Appendix I

Classification of Economies by Income and Region

Income
groups
Subgroups Sub-Saharan Africa Asia Europe and Central Asia Middle East
and North Africa
America
East
and South
Africa
West
Africa
East
Asia and
Pacific
South
Asia
Eastern
Europe
and Central Asia
Rest of
Europe
Middle
East
North
Africa
Low-income   Angola
Burundi
Comoros
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mozambique
Rwanda
Somali
Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Zaire
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo Rep.
Cote d`Ivoire
Eq. Guinea
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Cambodia
China
Lao PDR
Mongolia
Myanmar
Vietnam
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Bhutan
India
Nepal
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Albania
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Georgia
Kyrgyz Republic
Tajikistan
  Yemen   Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Nicaragua
Middle-income Lower Botswana
Djibouti
Lesotho
Namibia
Swaziland
Cape Verde Fidji
Indonesia
Kiribati
Korea, Dem.
Marshall Islands
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Solomon Islands
Thailand
Tonga
Vanuatu
Western Samoa
Maldives Belarus
Bulgaria
Estonia
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Lithuania
Macedonia, FYR*
Moldova
Poland
Romania
Russian Federation
Slovak Rep.
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep.**
Turkey Iran, Islamic Rep.
Iraq
Jordan
Lebanon
Syrian Arab Rep.
West Bank and
Gaza
Algeria
Egypt, Arab Rep.
Morocco
Tunisia
Belize
Bolivia
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
El Salvador
Grenada
Guatemala
Jamaica
Panama
Paraguay
Peru
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Venezuela
Upper Mauritius
Mayotte
Seychelles
South Africa
Gabon American Samoa
Malaysia
  Croatia
Czech Republic
Hungary
Slovenia
Greece
Isle of Man
Malta
Bahrain
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Libya Antigua and
Barbuda
Argentina
Barbados
Brazil
Chile
Guadeloupe
Mexico
Puerto Rico
St. Kitts and
Nevis
St. Lucia
Trinidad
and Tobago
Uruguay
High-income OECD
countries
    Australia
Japan
Korea, Rep.
New Zealand
    Austria
Belgium
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Portugal
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
United Kingdom
    Canada
United States
Non-OECD
countries
Reunion   Brunei
French Polynesia
Guam
Hong Kong
Macao
New Caledonia
N. Mariana Is.
Singapore
OAE ***
    Andorra
Channel Islands
Cyprus
Faeroe Islands
Greenland
Liechtenstein
Monaco
Israel
Kuwait
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
  Aruba
Bahamas, The
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
French Guiana
Martinique
Netherlands
Antilles
Virgin Islands (U. S.)
Total 210 27 23 34 8 27 28 14 5 44

Note: Economies are divided according to 1995 GNP per capita:
* Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
** Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia/ Montenegro)
*** Other Asian economies- Taiwan, China.
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