1. MDG regional groupings
Developed regions
Developing regions
Northern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa
Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean (optional)
Latin America (optional)
Caucasus and Central Asia
Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia excluding China
Southern Asia
Southern Asia excluding India
South-eastern Asia
Western Asia
Oceania
2. MDG regional groupings: List of countries in each grouping
Developed regions
Andorra
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bermuda
Bulgaria
Canada
Channel Islands
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Faeroe Islands
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Greenland
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
San Marino
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
United States
Albania
Belarus
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Montenegro
Republic of Moldova
Russian Federation
Serbia
TFYR of Macedonia
Ukraine
Developing regions
Northern Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Morocco
Tunisia
Western Sahara
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Réunion
Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique
Montserrat
Netherlands Antilles
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
St Vincent & the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands
US Virgin Islands
El Salvador
Falkland Is (Malvinas)
French Guiana
Guatemala
Guyana
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
Suriname
Uruguay
Venezuela R.B.
Kazakhstan
Turkmenistan
Sub-Saharan Africa
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Rep
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Cote d'Ivoire
Dem Rep of the Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Togo
Uganda
U. Rep of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Latin America and the Caribbean
Caribbean
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Cuba
Latin America
Argentina
Belize
Bolivia
Brazil
Chile
Colombia
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Caucasus and Central Asia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Georgia
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Uzbekistan
Eastern Asia
China
Hong Kong SAR of China
Macao SAR of China
Korea, Dem People's Rep of
Korea, Rep of
Mongolia
India
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Maldives
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Singapore
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Viet Nam
Southern Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
South-eastern Asia
Brunei Darussalam
Cambodia
Indonesia
Lao People's Dem Republic
Western Asia
Bahrain
Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
Syrian Arab Republic
Turkey
United Arab Emirates
Yemen
American Samoa
Cook Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
Guam
Kiribati
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Fed States of)
Nauru
Niue
New Caledonia
Northern Mariana Is
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Samoa
Solomon Islands
Tokelau
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Oceania
3. Other groupings: Least Developed Countries as of 1 January 2011
Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Central African Republic
Chad
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea Bissau
Haiti
Kiribati
Lao People's Dem Republic
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Rwanda
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
Sudan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Comoros
D. R of the Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Niger
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Vanuatu
Yemen
Zambia
4. Other groupings: Landlocked developing countries
Afghanistan
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bhutan
Bolivia (Plurinational State
of)
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Ethiopia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Democratic
Republic
Lesotho
Malawi
Mali
Mongolia
Nepal
Niger
Paraguay
Republic of Moldova
Rwanda
Swaziland
Tajikistan
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Uzbekistan
Zambia
Zimbabwe
5. Other groupings: Small Islands Developing States
American Samoa
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
British Virgin Islands
Cape Verde
Comoros
Cook Islands
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Fiji
French Polynesia
Grenada
Guam
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Jamaica
Kiribati
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Micronesia (Federated States
of)
Montserrat
Nauru
Netherland Antilles
New Caledonia
Niue
Northern Mariana Islands
Palau
Papua New Guinea
Puerto Rico
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Samoa
Sao Tome and Principe
Seychelles
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines
Suriname
Timor-Leste
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tuvalu
United States Virgin Islands
Vanuatu
6. Other groupings: African regions according to ECA1
SRO Central Africa
Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Gabon
Equatorial Guinea
Central African Republic
Sao Tome and Principe
As per discussed during the 21st IAEG meeting on MDG indicators, South Sudan’s tentative subregion is Eastern Africa.
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SRO Eastern Africa
Burundi
Comoros
Democratic Republic of Congo
Djibouti
Ethiopia
Eritrea
Kenya
Madagascar
Rwanda
Seychelles
Somalia
South Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
SRO North Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Mauritania
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
SRO West Africa
Burkina Faso
Benin
Cape-Verde
Cote d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
SRO Southern Africa
Angola
Botswana
Lesotho
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Zambia
Zimbabwe