World Bank income groups
The World Bank's income classifications split countries into one of four categories determined by the country's gross national income (GNI) per capita. The GNIthresholds between income groups have changed through time based on World Bank definitions.
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Charts
- Access to electricity vs. GDP per capita
- Annual average growth of trade vs. GDP per capita
- Annual growth of GDPIMF
- Annual growth of GDP per capitaWorld Bank
- Annual growth of GDP per employed person
- Annual working hours vs. GDP per capitaPenn World Table
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
- Distribution of gross domestic product by economic sector
- Economic complexity rank vs. GDP per capita
- Expected years of schooling vs. GDP per capita
- GDP per capitaPenn World Table, constant international-$
- GDP per capitaWorld Bank, constant US$
- GDP per capitaMaddison Project Database, constant international-$
- GDP per capitaWorld Bank, constant international-$
- GDP per capita in EnglandBroadberry et al., since 1270
- GDP per capita: Comparing data from World Bank and Maddison Project Database
- GDP per capita: Comparing data from World Bank and Penn World Table
- GDP per employed person
- GNI per capita vs. GDP per capita
- Government spending as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita
- Gross domestic product (GDP)World Bank, constant international-$
- Gross domestic product (GDP)World Bank, constant US$
- Gross domestic product (GDP)Fouquin and Hugot - current GBP
- Gross domestic product (GDP)Penn World Table, constant international-$
- Gross domestic product (GDP) by world regionMaddison Project Database, constant international-$
- Gross domestic product (GDP) in EnglandBroadberry et al., since 1270
- Gross national income (GNI) per capita
- Hidden Hunger Index vs. GDP per capita
- Historical Index of Human Development (without GDP metric) vs. GDP per capita
- Historical Index of Human Development vs. GDP per capita
- Human Capital Index vs. GDP per capita
- Human Development Index vs. GDP per capita
- Income or consumption of the poorest 10% vs. GDP per capita
- Labor force participation rate of men aged 65+ in the United States
- Life expectancy vs. GDP per capitaMaddison
- Mean income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita
- Mean vs. median income or consumptionWorld Bank
- Median income or consumption per day vs. GDP per capita
- National poverty line vs. GDP per capita
- Output of key industrial sectors in the United KingdomBroadberry et al.
- Output of key industries in the United KingdomBroadberry et al., more industries
- Output of key service and industrial sectors in the United Kingdom
- Price level relative to the US vs. GDP per capita
- Productivity vs. GDP per capita
- Productivity: output per hour worked
- Self-reported life satisfaction vs. GDP per capita
- Share of adults with an account at a financial institution
- Share of household consumption in GDP vs. GDP per capita
- Share of manufacturing in gross domestic product (GDP)
- Share of population living in extreme poverty vs. GDP per capita
- Share of workers employed in agriculture vs. GDP per capita
- Tax revenue vs. GDP per capita
- Under-5 mortality rate vs. GDP per capita
- World GDP over the last two millennia