---
title: "Appendix A: Economic categorization of high- and middle-income countries"
description: "For this report, we grouped countries into high-income and middle-income categories based on definitions from the World Bank."
date: "2025-08-19"
authors:
  - name: "Jacob Poushter"
    job_title: "Associate Director, Global Attitudes Research"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/jacob-poushter/"
  - name: "Moira Fagan"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/moira-fagan/"
  - name: "Maria Smerkovich"
    job_title: "Research Associate"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/maria-smerkovich/"
  - name: "Andrew Prozorovsky"
    job_title: "Research Assistant"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/andrew-prozorovsky/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/08/19/appendix-a-economic-categorization-of-high-and-middle-income-countries-2/"
categories:
  - "Environment & Climate"
  - "Global Economy & Trade"
  - "Global Health"
  - "International Issues"
  - "International Terrorism"
  - "Misinformation Online"
datasets:
  - name: "Spring 2025 Survey Data"
    url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/dataset/spring-2025-survey-data/"
---

# Appendix A: Economic categorization of high- and middle-income countries

For this report, we grouped countries into high-income and middle-income categories based on [definitions from the World Bank](https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/world-bank-country-classifications-by-income-level-for-2024-2025).

[![A map showing Countries included in this report, by income level ](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2025/08/pg_2025.08.19_global-threats_aa_01.png?w=640)](https://www.pewresearch.org/?attachment_id=272538)

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**Next:** [Appendix B: Classifying European political parties](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/08/19/appendix-b-classifying-european-political-parties-3.md)