- World Bank country classifications by income level for 2024-2025
100% of South Asian countries were classified as low-income countries in 1987, whereas this share has fallen to just 13% in 2023 ; In the Middle East and North Africa there is a higher share of low-income countries in 2023 (10%) than in 1987, when no countries were classified to this category ; In Latin America and the Caribbean, the share of high-income countries has climbed from 9% in 1987
- GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) - Low middle income
GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) - Low middle income World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files License : CC BY-4 0
- World Bank Country and Lending Groups
For the current 2025 fiscal year, low-income economies are defined as those with a GNI per capita, calculated using the World Bank Atlas method, of $1,145 or less in 2023; lower middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $1,146 and $4,515; upper middle-income economies are those with a GNI per capita between $4,516 and $14,005; high-income economies are those with more
- WDI - The World by Income and Region
The World Bank classifies economies for analytical purposes into four income groups: low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high income For this purpose it uses gross national income (GNI) per capita data in U S dollars, converted from local currency using the World Bank Atlas method, which is applied to smooth exchange rate fluctuations Estimates of GNI are obtained from economists in World
- GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$) | Data - World Bank Data
Explore the World Bank's data on GNI per capita, Atlas method (current US$), and gain insights into global economic trends and development
- World Bank Group country classifications by income level for FY24 (July . . .
The World Bank Group assigns the world’s economies to four income groups – low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high The classifications are updated each year on July 1, based on the GNI per capita of the previous calendar year Changes to Atlas GNI per capita: In each country, factors such as economic growth, inflation, exchange rates
- The World Bank’s Classification of Countries by Income
“The Future of the World Bank” used gross national product (GNP) per capita to classify countries as very poor, poor, middle income, and rich (Reid, 1965) The current form of the income classification has been used since 1989 It divides countries into four groups—low income, lower middle income, upper middle income, and high
- GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) - Low middle income
GNI per capita, PPP (current international $) - Low middle income from The World Bank: Data Free and open access to global development data Data GNI, Atlas method (current US$) GNI, PPP (constant 2021 international $) Download CSV XML EXCEL DataBank Explore Our DataBank WDI Tables
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