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Countries classified by the World Bank* | Basic charge (for up to 15 pages) | Additional pages |
High-income countries (Table 1) | $300 | $50/page |
Upper-middle-income countries (Table 2) | $225 | $40/page |
Lower-middle-income countries (Table 3) | $180 | $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 |
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 | |
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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