Middle Income Countries

75 COUNTRIES MAKE UP THE MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES

World Economics has combined 75 countries to represent the Middle Income Countries group. The Middle Income designation is defined as all countries with a gross national income per capita between $1,036 and $12,055.

Overall these countries account for 55% of Global GDP and 71% of global GDP growth in the past 10 years (2012-2022).

The Middle Income Countries are home to over 5.6 billion people with an average life expectancy of 69 years and a current median age of 27 against a global average of 30.



Economics




Middle Income
Countries
Revised GDP PPP
Int$, Billions
CAGR
10 Year
Rate
%, 2012-2022
Share of
Global
GDP
%
Share of Global GDP Growth
%, 2012-2022
Revised GDP Per Capita
Int$
Government Debt to Revised GDP
%







Albania 55.9 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 19,492 53.3%
Algeria 589.4 2.0% 0.3% 0.2% 12,997 53.4%
Angola 393.4 0.4% 0.2% 0.0% 11,231 30.1%
Argentina 1,448.8 0.3% 0.8% 0.1% 31,489 54.3%
Armenia 62.1 4.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20,879 37.6%
Azerbaijan 209.5 1.6% 0.1% 0.1% 20,339 15.1%
Bangladesh 1,494.7 9.1% 0.9% 1.9% 8,903 26.9%
Belarus 242.0 0.0% 0.1% 0.0% 25,657 25.4%
Benin 68.1 5.5% 0.0% 0.1% 5,329 36.8%
Bhutan 13.8 3.3% 0.0% 0.0% 17,494 84.0%
Bolivia 177.9 3.2% 0.1% 0.1% 14,835 46.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina 70.7 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 21,769 23.9%
Botswana 57.7 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 23,639 15.1%
Brazil 4,287.6 0.4% 2.5% 0.4% 19,910 66.2%
Bulgaria 221.4 2.7% 0.1% 0.1% 32,348 17.9%
Cambodia 131.9 5.4% 0.1% 0.1% 7,685 21.1%
Cameroon 150.1 4.3% 0.1% 0.1% 5,379 32.4%
China 31,558.8 6.2% 18.5% 31.5% 21,788 62.4%
Colombia 1,081.2 3.1% 0.6% 0.6% 20,989 45.9%
Comoros 3.7 2.5% 0.0% 0.0% 4,089 25.3%
Congo, Rep. 35.1 -2.4% 0.0% 0.0% 6,055 45.3%
Costa Rica 144.3 3.6% 0.1% 0.1% 27,849 53.4%
Dominican Republic 291.0 5.2% 0.2% 0.3% 26,323 43.6%
Ecuador 289.0 1.0% 0.2% 0.1% 15,953 39.9%
Egypt 2,011.9 4.2% 1.2% 1.5% 18,953 59.8%
El Salvador 86.4 2.0% 0.1% 0.0% 13,192 54.8%
