Table 2.

Classification of countries based on the quartiles (${\mathrm{Q}}_1,{\mathrm{Q}}_2,{\mathrm{Q}}_3,{\mathrm{Q}}_4$) of the overall EGDI distribution and on the development community membership.

	I	II	III	IV
${\mathbf{Q}}_1$	A DNK, AUS, KOR, GBR, SWE, FIN, SGP, NZL, FRA, JPN, USA, DEU, NLD, NOR, CHE, EST, ESP, LUX, ISL, AUT, IRL, CAN, ITA, BEL, MCO, PRT, MLT, ISR, RUS, POL, GRC, CYP, SVN, BLR, LTU, HUN, BGR	Aa ARE, LIE, BHR, URY, KAZ, KWT, CHL, ARG, BRA, BRB, MYS
${\mathbf{Q}}_2$	B SVK, SRB, CZE, HRV, LVA, AND, CHN, ROU, SMR	Bb QAT, SAU, TUR, CRI, MNE, BRN, GEO, COL, OMN, MEX, MUS, MDA, AZE, KNA, BHS, THA, ALB, PER, TTO, MKD, TUN, UKR, SYC, ECU, PAN, IRN, ARM, VNM, GRD, ATG, DMA, LKA, DOM	Bbb ZAF, PHL, UZB, KGZ, MNG, IND
${\mathbf{Q}}_3$		C MDV, LBN, SLV, VCT, BIH, VEN, PLW, SUR, JAM, LCA, CUB, TUV	Cc JOR, FJI, BOL, IDN, PRY, TON, MAR, CPV, GTM, EGY, BGD, NPL, NAM, HND, GUY, GAB, BTN, BWA, WSM, NIC, DZA, TJK, BLZ, VUT, LBY, SWZ, TLS	Ccc GHA, RWA, KEN, ZMB, UGA, CMR, TGO, TZA, NGA
${\mathbf{Q}}_4$		D MHL, NRU	Dd KHM, TKM, PAK, SYR, KIR, STP, IRQ, MMR, FSM, LAO, DJI, PRK	Ddd ZWE, SEN, ETH, AGO, BEN, MOZ, HTI, COG, BFA, BDI, LSO, GMB, SLB, MDG, PNG, CIV, LBR, SLE, MWI, COD, AFG, MLI, SDN, GIN, COM, MRT, GNQ, YEM, GNB, CAF, ERI, TCD, SSD, NER, SOM