Centre Region Classifications Considering the World Bank list of economies (June 2017) OTHM centres has been classified into three separate regions: Region 1: High income economies; Region 2: Upper middle income economies; and Region 3: Lower middle income and Low income economies. Centres in the United Kingdom falls into Region 1 along with other High income economies (normal fees apply for all Region 1 Centres). Prospective centres and learners should find which region their centre falls into and pay the appropriate fees. Economy Income group Centre class Afghanistan Low income Region 3 Albania Upper middle income Region 2 Algeria Upper middle income Region 2 American Samoa Upper middle income Region 2 Andorra High income Region 1 Angola Lower middle income Region 3 Antigua and Barbuda High income Region 1 Argentina Upper middle income Region 2 Armenia Lower middle income Region 3 Aruba High income Region 1 Australia High income Region 1 Austria High income Region 1 Azerbaijan Upper middle income Region 2 Bahamas, The High income Region 1 Bahrain High income Region 1 Bangladesh Lower middle income Region 3 Barbados High income Region 1 Belarus Upper middle income Region 2 Belgium High income Region 1 Belize Upper middle income Region 2 Benin Low income Region 3 Bermuda High income Region 1 Bhutan Lower middle income Region 3 Bolivia Lower middle income Region 3 Bosnia and Herzegovina Upper middle income Region 2 Botswana Upper middle income Region 2 Brazil Upper middle income Region 2 British Virgin Islands High income Region 1 Brunei Darussalam High income Region 1 Bulgaria Upper middle income Region 2 Burkina Faso Low income Region 3 Burundi Low income Region 3 CENTRE REGION CLASSIFICATIONS APRIL 2018 WWW.OTHM.ORG.UK PAGE 1 OF 5
Cabo Verde Lower middle income Region 3 Cambodia Lower middle income Region 3 Cameroon Lower middle income Region 3 Canada High income Region 1 Cayman Islands High income Region 1 Central African Republic Low income Region 3 Chad Low income Region 3 Channel Islands High income Region 1 Chile High income Region 1 China Upper middle income Region 2 Colombia Upper middle income Region 2 Comoros Low income Region 3 Congo, Dem. Rep. Low income Region 3 Congo, Rep. Lower middle income Region 3 Costa Rica Upper middle income Region 2 Côte d'ivoire Lower middle income Region 3 Croatia Upper middle income Region 2 Cuba Upper middle income Region 2 Curaçao High income Region 1 Cyprus High income Region 1 Czech Republic High income Region 1 Denmark High income Region 1 Djibouti Lower middle income Region 3 Dominica Upper middle income Region 2 Dominican Republic Upper middle income Region 2 Ecuador Upper middle income Region 2 Egypt, Arab Rep. Lower middle income Region 3 El Salvador Lower middle income Region 3 Equatorial Guinea Upper middle income Region 2 Eritrea Low income Region 3 Estonia High income Region 1 Ethiopia Low income Region 3 Faroe Islands High income Region 1 Fiji Upper middle income Region 2 Finland High income Region 1 France High income Region 1 French Polynesia High income Region 1 Gabon Upper middle income Region 2 Gambia, The Low income Region 3 Georgia Lower middle income Region 3 Germany High income Region 1 Ghana Lower middle income Region 3 Gibraltar High income Region 1 Greece High income Region 1 Greenland High income Region 1 Grenada Upper middle income Region 2 Guam High income Region 1 Guatemala Lower middle income Region 3 CENTRE REGION CLASSIFICATIONS APRIL 2018 WWW.OTHM.ORG.UK PAGE 2 OF 5
Guinea Low income Region 3 Guinea-Bissau Low income Region 3 Guyana Upper middle income Region 2 Haiti Low income Region 3 Honduras Lower middle income Region 3 Hong Kong SAR, China High income Region 1 Hungary High income Region 1 Iceland High income Region 1 India Lower middle income Region 3 Indonesia Lower middle income Region 3 Iran, Islamic Rep. Upper middle income Region 2 Iraq Upper middle income Region 2 Ireland High income Region 1 Isle of Man High income Region 1 Israel High income Region 1 Italy High income Region 1 Jamaica Upper middle income Region 2 Japan High income Region 1 Jordan Lower middle income Region 3 Kazakhstan Upper middle income Region 2 Kenya Lower middle income Region 3 Kiribati Lower middle income Region 3 Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Low income Region 3 Korea, Rep. High income Region 1 Kosovo Lower