MDG Regional Grouping History - United Nations



1. MDG regional groupings

Developed regions

Developing regions

Northern Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean (optional)

Latin America (optional)

Caucasus and Central Asia

Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia excluding China

Southern Asia

Southern Asia excluding India

South-eastern Asia

Western Asia

Oceania

2. MDG regional groupings: List of countries in each grouping

Developed regions

|Andorra |Greenland |Portugal |

|Australia |Hungary |Romania |

|Austria |Iceland |San Marino |

|Belgium |Ireland |Slovakia |

|Bermuda |Isle of Man |Slovenia |

|Bulgaria |Israel |Spain |

|Canada |Italy |Sweden |

|Channel Islands |Japan |Switzerland |

|Croatia |Latvia |United Kingdom |

|Cyprus |Liechtenstein |United States |

|Czech Republic |Lithuania |Albania |

|Denmark |Luxembourg |Belarus |

|Estonia |Malta |Bosnia and Herzegovina |

|Faeroe Islands |Monaco |Montenegro |

|Finland |Netherlands |Republic of Moldova |

|France |New Zealand |Russian Federation |

|Germany |Norway |Serbia |

|Greece |Poland |TFYR of Macedonia |

|  |  |Ukraine |

Developing regions

Northern Africa

|Algeria |Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |Tunisia |

|Egypt |Morocco |Western Sahara |

Sub-Saharan Africa

|Angola |Gabon |Nigeria |

|Benin |Gambia |Réunion |

|Botswana |Ghana |Rwanda |

|Burkina Faso |Guinea |Sao Tome & Principe |

|Burundi |Guinea-Bissau |Senegal |

|Cameroon |Kenya |Seychelles |

|Cape Verde |Lesotho |Sierra Leone |

|Central African Rep |Liberia |Somalia |

|Chad |Madagascar |South Africa |

|Comoros |Malawi |South Sudan |

|Congo |Mali |Sudan |

|Cote d'Ivoire |Mauritania |Swaziland |

|Dem Rep of the Congo |Mauritius |Togo |

|Djibouti |Mayotte |Uganda |

|Equatorial Guinea |Mozambique |U. Rep of Tanzania |

|Eritrea |Namibia |Zambia |

|Ethiopia |Niger |Zimbabwe |

Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean

|Anguilla |Dominica |Netherlands Antilles |

|Antigua and Barbuda |Dominican Republic |Puerto Rico |

|Aruba |Grenada |Saint Kitts and Nevis |

|Bahamas |Guadeloupe |Saint Lucia |

|Barbados |Haiti |St Vincent & the Grenadines |

|British Virgin Islands |Jamaica |Trinidad and Tobago |

|Cayman Islands |Martinique |Turks and Caicos Islands |

|Cuba |Montserrat |US Virgin Islands |

Latin America

|Argentina |El Salvador |Panama |

|Belize |Falkland Is (Malvinas) |Paraguay |

|Bolivia |French Guiana |Peru |

|Brazil |Guatemala |Suriname |

|Chile |Guyana |Uruguay |

|Colombia |Honduras |Venezuela R.B. |

|Costa Rica |Mexico | |

|Ecuador |Nicaragua | |

Caucasus and Central Asia

|Armenia |Kazakhstan |Turkmenistan |

|Azerbaijan |Kyrgyzstan |Uzbekistan |

|Georgia |Tajikistan | |

Eastern Asia

|China |Macao SAR of China |Korea, Rep of |

|Hong Kong SAR of China |Korea, Dem People's Rep of |Mongolia |

Southern Asia

|Afghanistan |India |Nepal |

|Bangladesh |Iran (Islamic Republic of) |Pakistan |

|Bhutan |Maldives |Sri Lanka |

South-eastern Asia

|Brunei Darussalam |Malaysia |Thailand |

|Cambodia |Myanmar |Timor-Leste |

|Indonesia |Philippines |Viet Nam |

|Lao People's Dem Republic |Singapore | |

Western Asia

|Bahrain |Occupied Palestinian Territory |Turkey |

|Iraq |Oman |United Arab Emirates |

|Jordan |Qatar |Yemen |

|Kuwait |Saudi Arabia | |

|Lebanon |Syrian Arab Republic | |

