Country Classification - G3ict: The Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs

The following table shows the classification used for each country surveyed for the DARE Index to provide context to the ranking and information displayed under each country profile. Countries have been organized by region, income level, and Human Development Index ranking.

Regions: Geographic classification includes eight main regions: Africa, East Asia and Pacific, Europe, Central Asia, Latin America and Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa, Northern America and South Asia.
Income per capita: Countries have been categorized into four income level groups (low, lower-middle, upper-middle, and high) consistent with the World Bank classification of economies and its Atlas gross national income per capita estimates.
Human Development Index (HDI): Ranking for each country is derived from the latest UNDP statistics. HDI country scores are based on a composite statistic of life expectancy, education, and income per capita indicators used to rank countries into four tiers of human development - low, medium, high and very high.

*The following countries surveyed in the DARE Index 2020 do not have a World Bank Income Level Classification: Cook Islands, Montserrat, State of Palestine.

Country	Income Level Economies	Human Development Ranking
Africa
Angola	Lower middle income	Low
Burundi	Low income	Low
Cameroon	Lower middle income	Low
Central African Republic	Low income	Low
Chad	Low income	Low
Congo, Rep	Lower middle income	Medium
Cote D'Ivoire	Lower middle income	Low
Ethiopia	Low income	Low
Gabon	Upper middle income	High
Gambia, The	Low income	Low
Ghana	Lower middle income	Medium
Guinea-Bissau	Low income	Low
Kenya	Lower middle income	Low
Lesotho	Lower middle income	Low
Liberia	Low income	Low
Madagascar	Low income	Low
Malawi	Low income	Low
Mali	Low income	Low
Mauritius	Upper middle income	High
Mozambique	Low income	Low
Namibia	Upper middle income	Medium
Niger	Low income	Low
Nigeria	Lower middle income	Low
Sao Tome and Principe	Lower middle income	Medium
Senegal	Lower middle income	Low
Sierra Leone	Low income	Low
South Africa	Upper middle income	Medium
South Sudan	Low income	Low
Tanzania, United Republic of	Low income	Low
Togo	Low income	Low
Uganda	Low income	Low
Zambia	Lower middle income	Low
Zimbabwe	Lower middle income	Low
Country	Income Level Economies	Human Development Ranking
Central Asia
Armenia	Upper middle income	High
Azerbaijan	Upper middle income	High
Kazakhstan	Upper middle income	Very high
Kyrgyz Republic	Lower middle income	Medium
Russian Federation	Upper middle income	Very high
Tajikistan	Low income	Medium
Turkmenistan	Upper middle income	Medium
Uzbekistan	Lower middle income	Medium
Country	Income Level Economies	Human Development Ranking
East Asia & Pacific
Australia	High income	Very high
Cambodia	Lower middle income	Medium
China	Upper middle income	High
Cook Islands	Not available	Not available
Fiji	Upper middle income	High
Indonesia	Lower middle income	Medium
Japan	High income	Very high
Laos PDR	Lower middle income	Medium
Malaysia	Upper middle income	High
Mongolia	Lower middle income	High
Myanmar	Lower middle income	Low
New Zealand	High income	Very high
Papua New Guinea	Lower middle income	Low
Philippines	Lower middle income	Medium
Samoa	Upper middle income	High
Singapore	High income	Very high
Thailand	Upper middle income	High
Tuvalu	Upper middle income	Not available
Country	Income Level Economies	Human Development Ranking
Europe
Austria	High income	Very high
Bulgaria	Upper middle income	Very high
Czech Republic	High income	Very high
Denmark	High income	Very high
Estonia	High income	Very high
France	High income	Very high
Georgia	Upper middle income	High
Germany	High income	Very high
Greece	High income	Very high
Ireland	High income	Very high
Italy	High income	Very high
Kosovo	Upper middle income	Not available
Malta	High income	Very high
Moldova	Lower middle income	High
Netherlands, The	High income	Very high
Norway	High income	Very high
Poland	High income	Very high
Portugal	High income	Very high
Romania	Upper middle income	Very high
Serbia	Upper middle income	High
Slovenia	High income	Very high
Spain	High income	Very high
Sweden	High income	Very high
Turkey	Upper middle income	High
United Kingdom	High income	Very high
Country	Income Level Economies	Human Development Ranking
Latin America & The Caribbean
Argentina	Upper middle income	Very high
Barbados	High income	Very high
Belize	Upper middle income	High
Bolivia	Lower middle income	Medium
Brazil	Upper middle income	High
Chile	High income	Very high
Colombia	Upper middle income	High
Costa Rica	Upper middle income	High
Dominican Republic	Upper middle income	Medium
Ecuador	Upper middle income	High
El Salvador	Lower middle income	Medium
Guatemala	Upper middle income	Medium
Guyana	Upper middle income	Medium
Haiti	Low income	Low
Honduras	Lower middle income	Medium
Jamaica	Upper middle income	High
Mexico	Upper middle income	High
Montserrat	Not available	Not available
Nicaragua	Lower middle income	Medium
Panama	High income	High
Paraguay	Upper middle income	High
Peru	Upper middle income	High
Saint Lucia	Upper middle income	High
Suriname	Upper middle income	High
Trinidad and Tobago	High income	High
Uruguay	High income	Very high
Venezuela	Upper middle income	High
Country	Income Level Economies	Human Development Ranking
Middle East & North Africa
Algeria	Upper middle income	High
Egypt, Arab Republic of	Lower middle income	Medium
Iraq	Upper middle income	Medium
Israel	High income	Very high
Jordan	Upper middle income	High
Lebanon	Upper middle income	High
Libya	Upper middle income	High
Mauritania	Lower middle income	Low
Morocco	Lower middle income	Medium
Oman	High income	High
Palestine, State of	N/A	Medium
Qatar	High income	Very high
Somalia	Low income	Low
Sudan	Lower middle income	Low
Tunisia	Lower middle income	High
Yemen, Republic of	Low income	Low
Country	Income Level Economies	Human Development Ranking
Northern America
Canada	High income	Very high
United States	High income	Very high
Country	Income Level Economies	Human Development Ranking
South Asia
Afghanistan	Low Income	Low
Bangladesh	Lower middle income	Low
Bhutan	Lower middle income	Medium
India	Lower middle income	Medium
Maldives	Upper middle income	Medium
Nepal	Low income	Low
Pakistan	Lower middle income	Low
Sri Lanka	Upper middle income	High