Eswatini 17.7 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 14,980 27.4%
Gabon 67.2 2.3% 0.0% 0.0% 28,817 26.7%
Georgia 92.5 4.1% 0.1% 0.1% 23,296 27.2%
Ghana 289.6 4.8% 0.2% 0.2% 8,940 57.7%
Guatemala 236.0 3.5% 0.1% 0.2% 12,700 20.3%
Guyana 38.9 13.4% 0.0% 0.1% 49,051 16.8%
Honduras 96.1 3.1% 0.1% 0.1% 9,401 31.1%
India 15,875.1 5.5% 9.3% 14.7% 11,286 52.3%
Indonesia 4,810.5 4.2% 2.8% 3.6% 17,234 29.1%
Jordan 133.0 2.2% 0.1% 0.1% 12,913 72.2%
Kenya 389.6 5.5% 0.2% 0.4% 6,930 47.2%
Kyrgyzstan 45.1 3.7% 0.0% 0.0% 6,701 46.2%
Laos 84.7 5.4% 0.0% 0.1% 11,328 75.3%
Lebanon 90.2 -3.7% 0.1% -0.1% 13,496 114.6%
Lesotho 8.3 0.5% 0.0% 0.0% 3,807 32.7%
Libya 202.4 1.2% 0.1% 0.0% 28,749 98.8%
Malawi 42.6 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 2,112 51.4%
Malaysia 1,305.4 4.1% 0.8% 1.0% 39,341 51.2%
Mauritania 38.7 6.0% 0.0% 0.0% 7,893 33.7%
Mexico 3,375.1 1.3% 2.0% 0.9% 25,654 41.9%
Moldova 48.6 3.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12,119 25.6%
Mongolia 51.4 4.3% 0.0% 0.0% 15,224 67.2%
Morocco 417.5 4.4% 0.2% 0.3% 11,054 51.5%
Myanmar 349.4 3.3% 0.2% 0.2% 6,327 39.6%
Namibia 34.0 3.4% 0.0% 0.0% 12,898 50.7%
Nepal 202.4 4.4% 0.1% 0.2% 6,696 29.5%
Nicaragua 61.3 2.8% 0.0% 0.0% 9,038 30.8%
North Macedonia 46.4 2.1% 0.0% 0.0% 22,280 40.3%
Pakistan 1,424.3 2.8% 1.1% 1.7% 6,207 53.8%
Papua New Guinea 56.6 3.8% 0.0% 0.0% 6,096 33.7%
Paraguay 139.8 3.2% 0.1% 0.1% 19,141 25.8%
Peru 661.7 2.8% 0.4% 0.3% 19,645 22.8%
Philippines 1,389.6 4.9% 0.8% 1.2% 12,351 42.3%
Russia 5,510.0 0.8% 3.2% 0.8% 37,790 11.7%
Senegal 96.9 5.2% 0.1% 0.1% 5,489 49.3%
Serbia 196.5 2.6% 0.1% 0.1% 22,710 38.4%
South Africa 1,174.5 1.8% 0.7% 0.4% 19,331 46.7%
Sri Lanka 383.6 2.2% 0.2% 0.2% 17,777 92.2%
Suriname 12.6 -1.7% 0.0% 0.0% 21,185 97.2%
Tanzania 264.7 5.5% 0.2% 0.2% 4,181 24.9%
Thailand 1,834.6 1.8% 1.1% 0.7% 26,179 42.0%
Tunisia 170.5 1.8% 0.1% 0.1% 14,154 68.0%
Turkey 3,696.2 5.3% 2.2% 3.3% 43,199 28.6%
Turkmenistan 147.0 6.9% 0.1% 0.2% 23,702 6.3%
Ukraine 538.5 -4.2% 0.3% -0.6% 12,468 33.0%
Uzbekistan 363.0 5.8% 0.2% 0.3% 10,558 26.8%
Vietnam 1,535.2 8.6% 0.9% 1.9% 15,514 29.0%
Zambia 109.2 3.0% 0.1% 0.1% 5,609 71.1%
Zimbabwe 65.5 2.7% 0.0% 0.0% 4,275 49.2%

