IDA Borrowing Countries

Eligibility for IDA support depends first and foremost on a country’s relative poverty, defined as GNI per capita below an established threshold and updated annually (in fiscal year 2013: $1,195).

IDA also supports some countries, including several small island economies, that are above the operational cutoff but lack the creditworthiness needed to borrow from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD). Some countries, such as India and Pakistan, are IDA-eligible based on per capita income levels and are also creditworthy for some IBRD borrowing. They are referred to as “blend” countries.

Eighty two countries are currently eligible to receive IDA resources. Together, these countries are home to 2.5 billion people, half of the total population of the developing world. An estimated 1.8 billion people there survive on incomes of $2 or less a day.

Where Does IDA Work?

Click on country names to view data, analysis and World Bank program in each country.

Africa

East Asia

Europe and Central Asia

Latin America and Caribbean

Middle East and North Africa

South Asia

1 Inactive countries: no active IDA financing due to protracted non-accrual status.
2 Blend countries: IDA-eligible but also creditworthy for some IBRD borrowing.
3 Small island economy exception: small islands (with less than 1.5 million people, significant vulnerability due to size and geography, and very limited credit-worthiness and financing options) have been granted exceptions in maintaining their eligibility.
4 Borrowing on blend terms: countries that access IDA financing only on blend credit terms.

82 IDA-eligible countries; 65 IDA-only; and 17 Blend

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