Mapped: Which Income Group Is Your Country In?

Mapped: The World’s Countries by Income Group

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The World Bank has released its latest annual income classifications, grouping 218 economies into four tiers based on gross national income (GNI) per capita using its Atlas methodology. The visualization below, created by Iswardi Ishak using data from the World Bank, shows where each economy falls in FY27.

How the World Bank Defines Income Groups

The World Bank updates its income classifications every July, adjusting GNI per capita thresholds for inflation and incorporating the latest estimates for economic output, exchange rates, and population. These groupings are widely used by governments, researchers, and international organizations to compare economies and inform development policy.

Explore the complete classifications below.

Economy	Income group
Afghanistan	Low income
Albania	Upper middle income
Algeria	Upper middle income
American Samoa	High income
Andorra	High income
Angola	Lower middle income
Antigua and Barbuda	High income
Argentina	Upper middle income
Armenia	Upper middle income
Aruba	High income
Australia	High income
Austria	High income
Azerbaijan	Upper middle income
Bahamas, The	High income
Bahrain	High income
Bangladesh	Lower middle income
Barbados	High income
Belarus	Upper middle income
Belgium	High income
Belize	Upper middle income
Benin	Lower middle income
Bermuda	High income
Bhutan	Lower middle income
Bolivia	Lower middle income
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Upper middle income
Botswana	Upper middle income
Brazil	Upper middle income
British Virgin Islands	High income
Brunei Darussalam	High income
Bulgaria	High income
Burkina Faso	Low income
Burundi	Low income
Cabo Verde	Upper middle income
Cambodia	Lower middle income
Cameroon	Lower middle income
Canada	High income
Cayman Islands	High income
Central African Republic	Low income
Chad	Low income
Channel Islands	High income
Chile	High income
China	Upper middle income
Colombia	Upper middle income
Comoros	Lower middle income
Democratic Republic of the Congo	Low income
Republic of the Congo	Lower middle income
Costa Rica	High income
Ivory Coast	Lower middle income
Croatia	High income
Cuba	Upper middle income
Curaçao	High income
Cyprus	High income
Czech Republic	High income
Denmark	High income
Djibouti	Lower middle income
Dominica	Upper middle income
Dominican Republic	Upper middle income
Ecuador	Upper middle income
Egypt	Lower middle income
El Salvador	Upper middle income
Equatorial Guinea	Upper middle income
Eritrea	Low income
Estonia	High income
Eswatini	Lower middle income
Ethiopia	Low income
Faroe Islands	High income
Fiji	Upper middle income
Finland	High income
France	High income
French Polynesia	High income
Gabon	Upper middle income
Gambia, The	Low income
Georgia	Upper middle income
Germany	High income
Ghana	Lower middle income
Gibraltar	High income
Greece	High income
Greenland	High income
Grenada	Upper middle income
Guam	High income
Guatemala	Upper middle income
Guinea	Lower middle income
Guinea-Bissau	Low income
Guyana	High income
Haiti	Lower middle income
Honduras	Lower middle income
Hong Kong SAR, China	High income
Hungary	High income
Iceland	High income
India	Lower middle income
Indonesia	Upper middle income
Iran	Upper middle income
Iraq	Upper middle income
Ireland	High income
Isle of Man	High income
Israel	High income
Italy	High income
Jamaica	Upper middle income
Japan	High income
Jordan	Upper middle income
Kazakhstan	Upper middle income
Kenya	Lower middle income
Kiribati	Lower middle income
North Korea	Low income
South Korea	High income
Kosovo	Upper middle income
Kuwait	High income
Kyrgyzstan	Lower middle income
Laos	Lower middle income
Latvia	High income
Lebanon	Lower middle income
Lesotho	Lower middle income
Liberia	Low income
Libya	Upper middle income
Liechtenstein	High income
Lithuania	High income
Luxembourg	High income
Macao SAR, China	High income
Madagascar	Low income
Malawi	Low income
Malaysia	Upper middle income
Maldives	Upper middle income
Mali	Low income
Malta	High income
Marshall Islands	Upper middle income
Mauritania	Lower middle income
Mauritius	Upper middle income
Mexico	Upper middle income
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.	Upper middle income
Moldova	Upper middle income
Monaco	High income
Mongolia	Upper middle income
Montenegro	Upper middle income
Morocco	Lower middle income
Mozambique	Low income
Myanmar	Lower middle income
Namibia	Lower middle income
Nauru	High income
Nepal	Lower middle income
Netherlands	High income
New Caledonia	High income
New Zealand	High income
Nicaragua	Lower middle income
Niger	Low income
Nigeria	Lower middle income
Republic of Macedonia	Upper middle income
Northern Mariana Islands	High income
Norway	High income
Oman	High income
Pakistan	Lower middle income
Palau	High income
Panama	High income
Papua New Guinea	Lower middle income
Paraguay	Upper middle income
Peru	Upper middle income
Philippines	Upper middle income
Poland	High income
Portugal	High income
Puerto Rico (U.S.)	High income
Qatar	High income
Romania	High income
Russia	High income
Rwanda	Low income
Samoa	Upper middle income
San Marino	High income
São Tomé and Príncipe	Lower middle income
Saudi Arabia	High income
Senegal	Lower middle income
Serbia	Upper middle income
Seychelles	High income
Sierra Leone	Low income
Singapore	High income
Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	High income
Slovakia	High income
Slovenia	High income
Solomon Islands	Lower middle income
Somalia	Low income
South Africa	Upper middle income
South Sudan	Low income
Spain	High income
Sri Lanka	Upper middle income
St. Kitts and Nevis	High income
St. Lucia	Upper middle income
St. Martin (French part)	High income
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Upper middle income
Sudan	Low income
Suriname	Upper middle income
Sweden	High income
Switzerland	High income
Syria	Low income
Taiwan	High income
Tajikistan	Lower middle income
Tanzania	Lower middle income
Thailand	Upper middle income
Timor-Leste	Lower middle income
Togo	Lower middle income
Tonga	Upper middle income
Trinidad and Tobago	High income
Tunisia	Lower middle income
Turkey	Upper middle income
Turkmenistan	Upper middle income
Turks and Caicos Islands	High income
Tuvalu	Upper middle income
Uganda	Low income
Ukraine	Upper middle income
United Arab Emirates	High income
United Kingdom	High income
United States of America	High income
Uruguay	High income
Uzbekistan	Lower middle income
Vanuatu	Lower middle income
Venezuela	Lower middle income
Vietnam	Upper middle income
Virgin Islands (U.S.)	High income
West Bank and Gaza	Lower middle income
Yemen	Low income
Zambia	Lower middle income
Zimbabwe	Lower middle income
Western Sahara	NA

