Country Categorization Print
The WB categorizes the countries of the World in four groups: low-income countries, lower-middle-income countries, upper-middle-income countries and high-income countries. This is done on the basis of per capita GNI*. As this indicator indicates the country’s capacity to invest in healthcare, it is therefore used to determine the right to use access pricing. The below list can be subject to change by WB.

Low-income economies (49)
AfghanistanHaiti
Rwanda
Bangladesh
Kenya
São Tomé and Principe
Benin
Korea, Democratc Republic Senegal
Burkina Faso
Kyrgyz Republic
Sierra Leone
Burundi
Lao PDR
Solomon Islands
Cambodia
Liberia
Somalia
Central African Republic
Madagascar
Tajikistan
Chad
Malawi
Tanzania
ComorosMali
Togo
Congo, Democratic RepublicMauritania
Uganda
Côte d'Ivoire
Mozambique
Uzbekistan
Eritrea
Myanmar
Vietnam
Ethiopia
Nepal
Yemen, Republic
Gambia, The
Niger
Zambia
Ghana
Nigeria
Zimbawe
Guinea
Pakistan
 
Guinea-Bissau
Papua New Guinea 

 

Lower-Middle-income economies (54)
Albania
Georgia
Namibia
Algeria
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Angola
Guyana
Paraguay
Armenia
Honduras
Peru
Azerbaijan
India
Philippines
Bhutan
Indonesia
Samoa
Bolivia
Iran, Islamic Republic Sri Lanka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iraq
Sudan
CameroonJordan
Swaziland
Cape Verde
Kiribati
Syrian Arb Republic
China
Lesotho
Thailand
Colombia
Macedonia, FYR
Timor-Leste
Congo, Republic
Maldives
Tonga
Djibouti
Marshall Islands
Tunisia
Dominican Republic
Micronesia, Federate States
Turkmenistan
Ecuador
Moldova
Ukraine
Egypt, Arab Republic
Mongolia
Vanuatu
El Salvador
Morocco
West Bank and Gaza

 


* Gross National Income