Developing Countries

 

The list of developing countries shown below is adhered to by the ISI, effective from 1 January till 31 December 2013. 

You can find the list that was used for 2012 here.

 

Countries are divided into developed or developing according to their Gross National Income (GNI) per capita per year. Countries with a GNI of US$ 11,905 and less in 2010 are defined as developing (specified by the World Bank, September 2012).

 

Afghanistan Guinea Panama
Albania Guinea-Bissau Papua New Guinea
Algeria Guyana Paraguay
American Samoa Haiti Peru
Angola Honduras Philippines
Argentina India Romania
Armenia Indonesia Russian Federation
Azerbaijan Iran, Islamic Rep. of Rwanda
Bangladesh Iraq Samoa
Belarus Jamaica Sao Tome and Principe
Belize Jordan Senegal
Benin Kazakhstan Serbia
Bhutan Kenya Seychelles
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) Kiribati Sierra Leone
Bosnia and Herzegovina Korea, Democ. P. Rep. of Solomon Islands
Botswana Kosovo Somalia
Brazil Kyrgyz Republic South Africa
Bulgaria Lao People's Democ. Rep. South Sudan
Burkina Faso Latvia 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, the F.Y.R. of Swaziland
Chile Madagascar Syrian Arab Republic
China Malawi Tajikistan
Colombia Malaysia Tanzania, United Republic of
Comoros Maldives Thailand
Congo, Democ. Republic of the Mali Timor-Leste
Congo, Rep. Marshall Islands Togo
Costa Rica Mauritania Tonga
Côte d'Ivoire Mauritius Tunisia
Cuba Mexico Turkey
Djibouti Micronesia, Fed. States of Turkmenistan
Dominica Moldova Tuvalu
Dominican Republic Mongolia Uganda
Ecuador Montenegro Ukraine
Egypt, Arab Rep. Morocco Uruguay
El Salvador Mozambique Uzbekistan
Eritrea Myanmar Vanuatu
Ethiopia Namibia Venezuela, (Bolivarian Republic of)
Fiji Nepal Vietnam
Gabon Nicaragua West Bank and Gaza*)
Gambia, The Niger Yemen
Georgia Nigeria Zambia
Ghana Pakistan Zimbabwe
Grenada Palau  
Guatemala    

 

*) "Occupied Palestinian Territory"

 

The names of the countries are based upon United Nations sources. New names are added when the United Nations publishes them and World Bank data is available.

 

The designations employed and the presentation of country or area names in this list do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the ISI concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers or boundaries.