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World Bank Country Classifications

Last updated 17 August 2010

IPOS offers reduced membership prices to those individuals residing in countries classified as Low- or Middle-Income by the World Bank. Individuals from High-income countries must pay full price for IPOS membership. Below is a list of these classifications for your reference. This listing is checked against that of the World Bank each year when the Bank updates its classifications on 1 July and is updated with any changes.

World Bank-Classified High-Income/OECD Countries:

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Andorra Germany New Caledonia
Aruba Gibraltar New Zealand
Australia Greece Northern Mariana Islands
Austria Greenland Norway
Bahamas, The Guam Oman
Bahrain Hong Kong, China Poland
Barbados Hungary Portugal
Belgium Iceland Puerto Rico
Bermuda Ireland Qatar
Brunei Darussalam Isle of Man San Marino
Canada Israel Saudi Arabia
Cayman Islands Italy Singapore
Channel Islands Japan Slovak Republic
Croatia Korea, Rep. Slovenia
Cyprus Kuwait Spain
Czech Repulic Latvia Sweden
Denmark Liechtenstein Switzerland
Estonia Luxembourg Trinidad and Tobago
Equitorial Guinea Macao, China Turks and Caicos Islands
Faeroe Islands Malta United Arab Emirates
Finland Monaco United Kingdom
France Netherlands United States
French Polynesia Netherlands Antilles Virgin Islands (U.S.)


World Bank-Classified Low- and Middle-Income Countries:

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Afghanistan Grenada Pakistan
Albania Guatemala Palau
Algeria Guinea Panama
American Samoa Guinea-Bissau Papua New Guinea
Angola Guyana Paraguay
Antigua and Barbuda Haiti Peru
Argentina Honduras Philippines
Armenia India Romania
Azerbaijan Indonesia Russian Federation
Bangladesh Iran, Islamic Rep. Rwanda
Belarus Iraq Samoa
Belize Jamaica São Tomé and Principe
Benin Jordan Senegal
Bhutan Kazakhstan Serbia
Bolivia Kenya Seychelles
Bosnia and Herzegovina Kiribati Sierra Leone
Botswana Korea, Dem. Rep. Solomon Islands
Brazil Kosovo Somalia
Bulgaria Kyrgyz Republic South Africa
Burkina Faso Lao PDR Sri Lanka
Burundi Lebanon St. Kitts and Nevis
Cambodia Lesotho St. Lucia
Cameroon Liberia St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Cape Verde Libya Sudan
Central African Republic Lithuania Suriname
Chad Macedonia, FYR Swaziland
Chile Madagascar Syrian Arab Republic
China Malawi Tajikistan
Colombia Malaysia Tanzania
Comoros Maldives Thailand
Congo, Dem. Rep. Mali Timor-Leste
Congo, Rep. Marshall Islands Togo
Costa Rica Mauritania Tonga
Côte d'Ivoire Mauritius Tunisia
Cuba Mayotte Turkey
Djibouti Mexico Turkmenistan
Dominica Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Tuvalu
Dominican Republic Moldova Uganda
Ecuador Mongolia Ukraine
Egypt, Arab Rep. Montenegro Uruguay
El Salvador Morocco Uzbekistan
Eritrea Mozambique Vanuatu
Ethiopia Myanmar Venezuela, RB
Fiji Namibia Vietnam
Gabon Nepal West Bank and Gaza
Gambia, The Nicaragua Yemen, Rep.
Georgia Niger Zambia
Ghana Nigeria Zimbabwe