Oceania

|American Samoa |Micronesia (Fed States of) |Samoa |

|Cook Islands |Nauru |Solomon Islands |

|Fiji |Niue |Tokelau |

|French Polynesia |New Caledonia |Tonga |

|Guam |Northern Mariana Is |Tuvalu |

|Kiribati |Palau |Vanuatu |

|Marshall Islands |Papua New Guinea | |

3. Other groupings: Least Developed Countries as of 1 January 2011

|Afghanistan |Gambia |Rwanda |

|Angola |Guinea |Samoa |

|Bangladesh |Guinea Bissau |Sao Tome and Principe |

|Benin |Haiti |Senegal |

|Bhutan |Kiribati |Sierra Leone |

|Burkina Faso |Lao People's Dem Republic |Solomon Islands |

|Burundi |Lesotho |Somalia |

|Cambodia |Liberia |Sudan |

|Central African Republic |Madagascar |Timor-Leste |

|Chad |Malawi |Togo |

|Comoros |Mali |Tuvalu |

|D. R of the Congo |Mauritania |Uganda |

|Djibouti |Mozambique |United Republic of Tanzania |

|Equatorial Guinea |Myanmar |Vanuatu |

|Eritrea |Nepal |Yemen |

|Ethiopia |Niger |Zambia |

4. Other groupings: Landlocked developing countries

|Afghanistan |Kazakhstan |Rwanda |

|Armenia |Kyrgyzstan |Swaziland |

|Azerbaijan |Lao People's Democratic Republic |Tajikistan |

|Bhutan |Lesotho |The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |

|Bolivia (Plurinational State of) |Malawi |Turkmenistan |

|Botswana |Mali |Uganda |

|Burkina Faso |Mongolia |Uzbekistan |

|Burundi |Nepal |Zambia |

|Central African Republic |Niger |Zimbabwe |

|Chad |Paraguay |  |

|Ethiopia |Republic of Moldova |  |

5. Other groupings: Small Islands Developing States

|American Samoa |Guam |Papua New Guinea |

|Anguilla |Guinea-Bissau |Puerto Rico |

|Antigua and Barbuda |Guyana |Saint Kitts and Nevis |

|Aruba |Haiti |Saint Lucia |

|Bahamas |Jamaica |Samoa |

|Barbados |Kiribati |Sao Tome and Principe |

|Belize |Maldives |Seychelles |

|British Virgin Islands |Marshall Islands |Singapore |

|Cape Verde |Mauritius |Solomon Islands |

|Comoros |Micronesia (Federated States of) |Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |

|Cook Islands |Montserrat |Suriname |

|Cuba |Nauru |Timor-Leste |

|Dominica |Netherland Antilles |Tonga |

|Dominican Republic |New Caledonia |Trinidad and Tobago |

|Fiji |Niue |Tuvalu |

|French Polynesia |Northern Mariana Islands |United States Virgin Islands |

|Grenada |Palau |Vanuatu |

6. Other groupings: African regions according to ECA[1]

SRO Central Africa

|Cameroon |

|Chad |

|Congo |

|Gabon |

|Equatorial Guinea |

|Central African Republic |

|Sao Tome and Principe |

SRO Eastern Africa

|Burundi |Madagascar |

|Comoros |Rwanda |

|Democratic Republic of Congo |Seychelles |

|Djibouti |Somalia |

|Ethiopia |South Sudan |

|Eritrea |Tanzania |

|Kenya |Uganda |

SRO North Africa

|Algeria |Morocco |

|Egypt |Sudan |

|Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |Tunisia |

|Mauritania | |

SRO West Africa

|Burkina Faso |Liberia |

|Benin |Mali |

|Cape-Verde |Niger |

|Cote d'Ivoire |Nigeria |

|Gambia |Senegal |

|Ghana |Sierra Leone |

|Guinea |Togo |

|Guinea-Bissau | |

SRO Southern Africa

|Angola |Namibia |

|Botswana |South Africa |

|Lesotho |Swaziland |

|Malawi |Zambia |

|Mauritius |Zimbabwe |

|Mozambique | |

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[1] As per discussed during the 21st IAEG meeting on MDG indicators, South Sudan’s tentative sub-region is Eastern Africa.

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