Of the 218 economies in the dataset, 87 are classified as high income, 59 as upper-middle income, 47 as lower-middle income, and 25 as low income. Only around one in nine economies remains in the lowest tier.

For FY27, high-income economies require GNI per capita above $14,375. Upper-middle income ranges from $4,636 to $14,375, lower-middle income spans $1,176 to $4,635, and economies at or below $1,175 are classified as low income. The thresholds are updated annually to preserve their real value over time.

Six Economies Moved Up This Year

This year’s update brought six promotions, with no economies moving into a lower income group.

Jordan, Micronesia, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam advanced from lower-middle to upper-middle income status. Togo moved from low income into the lower-middle income group.

According to the World Bank, the changes reflected a mix of sustained economic growth, post-pandemic recoveries, statistical revisions, and updated population estimates rather than a single common driver.

Vietnam and the Philippines crossed into the upper-middle income group following years of export expansion and broader economic growth. Sri Lanka’s promotion also reflects its recovery from the recent economic crisis.

Why Are So Many Low-Income Economies in Africa

Most low-income economies are concentrated in West, Central, and parts of East Africa, alongside Yemen and a small number of fragile states elsewhere.

There is no single explanation for this pattern. Many economies face overlapping challenges, including conflict, weak institutions, infrastructure gaps, and limited productivity growth. Over time, these structural factors can slow gains in income per person.

Income Classifications Don’t Tell the Whole Story

Income groups provide a standardized way to compare economies, but they do not measure income inequality, living costs, or how prosperity is distributed within a country.

Two economies in the same group can still differ significantly in wages, purchasing power, and living standards. Income classifications are therefore best viewed as broad economic benchmarks rather than direct measures of everyday prosperity. For another perspective, see our comparison of salaries across Europe.

Learn More on the Voronoi App

If you enjoyed this visualization, check out Mapped: The Income Needed to Join the Top 1% in Every U.S. State on the Voronoi app for another perspective on income and economic status.

• Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/cp/mapped-which-income-group-is-your-country-in/