Classification by Country Income Level

Classification of countries in the LIS and/or LWS Databases by country income level, based on per-capita GNI, according to the World Bank country classifications.

Note: Countries change income categories over time; this classification corresponds to 2010, not necessarily to earlier LIS or LWS dataset years.

*Countries marked with an asterisk have recently contributed datasets to LIS; these datasets will be available soon.

High-Income Countries Upper-Middle Income Countries Lower-Middle Income Countries
Australia Brazil Egypt
Austria Chile* Guatemala
Belgium China India
Canada Colombia Paraguay*
Cyprus Dominican Republic* Georgia
Czech Republic Mexico
Denmark Panama
Estonia Peru
Finland Romania
France Russia
Germany Serbia
Greece South Africa
Hungary Uruguay
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Japan
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
Spain
South Korea
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
United Kingdom
United States