Middle Income Countries
Totals / Averages:
93,397.0 N/A 54.9% 70.6% 16,432* 43.4%*


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Notes:
  • GDP data includes estimates for the Informal Economy, and updated Base Years, to improve the often imperfect quality of Middle Income Countries data.
  • Debt-to-GDP ratio is total gross government debt as a proportion of revised GDP.
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.







Demography




Middle Income
Countries
Population
Data Quality
Grade
Total
Population
Millions
Life Expectancy
Years
Median
Age
Years
Statistical Capacity
0-100 Index
Age Dependency
Total






Albania C 2.9 77 37.3 87.8 51.8
Algeria C 45.4 76 27.8 50.0 41.5
Angola E 35.0 62 16.2 45.6 8.5
Argentina A 46.0 75 31.3 78.9 45.7
Armenia A 3.0 72 34.4 94.4 50.4
Azerbaijan B 10.3 69 31.4 80.0 55.8
Bangladesh E 167.9 72 26.3 60.0 52.3
Belarus A 9.4 72 40.2 83.3 49.2
Benin D 12.8 60 17.5 62.2 16.0
Bhutan C 0.8 72 28.2 60.0 59.3
Bolivia D 12.0 64 23.9 66.7 43.7
Bosnia and Herzegovina C 3.2 75 41.8 60.0 50.6
Botswana D 2.4 61 23.5 50.0 42.5
Brazil A 215.4 73 32.8 81.1 56.9
Bulgaria C 6.8 72 44.5 85.6 42.7
Cambodia D 17.2 70 26.5 60.0 46.6
Cameroon E 27.9 60 17.5 46.7 17.7
China A 1,448.5 78 37.9 80.0 55.5
Colombia B 51.5 73 30.8 82.2 56.5
Comoros D 0.9 63 20.1 46.7 25.9
Congo, Rep. E 5.8 64 18.2 38.9 21.2
Costa Rica C 5.2 77 32.9 91.1 54.9
Dominican Republic D 11.1 73 27.1 72.2 47.3
Ecuador D 18.1 74 27.6 65.6 49.1
Egypt B 106.2 70 23.9 82.2 39.2
El Salvador D 6.6 71 26.3 82.2 48.7
Eswatini D 1.2 57 21.5 71.1 36.0
Gabon D 2.3 66 21.6 40.0 32.4
Georgia B 4.0 72 36.4 87.8 44.6
Ghana C 32.4 64 20.4 71.1 31.3
Guatemala C 18.6 69 22.1 73.3 39.2
Guyana D 0.8 66 25.5 45.6 46.4
Honduras D 10.2 70 23.4 56.7 46.7
India C 1,406.6 67 27.6 76.7 51.9
Indonesia B 279.1 68 29.4 85.6 52.4
Jordan C 10.3 74 23.4 77.8 42.9
Kenya D 56.2 61 19.2 57.8 29.8
Kyrgyzstan A 6.7 70 23.7 90.0 36.5
Laos D 7.5 68 23.8 62.2 45.3
Lebanon E 6.7 75 28.3 44.4 40.7
Lesotho E 2.2 53 22.1 67.8 37.9
Libya E 7.0 72 26.3 25.6 49.2
Malawi D 20.2 63 16.8 70.0 15.3
Malaysia B 33.2 75 29.9 76.7 56.7
Mauritania E 4.9 64 17.6 61.1 17.3
Mexico A 131.6 70 29.0 80.0 50.6
Moldova B 4.0 69 36.1 91.1 49.8
Mongolia A 3.4 71 26.8 92.2 41.6
Morocco C 37.8 74 28.7 66.7 47.8
Myanmar C 55.2 66 29.0 74.4 54.0
Namibia E 2.6 59 21.3 51.1 32.7
Nepal D 30.2 69 23.7 72.2 45.1
Nicaragua E 6.8 74 24.5 46.7 45.6
North Macedonia B 2.1 74 38.3 72.2 55.4
Pakistan D 229.5 66 20.2 72.2 30.0
Papua New Guinea E 9.3 65 21.8 52.2 39.5
Paraguay D 7.3 70 25.6 65.6 45.6
Peru B 33.7 72 28.2 80.0 47.0
Philippines B 112.5 69 24.5 82.2 43.8
Russia A 145.8 69 38.8 82.2 50.0
Senegal D 17.7 67 17.8 66.7 18.5
Serbia C 8.7 74 42.9 88.9 46.2
South Africa C 60.8 62 27.1 81.1 47.0
Sri Lanka C 21.6 76 32.5 80.0 47.6
Suriname D 0.6 70 27.9 57.8 49.1
Tanzania E 63.3 66 16.8 63.3 12.3
Thailand A 70.1 79 39.3 83.3 56.5
Tunisia C 12.0 74 31.7 58.9 49.1
Turkey A 85.6 76 30.9 81.1 53.2
Turkmenistan B 6.2 69 25.8 72.2 43.4
Ukraine B 43.2 72 40.8 72.2 51.6
Uzbekistan E 34.4 71 26.6 67.8 46.0
Vietnam B 99.0 74 32.0 74.4 54.4
Zambia E 19.5 61 16.9 53.3 18.2
Zimbabwe E 15.3 59 18.1 58.9 20.6

Middle Income Countries
Totals / Averages:
N/A 5,551.8 69* 27.3* 69.0* 42.3*


Notes:
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Statistical Capacity Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
    0 = Low level of resources, 100 = High level of resources.


Key:
Data Quality Grade definitions:
         A: As good as it gets;
         B: Use with caution;
         C: Unreliable for many purposes
         D: Extremely poor quality.








Environmental, Social and Governance




Middle Income
Countries:
Carbon Emissions
Total MTCo2e
Methane Emissions
Total MTCo2e
Population in Poverty
% of Pop
Years of Schooling
Years
Rule
of Law
0-100 Index
Corruption Levels
0-100 Index






