Mapped: Global Income Level Classification, by Country

Mapped: High, Middle, and Low Income Countries in 2025

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The World Bank updates its income brackets every July 1, ranking economies by Gross National Income (GNI) per capita using the Atlas methodology.

The 2025 update covers 223 reporting economies (including dozens of small territories), painting a fresh picture of global prosperity.

The data for this visualization comes from the World Bank’s FY 2026 income classification release.

Overall, 40% of economies now sit in the high income camp, while the share of low income countries has fallen to just 12%.

Where High Income Countries Cluster

The World Bank lists 87 high income sovereign countries in its core table, and an additional handful of tiny territories brings the broader total to 93.

Country	Incom Classification
Afghanistan	Low Income
Albania	Upper-middle Income
Algeria	Upper-middle Income
American Samoa	High Income
Andorra	High Income
Angola	Lower-middle Income
Anguilla	Not Classified
Antigua and Barbuda	High Income
Arab Republic of Egypt	Lower-middle Income
Argentina	Upper-middle Income
Armenia	Upper-middle Income
Aruba	High Income
Ashmore and Cartier Islands	High Income
Australia	High Income
Austria	High Income
Azerbaijan	Upper-middle 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 Indian Ocean Territory	Not Classified
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
Chile	High Income
China	Upper-middle Income
Christmas Island	Not Classified
Clipperton Island	High Income
Cocos	Not Classified
Colombia	Upper-middle Income
Comoros	Lower-middle Income
Congo	Lower-middle Income
Cook Islands	Not Classified
Costa Rica	High Income
Cote d’ivoire	Lower-middle Income
Croatia	High Income
Cuba	Upper-middle Income
Curaçao	High Income
Cyprus	High Income
Czech Republic	High Income
D. P. R. of Korea	Low Income
Democratic Republic of Congo	Low Income
Denmark	High Income
Djibouti	Lower-middle Income
Dominica	Upper-middle Income
Dominican Republic	Upper-middle Income
Ecuador	Upper-middle Income
El Salvador	Upper-middle Income
Equatorial Guinea	Upper-middle Income
Eritrea	Low Income
Estonia	High Income
Eswatini	Lower-middle Income
Ethiopia	Not Classified
Faroe Islands	High Income
Federated States of Micronesia	Lower-middle Income
Fiji	Upper-middle Income
Finland	High Income
France	High Income
French Polynesia	High Income
French Southern and Antarctic Lands	Not Classified
Gabon	Upper-middle 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
Guernsey	High Income
Guinea	Lower-middle Income
Guinea-Bissau	Low Income
Guyana	High Income
Haiti	Lower-middle Income
Heard Island and McDonald Islands	Not Classified
Honduras	Lower-middle Income
Hong Kong, SAR	High Income
Hungary	High Income
Iceland	High Income
India	Lower-middle Income
Indonesia	Upper-middle Income
Iraq	Upper-middle Income
Ireland	High Income
Islamic Republic of Iran	Upper-middle Income
Isle of Man	High Income
Israel	High Income
Italy	High Income
Italy	High Income
Jamaica	Upper-middle Income
Japan	High Income
Jersey	High Income
Jordan	Lower-middle Income
Kazakhstan	Upper-middle Income
Kenya	Lower-middle Income
Kiribati	Lower-middle Income
Kosovo	Upper-middle Income
Kuwait	High Income
Kyrgyz Republic	Lower-middle Income
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	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
Macau, SAR	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
Mauritius	Upper-middle Income
Mexico	Upper-middle Income
Moldova	Upper-middle Income
Monaco	High Income
Mongolia	Upper-middle Income
Montenegro	Upper-middle Income
Montserrat	Not Classified
Morocco	Lower-middle Income
Mozambique	Low Income
Myanmar	Lower-middle Income
Namibia	Lower-middle Income
Nauru	High Income
Nepal	Lower-middle Income
New Caledonia	High Income
New Zealand	High Income
Nicaragua	Lower-middle Income
Niger	Low Income
Nigeria	Lower-middle Income
Niue	Not Classified
Norfolk Island	Not Classified
North 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	Lower-middle Income
Pitcairn Islands	Not Classified
Poland	High Income
Portugal	High Income
Portugal	High Income
Portugal	High Income
Puerto Rico	High Income
Qatar	High Income
R. B. de Venezuela	Not Classified
Republic of Korea	High Income
Republic of Yemen	Low Income
Romania	High Income
Russian Federation	High Income
Rwanda	Low Income
Saint Kitts and Nevis	High Income
Saint Lucia	Upper-middle Income
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Upper-middle Income
Saint‑Barthélemy	Not Classified
Saint‑Martin	High Income
Saint‑Pierre‑et‑Miquelon	Not Classified
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
Seychelles	High Income
Sierra Leone	Low Income
Singapore	High Income
Slovak Republic	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
Spain	High Income
Sri Lanka	Lower-middle Income
Sudan	Low Income
Suriname	Upper-middle Income
Sweden	High Income
Switzerland	High Income
Syrian Arab Republic	Low Income
Tajikistan	Lower-middle Income
Tanzania	Lower-middle Income
Thailand	Upper-middle Income
The Bahamas	High Income
The Gambia	Low Income
The Kingdom of the Netherlands	High Income
Timor‑Leste	Lower-middle Income
Togo	Low Income
Tokelau	Not Classified
Tonga	Upper-middle Income
Trinidad and Tobago	High Income
Tunisia	Lower-middle Income
Türkiye	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
United States Virgin Islands	High Income
Uruguay	High Income
Uzbekistan	Lower-middle Income
Vanuatu	Lower-middle Income
Vatican City	Not Classified
Viet Nam	Lower-middle Income
Wallis and Futuna	Not Classified
West Bank and Gaza	Lower-middle Income
Zambia	Lower-middle Income
Zimbabwe	Lower-middle Income

Europe remains the epicenter of affluence, with more than two-thirds of its countries in the top bracket.

East Asia and the Pacific follows, thanks to powerhouses like Japan, South Korea, Singapore, and a growing roster of Pacific territories.

Costa Rica is the newest addition to the high income category.

For reference, high income status for this year requires a 2024 GNI per capita above $13,936. And while the barrier inches upward each year with inflation, the long-term trend shows steady expansion.

Only 25% of the world’s economies met the bar in 1987 versus 40% today.

The Middle Income Majority

Middle income economies—split between upper-middle (55) and lower-middle (50)—account for just under half the list.

China, Indonesia, India, Brazil, and Türkiye all sit here, illustrating the category’s diversity.

Collectively, these nations hold the bulk of the world’s population and manufacturing muscle, yet their per-capita incomes range from roughly $1,100 to $13,900.

Momentum within this group is dynamic. Several commodity exporters, including Algeria and Mongolia, graduated to upper-middle status last cycle on the back of stronger nominal GNI.

This year, Cabo Verde and Samoa moved to upper-middle income, while Namibia slipped back to lower-middle amid weaker mining growth.

The Concentrated Challenges of Low Income Economies

Only 25 economies remain classified as low income, with the majority concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and a handful in fragile or conflict-affected regions.

These countries generate less than $1,135 in GNI per person, limiting fiscal capacity and access to private finance.

Zooming out however, the share of low income economies has tumbled from 30% in 1987 to 12% today, reflecting decades of growth, debt relief, and demographic change.

Yet absolute numbers have plateaued in recent years, signaling how difficult the last mile of poverty reduction can be.

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