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    This document lists various country groupings and sub-groupings used for analytical purposes in United Nations reports. It divides countries into developed economies, economies in transition, and developing economies. It further breaks down regions like Asia and Africa. The groupings are intended solely for statistical analysis and do not express judgments about development levels.

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    List of Country Groupings and Sub-groupings for the Analytical Studies of

    the United Nations World Economic Survey and other UN Reports


    For analytical purposes, the following country groupings and sub-groupings have been used: 1
    Developed economies (developed market economies):
    Europe, excluding the European transition economies
    Canada and the United States of America
    Japan, Australia and New Zealand.
    Major developed economies (the Group of Seven):
    Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom of Great Britain and
    Northern Ireland, United States of America.
    European Union:
    Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
    Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain
    and Northern Ireland.
    Economies in transition:
    Central and Eastern European transition economies (CEETEs, sometimes contracted to
    Eastern Europe):
    Albania, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and
    successor States of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, namely, Bosnia
    and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, the former Yugoslav Republic of
    Macedonia, Yugoslavia.
    Baltic States Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
    Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)
    Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
    Kyrgyzstan, Republic of Moldova, Russian Federation,
    Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan.
    Developing economies:
    Africa
    Asia and the Pacific (excluding Japan, Australia, New Zealand and the member States of
    CIS in Asia)
    Latin America and the Caribbean.
    Sub-groupings of Asia and the Pacific:
    Western Asia plus Islamic Republic of Iran (commonly
    contracted to Western Asia):
    1

    Names and composition of geographical areas follow those of "Standard country or area codes for statistical use"
    (ST/ESA/STAT/SER.M/49/Rev.3), with one exception, namely, Western Asia, which in the Survey includes the
    Islamic Republic of Iran (owing to the large role of the petroleum sector in its economy) and excludes the transition
    economies of the region. Also, "Eastern Europe", as used in this Survey, is a contraction of "Central and Eastern
    Europe"; thus the composition of the region designated by the term differs from that of the strictly geographical
    grouping.

    Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel,


    Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian
    Arab Republic, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen.
    Eastern and Southern Asia:
    All other developing economies in Asia and the Pacific
    (including China, unless listed separately). This group has in
    some cases been subdivided into:
    China
    South Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
    East Asia: all other developing economies in Asia and the
    Pacific.
    Sub-grouping of Africa:
    Sub-Saharan Africa, excluding Nigeria and South Africa
    (commonly contracted to "sub-Saharan Africa"):
    All of Africa except Algeria, Egypt, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,
    Morocco, Nigeria, South Africa, Tunisia.
    For particular analyses, developing countries have been subdivided into the following groups:
    Net-creditor countries:
    Brunei Darussalam, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Oman,
    Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan Province of China,
    United Arab Emirates.
    Net-debtor countries:
    All other developing countries.
    Fuel-exporting countries:
    Algeria, Angola, Bahrain, Bolivia, Brunei Darussalam,
    Cameroon, Colombia, Congo, Ecuador, Egypt, Gabon, Indonesia,
    Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Kuwait, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya,
    Mexico, Nigeria, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab
    Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, United Arab Emirates,
    Venezuela, Viet Nam.
    Fuel-importing countries:
    All other developing countries.
    Least developed countries:
    Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Burkina Faso,
    Burundi, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,
    Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo (formerly Zaire),
    Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Guinea,
    Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Kiribati, Lao Peoples Democratic
    Republic, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Maldives,
    Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Niger,

    Rwanda, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone,


    Solomon Islands, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, Tuvalu, Uganda, United
    Republic of Tanzania, Vanuatu, Yemen, Zambia.
    The designation of country groups in the text and the tables is intended solely for statistical or
    analytical convenience and does not necessarily express a judgement about the stage reached by
    a particular country or area in the development process.

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