criterion for classifying economies is gross national income (GNI) per capita. This classification does not necessarily reflect development status.The World Bank, April 2009, www.worldbank.org
CATEGORY A
Andorra
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba Greece
Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Bahrain
Barbados
Belgium
Bermuda
Brunei
Canada
Cayman Is.

Channel Is.
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Estonia
Equatorial Guinea
Faeroe Is.
Finland
France
French Polynesia
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Guam

Hong Kong, China
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Japan
Korea, Rep
Kuwait
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Macao, China

 Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
Neth. Antilles
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Mariana Is.
Norway
Oman
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
San Marino

Singapore
Slovak Rep.
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Trinidad & Tobago
Utd Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States
Virgin Islands (U.S.)
 
CATEGORY B
American Samoa
Argentina
Belarus
Belize
Bhutan
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Chile
Costa Rica
 Croatia
Cuba
Dominican Rep.
Gabon
Georgia
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Indonesia
 Jamaica
Latvia
Libya
Lithuania
Malaysia
Maldives
Marshall Is.
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico		 Palau
Panama
Poland
Romania
Russian Fed.
Samoa
St. Kitts-Nevis
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Serbia

Seychelles
South Africa
Suriname
Turkey
Uruguay
Venezuela, RB
 
CATEGORY C

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
Angola
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cape Verde
Central African Rep.
Chad
China
Colombia
Comoros

 Congo, Dem. Rep.
Congo, Rep.
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
Dominica
Ecuador
Egypt, Arab Rep.
El Salvador
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Fiji
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
India
Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iraq
Jordan		 Kazakhstan
Kiribati
Kenya
Korea,Dem. Rep.
Kyrgyz Rep.
Lao PDR
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Macedonia, FYR
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
 Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Rwanda
S.Tomé-Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Is.
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
 Syrian Arab Rep
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
West Bank & Gaza
Yemen, Rep.
Zambia
Zimbabwe

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