CLASSIFICATIONS

Geographic Regions

all economies

excludes high-income economies

Income Groups

low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high

Operational lending categories

GEOGRAPHIC
REGIONS
Groupings are primarily based on the regions

used for administrative purposes by the World

Bank. There are two main variants: one which

includes all economies, and one which

excludes high-income economies

INCOME

Economies are currently divided into four income

groupings:

Low income: less than $1,036

Lower-middle income: between $1,036 and $4,045

Upper-middle income: between $4,046 and $12,535

High income: greater than $12,535

INCOME

Income is measured using gross national income (GNI) per

capita, in U.S. dollars, converted from local currency using the

World Bank Atlas method.

The World Bank's official estimates of the size of economies

are based on GNI converted to current U.S. dollars using the

World Bank Atlas method. The Atlas method smoothes

exchange rate fluctuations by using a three year moving

average, price-adjusted conversion factor.

Benin: from low income to lower-middle income

Indonesia: from lower-middle income to upper-

middle income

Mauritius: from upper-middle income to high

income

Nauru: from upper-middle income to high

income

Nepal: from low income to lower-middle income

Romania: from upper-middle income to high

income

Tanzania: from low income to lower-middle

income

 While just three have dropped down:

Algeria: from upper-middle income to lower-

middle income

Sri Lanka: from upper-middle income to lower-

middle income

Sudan: from lower-middle income to low

income

OPERATIONAL LENDING CATEGORIES

ECONOMIES

are divided into IDA, IBRD, and Blend countries based on the

operational policies of the World Bank. International

Development Association (IDA) countries are those with low

per capita incomes that lack the financial ability to borrow

from the International Bank for Reconstruction and

Development (IBRD). Blend countries are eligible for IDA

loans but are also eligible for IBRD loans because they are

financially creditworthy.
THANK
Igayac REgine

Juan Kyla

YOU
Lacara, Cyrille

Limun, Geriluz

for listening Lumutan, Patrick