Developing Countries and Territories by Income Group1 and Region, Central and Eastern European
Countries, New Independent States and Other Countries
Part I of the DAC List:
LDCs
Least
Developed
Countries
Other LICs
Other LowIncome
Countries
Africa
Sub-Saharan
Angola
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cape Verde
Central African
Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo,
Dem.Rep.
Djibouti
Equatorial
Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Niger
Rwanda
Sao Tome and
Principe
Senegal 2
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Zambia
Africa
Sub-Saharan
Cameroon
Congo, Rep.
Côte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Kenya
Nigeria
Zimbabwe
Asia
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
Cambodia
Laos
Maldives
Myanmar
Nepal
Asia
Armenia*
Azerbaijan*
China
India
Indonesia
Korea,
Democratic
Republic
Kyrgyz Rep.*
Mongolia
Pakistan
Tajikistan*
Timor-Leste
Turkmenistan*
Viet Nam
Latin
America
Honduras
Nicaragua
Europe
Moldova*
The List used here is the DAC List of Aid Recipients for 2002 resource flows,
classified by 1998 GNI per capita
LMICs
Lower Middle-Income Countries
Africa
North of
Sahara
Algeria
Egypt
Morocco
Tunisia
Europe
Albania*
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Macedonia (Former
Yugoslav Republic)
Serbia and Montenegro
Africa
Sub-Saharan
South Africa
Namibia
Swaziland
Oceania
Fiji
Marshall Islands
Micronesia,
Federated States
Niue
Papua New Guinea
Tokelau
Tonga
Wallis and Futuna
Asia
Georgia*
Kazakhstan*
Uzbekistan*
Philippines
Sri Lanka
Thailand
Latin America
Belize
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican
Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Guatemala
Guyana
Jamaica
Paraguay
Peru
St Vincent and
Grenadines
Suriname
Middle East
Iran
Iraq
Jordan
Palestinian
Administered
Areas
Syria
Part II of the
DAC List
UMICs
Upper MiddleIncome
Countries
HICS
High-Income
Countries
Countries in
Transition
Africa
Sub-Saharan
Botswana
Gabon
Mauritius
Mayotte
St Helena
Seychelles
Europe
Malta
Slovenia
CEECs/NIS
Asia
Malaysia
Latin America
Anguilla
Antigua and
Barbuda
Argentina
Barbados
Brazil
Chile
Grenada
Montserrat
Mexico
Panama
St Kitts and
Nevis
St Lucia
Trinidad and
Tobago
Turks and Caicos
Islands
Uruguay
Venezuela
Middle East
Bahrain
Lebanon
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Oceania
Cook Islands
Nauru
Palau Islands
Europe
Croatia
Turkey
Latin America
Haiti
Middle East
Yemen
Europe
Belarus*
Bulgaria*
Czech
Republic*
Estonia*
Hungary*
Latvia*
Lithuania*
Poland*
Romania*
Russia*
Slovak
Republic*
Ukraine*
More Advanced
Developing
Countries and
Territories
Africa
North of Sahara
Libya
Asia
Brunei
Chinese
Taipei
Hong Kong,
China
Korea
Macao
Singapore
Latin America
Aruba
Bahamas
Bermuda
Cayman
Islands
Falkland
Islands
Netherlands
Antilles
Virgin
Islands (UK)
Middle East
Israel
Kuwait
Qatar
United Arab
Emirates
Europe
Cyprus
Gibraltar
Oceania
Kiribati
Samoa
Solomon
Islands
Tuvalu
Vanuatu
Oceania
French Polynesia
New Caledonia
*
Central and Eastern European Countries and New Independent States of the former Soviet Union (CEECs/NIS).

Territory.
1.
The criterion for classifying a country as a LIC is a 1998 per capita GNI below USD 760; as a LMIC a per capita GNI between USD 761
and USD 3 030; as a UMIC a per capita GNI between USD 3 031 and USD 9 360; as a HIC a per capita GNI above USD 9 360.
2.
Classified as a Least Developed Country by the UN from April 2001.
Any reference in the List or elsewhere in this publication to States, entities or territories shall neither imply recognition by OECD Member States nor
approval by OECD Member States of the designations used. The designation "countries" is used as a generic term in its own right covering both
"countries" and "territories" and does not carry any special meaning as to the political or legal classification of the recipients concerned.