middle income Region 3 Kuwait High income Region 1 Kyrgyz Republic Lower middle income Region 3 Lao PDR Lower middle income Region 3 Latvia High income Region 1 Lebanon Upper middle income Region 2 Lesotho Lower middle income Region 3 Liberia Low income Region 3 Libya Upper middle income Region 2 Liechtenstein High income Region 1 Lithuania High income Region 1 Luxembourg High income Region 1 Macao SAR, China High income Region 1 Macedonia, FYR Upper middle income Region 2 Madagascar Low income Region 3 Malawi Low income Region 3 Malaysia Upper middle income Region 2 Maldives Upper middle income Region 2 Mali Low income Region 3 Malta High income Region 1 Marshall Islands Upper middle income Region 2 Mauritania Lower middle income Region 3 Mauritius Upper middle income Region 2 Mexico Upper middle income Region 2 CENTRE REGION CLASSIFICATIONS APRIL 2018 WWW.OTHM.ORG.UK PAGE 3 OF 5
Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Lower middle income Region 3 Moldova Lower middle income Region 3 Monaco High income Region 1 Mongolia Lower middle income Region 3 Montenegro Upper middle income Region 2 Morocco Lower middle income Region 3 Mozambique Low income Region 3 Myanmar Lower middle income Region 3 Namibia Upper middle income Region 2 Nauru Upper middle income Region 2 Nepal Low income Region 3 Netherlands High income Region 1 New Caledonia High income Region 1 New Zealand High income Region 1 Nicaragua Lower middle income Region 3 Niger Low income Region 3 Nigeria Lower middle income Region 3 Northern Mariana Islands High income Region 1 Norway High income Region 1 Oman High income Region 1 Pakistan Lower middle income Region 3 Palau High income Region 1 Panama Upper middle income Region 2 Papua New Guinea Lower middle income Region 3 Paraguay Upper middle income Region 2 Peru Upper middle income Region 2 Philippines Lower middle income Region 3 Poland High income Region 1 Portugal High income Region 1 Puerto Rico High income Region 1 Qatar High income Region 1 Romania Upper middle income Region 2 Russian Federation Upper middle income Region 2 Rwanda Low income Region 3 Samoa Upper middle income Region 2 San Marino High income Region 1 São Tomé and Principe Lower middle income Region 3 Saudi Arabia High income Region 1 Senegal Low income Region 3 Serbia Upper middle income Region 2 Seychelles High income Region 1 Sierra Leone Low income Region 3 Singapore High income Region 1 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) High income Region 1 Slovak Republic High income Region 1 Slovenia High income Region 1 Solomon Islands Lower middle income Region 3 Somalia Low income Region 3 CENTRE REGION CLASSIFICATIONS APRIL 2018 WWW.OTHM.ORG.UK PAGE 4 OF 5
South Africa Upper middle income Region 2 South Sudan Low income Region 3 Spain High income Region 1 Sri Lanka Lower middle income Region 3 St. Kitts and Nevis High income Region 1 St. Lucia Upper middle income Region 2 St. Martin (French part) High income Region 1 St. Vincent and the Grenadines Upper middle income Region 2 Sudan Lower middle income Region 3 Suriname Upper middle income Region 2 Swaziland Lower middle income Region 3 Sweden High income Region 1 Switzerland High income Region 1 Syrian Arab Republic Lower middle income Region 3 Taiwan, China High income Region 1 Tajikistan Lower middle income Region 3 Tanzania Low income Region 3 Thailand Upper middle income Region 2 Timor-Leste Lower middle income Region 3 Togo Low income Region 3 Tonga Upper middle income Region 2 Trinidad and Tobago High income Region 1 Tunisia Lower middle income Region 3 Turkey Upper middle income Region 2 Turkmenistan Upper middle income Region 2 Turks and Caicos Islands High income Region 1 Tuvalu Upper middle income Region 2 Uganda Low income Region 3 Ukraine Lower middle income Region 3 United Arab Emirates High income Region 1 United Kingdom High income Region 1 United States High income Region 1 Uruguay High income Region 1 Uzbekistan Lower middle income Region 3 Vanuatu Lower middle income Region 3 Venezuela, RB Upper middle income Region 2 Vietnam Lower middle income Region 3 Virgin Islands (U.S.) High income Region 1 West Bank and Gaza Lower middle income Region 3 Yemen, Rep. Lower middle income Region 3 Zambia Lower middle income Region 3 Zimbabwe Low income Region 3 CENTRE REGION CLASSIFICATIONS APRIL 2018 WWW.OTHM.ORG.UK PAGE 5 OF 5