Albania 4.6 2.9 0% 11 46.9 36
Algeria 176.3 95.9 0% 8 34.1 33
Angola 21.4 44.1 50% 5 30.9 33
Argentina 186.5 130.9 2% 11 42.2 38
Armenia 6.8 2.3 0% 11 50.6 46
Azerbaijan 38.5 14.9 0% 11 39.4 23
Bangladesh 93.2 94.8 14% 7 38.8 25
Belarus 59.6 17.1 0% 12 27.5 39
Benin 7.8 4.1 19% 4 39.2 43
Bhutan 1.5 0.5 2% 5 67.4 68
Bolivia 23.3 34.3 4% 10 26.1 31
Bosnia and Herzegovina 13.6 3.6 0% 11 46.4 34
Botswana 6.5 2.1 15% 10 63.8 60
Brazil 488.9 443.0 2% 8 46.3 38
Bulgaria 42.6 6.8 0% 11 51.8 43
Cambodia 19.0 20.0 0% 5 32.1 24
Cameroon 9.3 16.9 26% 6 27.6 26
China 11,472.4 1,213.1 0% 8 53.6 45
Colombia 91.7 78.4 10% 9 42.4 39
Comoros 0.3 0.3 19% 5 24.7 19
Congo, Rep. 7.5 10.0 40% 6 26.7 21
Costa Rica 7.8 4.8 2% 9 63.1 54
Dominican Republic 28.9 9.5 1% 9 50.6 32
Ecuador 41.3 27.9 7% 9 45.0 36
Egypt 249.6 78.2 4% 10 47.2 30
El Salvador 7.2 3.5 1% 7 33.3 33
Eswatini 1.1 1.4 29% 6 39.9 30
Gabon 5.7 6.2 3% 9 36.8 29
Georgia 11.0 5.6 4% 13 56.7 56
Ghana 21.3 11.4 13% 8 50.9 43
Guatemala 20.3 11.5 9% 6 27.7 24
Guyana 3.1 1.8 0% 9 43.7 40
Honduras 10.9 8.1 15% 7 28.2 23
India 2,709.7 668.8 23% 7 50.9 40
Indonesia 619.3 389.7 2% 9 47.6 34
Jordan 25.6 6.8 0% 10 57.7 47
Kenya 19.9 38.5 37% 7 43.8 32
Kyrgyzstan 9.3 4.9 1% 11 28.1 27
Laos 20.8 8.5 10% 5 38.0 31
Lebanon 25.0 3.4 0% 9 28.1 24
Lesotho 2.3 1.1 27% 6 43.4 37
Libya 74.5 65.1 0% 8 11.8 17
Malawi 1.5 4.3 74% 5 47.3 34
Malaysia 256.0 39.7 0% 11 65.6 47
Mauritania 4.1 7.4 6% 5 37.4 30
Mexico 407.2 143.3 3% 9 34.4 31
Moldova 5.6 5.0 0% 12 45.2 39
Mongolia 50.3 19.4 1% 9 47.6 33
Morocco 70.6 12.3 1% 6 47.0 38
Myanmar 36.3 77.8 1% 6 19.4 23
Namibia 4.0 3.9 14% 7 61.1 49
Nepal 14.2 24.9 15% 5 42.1 34
Nicaragua 5.1 9.7 3% 7 21.7 19
North Macedonia 6.9 2.4 3% 10 51.0 40
Pakistan 229.5 168.9 4% 5 38.2 27
Papua New Guinea 8.5 11.3 38% 11 35.8 30
Paraguay 8.6 30.4 1% 5 40.0 28
Peru 56.3 33.4 4% 9 40.9 36
Philippines 144.3 66.6 3% 10 38.0 33
Russia 1,755.5 694.5 0% 11 32.8 28
Senegal 13.6 11.9 8% 11 44.4 43
Serbia 30.9 14.4 2% 3 50.7 36
South Africa 435.9 82.3 19% 13 55.8 43
Sri Lanka 20.8 8.2 1% 11 53.7 36
Suriname 2.8 1.4 0% 4 50.4 40
Tanzania 13.0 49.8 49% 6 40.8 38
Thailand 278.5 71.3 0% 9 55.4 36
Tunisia 31.6 7.0 0% 7 55.0 40
Turkey 446.2 49.3 0% 9 43.2 36
Turkmenistan 83.0 82.8 0% 11 19.7 19
Ukraine 201.8 32.2 0% 11 37.6 33
Uzbekistan 121.6 54.6 0% 12 32.4 31
Vietnam 326.0 82.5 2% 8 49.4 42
Zambia 7.7 27.2 59% 7 39.2 33
Zimbabwe 11.3 13.1 40% 9 23.8 23

Middle Income Countries
Totals/Averages:
21,775.0 5,536.1 N/A 8* 41.7* 35*


Notes:
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.
  • Index numbers shown on a scale of 0-100.
    Rule of Law: 0 = low rule of law, 100 = High rule of law.
    Corruption Perceptions Index: 0 = High levels of corruption, 100 = Low levels of corruption.
  • Total Carbon and Methane data expressed in MTCo2e (Million Metric Tons of CO2 equivalent)
  • Data with an astrix (*) represents an average for all countries.



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