Table 1.
Income category of each country in the World Health Organization African Region by year, 2000, 2005, 2010 and 2015
| Country | Income category by year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | |
| Algeria | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE |
| Angola | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE |
| Benin | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Botswana | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE |
| Burkina Faso | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Burundi | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Cabo Verde | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Cameroon | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Central African Republic | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Chad | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Comoros | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Congo, Republic of | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Côte d'Ivoire | LOW | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Equatorial Guinea | LOWER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | High | UPPER MIDDLE |
| Eritrea | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Ethiopia | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Gabon | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE |
| Gambia, The | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Ghana | LOW | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Guinea | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Guinea-Bissau | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Kenya | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Lesotho | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Liberia | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Madagascar | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Malawi | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Mali | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Mauritania | LOW | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Mauritius | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE |
| Mozambique | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Namibia | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE |
| Niger | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Nigeria | LOW | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Rwanda | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| São Tomé and Principe | LOW | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Senegal | LOW | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOW |
| Seychelles | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | HIGH |
| Sierra Leone | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| South Africa | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE | UPPER MIDDLE |
| South Sudan | .. | .. | .. | LOW |
| Swaziland | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Tanzania | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Togo | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Uganda | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
| Zambia | LOW | LOW | LOWER MIDDLE | LOWER MIDDLE |
| Zimbabwe | LOW | LOW | LOW | LOW |
Shaded cells indicate where country changed income category from previous 5-year time point. Source: World Bank analytical categorizations using country gross national income per capita for given year