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Countries classified by the World Bank* | Basic charge (for up to 15 pages) | Additional pages |
High-income countries (Table 1) | $200 | $50/page |
Upper-middle-income countries (Table 2) | $150 | $40/page |
Lower-middle-income countries (Table 3) | $100 | $20/page |
Low-income countries (Table 4) | $100 | $20/page |
Table 4 Low-income countries
Afghanistan | Guinea-Bissau | Sierra Leone | Benin | Haiti | Somalia | Burkina Faso | Korea, Dem. People's Rep. | South Sudan | Burundi | Liberia | Syrian Arab Republic | Central African Republic | Madagascar | Tajikistan | Chad | Malawi | Tanzania | Congo, Dem. Rep | Mali | Togo | Eritrea | Mozambique | Uganda | Ethiopia | Nepal | Yemen, Rep. | Gambia, The | Niger | | Guinea | Rwanda | |
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Table 3 lower-middle-income countries
Angola | India | Papua New Guinea |
Bangladesh | Indonesia | Philippines |
Bhutan | Kenya | São Tomé and Principe |
Bolivia | Kiribati | Senegal |
Cabo Verde | Kyrgyz Republic | Solomon Islands |
Cambodia | Lao PDR | Sudan |
Cameroon | Lesotho | Timor-Leste |
Comoros | Mauritania | Tunisia |
Congo, Rep. | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Ukraine |
Côte d'Ivoire | Moldova | Uzbekistan |
Djibouti | Mongolia | Vanuatu |
Egypt, Arab Rep. | Morocco | Vietnam |
El Salvador | Myanmar | West Bank and Gaza |
Eswatini | Nicaragua | Zambia |
Ghana | Nigeria | Zimbabwe |
Honduras | Pakistan |
Table 2 Upper-middle-income countries
Albania | Gabon | Nauru | Algeria | Georgia | North Macedonia | American Samoa | Grenada | Paraguay | Argentina | Guatemala | Peru | Armenia | Guyana | Romania | Azerbaijan | Iran, Islamic Rep. | Russian Federation | Belarus | Iraq | Samoa | Belize | Jamaica | Serbia | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Jordan | Sri Lanka | Botswana | Kazakhstan | South Africa | Brazil | Kosovo | St. Lucia | Bulgaria | Lebanon | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | Colombia | Libya | Suriname | Costa Rica | Malaysia | Thailand | Cuba | Maldives | Tonga | Dominica | Marshall Islands | Turkey | Dominican Republic | Mauritius | Turkmenistan | Equatorial Guinea | Mexico | Tuvalu | Ecuador | Montenegro | Venezuela, RB | Fiji | Namibia |
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Table 1 High-income-countries
Andorra | Gibraltar | Panama | Antigua and Barbuda | Greece | Poland | Aruba | Greenland | Portugal | Australia | Guam | Puerto Rico | Austria | Hong Kong SAR, China | Qatar | Bahamas, The | Hungary | San Marino | Bahrain | Iceland | Saudi Arabia | Barbados | Ireland | Seychelles | Belgium | Isle of Man | Singapore | Bermuda | Israel | Sint Maarten | British Virgin Islands | Italy | Slovak Republic | Brunei Darussalam | Japan | Slovenia | Canada | Korea, Rep. | Spain | Cayman Islands | Kuwait | St. Kitts and Nevis | Channel Islands | Latvia | St. Martin | Chile | Liechtenstein | Sweden | China | Lithuania | Switzerland | Croatia | Luxembourg | Taiwan, China | Curaçao | Macao SAR, China | Trinidad and Tobago | Cyprus | Malta | Turks and Caicos Islands | Czech Republic | Monaco | United Arab Emirates | Denmark | Netherlands | United Kingdom | Estonia | New Caledonia | United States | Faroe Islands | New Zealand | Uruguay | Finland | Northern Mariana Islands | Virgin Islands (U.S.) | France | Norway |
| French Polynesia | Oman |
| Germany | Palau |
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*Countries classified by the World Bank
https://datahelpdesk.worldbank.org/knowledgebase/articles/906519-world-bank-country-and-lending-groups