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Regional Benchmarks

Explore Regions & Aggregate Groups

Use World Bank regional, income, and development groups as starting points for macroeconomic analysis.

Regions

Primary Regional Benchmarks

Use these first for broad cross-country macro comparisons.

WLD
WorldGlobal benchmark
ARB
Arab WorldCross-regional macro bloc
EAS
East Asia & PacificAll income levels
ECS
Europe & Central AsiaAll income levels
LCN
Latin America & CaribbeanAll income levels
MEA
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & PakistanAll income levels
NAC
North AmericaRegional benchmark
SAS
South AsiaRegional benchmark
SSF
Sub-Saharan AfricaAll income levels

Income

Income Groups

Compare economies against their income-class peers.

HIC
High incomeIncome benchmark
UMC
Upper middle incomeIncome benchmark
LMC
Lower middle incomeIncome benchmark
LIC
Low incomeIncome benchmark
LMY
Low & middle incomeDevelopment benchmark
MIC
Middle incomeDevelopment benchmark

Policy

Development & Lending Groups

Useful for IDA, debt, fragility, small-state, and institutional benchmarking.

IBD
IBRD onlyWorld Bank lending group
IBT
IDA & IBRD totalWorld Bank lending group
IDA
IDA totalWorld Bank lending group
IDX
IDA onlyWorld Bank lending group
IDB
IDA blendWorld Bank lending group
LDC
Least developed countries: UN classificationUN development group
HPC
Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)Debt policy group
FCS
Fragile and conflict affected situationsRisk and fragility group
EAR
Early-demographic dividendDemographic group
LTE
Late-demographic dividendDemographic group
PRE
Pre-demographic dividendDemographic group
PST
Post-demographic dividendDemographic group
Additional World Bank Aggregates

More technical variants for filtered regional groups, demographic windows, and small-state categories.

OED
OECD membersAdvanced-economy benchmark
EUU
European UnionEconomic union
EMU
Euro areaCurrency-area benchmark
SST
Small statesSmall-state benchmark
CSS
Caribbean small statesSmall-state benchmark
PSS
Pacific island small statesSmall-state benchmark
OSS
Other small statesSmall-state benchmark
AFE
Africa Eastern and SouthernWorld Bank aggregate
AFW
Africa Western and CentralWorld Bank aggregate
CEB
Central Europe and the BalticsWorld Bank aggregate
EAP
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)Filtered region
TEA
East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)Lending-region group
ECA
Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income)Filtered region
TEC
Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries)Lending-region group
LAC
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)Filtered region
TLA
Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries)Lending-region group
MNA
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income)Filtered region
TMN
Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD)Lending-region group
TSA
South Asia (IDA & IBRD)Lending-region group
SSA
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)Filtered region
TSS
Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries)Lending-region group
INX
Not classifiedWorld Bank classification
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