Economy Overview

Enterprise Surveys uses the following sources for income and population data:

Gross national income (GNI) per capita
Enterprise Surveys reports 2010 income per capita as published in the World Bank’s World Development Indicators 2011. Income is calculated using the Atlas method (current US$). For cost indicators expressed as a percentage of income per capita, 2010 GNI in US$ is used as the denominator. Data were not available from the World Bank for Afghanistan, The Bahamas, Suriname, West Bank and Gaza and the Republic of Yemen. In these cases GDP or GNP per capita data and growth rates from the International Monetary Fund’s World Economic Outlook database and the Economist Intelligence Unit were used.

Region and income group
Enterprise Surveys uses the World Bank regional and income group classifications.

Population
Enterprise Surveys reports midyear 2010 population statistics as published in World Development Indicators 2011.

Additional development data and statistics are available from the World Bank. For main Enterprise Surveys indicators by economy, click on the economy name.

NameRegionIncome categoryPopulationGNI
East Asia & Pacific......79,922,0667,527
Eastern Europe & Central Asia......16,663,9077,795
High-income OECD......25,457,78125,782
Latin America & Caribbean......17,889,8556,909
Middle East & North Africa......19,820,11315,606
South Asia......198,834,8501,565
Sub-Saharan Africa......18,538,3412,006
NameRegionIncome categoryPopulationGNI
AfghanistanSouth AsiaLow income30,605,401517
AlbaniaEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income3,169,0874,000
AlgeriaMiddle East & North AfricaUpper middle income35,422,5894,460
AngolaSub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income18,992,7073,960
Antigua and BarbudaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income88,55010,610
ArgentinaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income40,665,7328,450
ArmeniaEastern Europe & Central AsiaLower middle income3,090,3793,090
AzerbaijanEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income8,883,2005,180
Bahamas, TheLatin America & CaribbeanHigh income345,73621,879
BangladeshSouth AsiaLow income164,425,491640
BelarusEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income9,645,0006,030
BelizeLatin America & CaribbeanLower middle income344,7003,740
BeninSub-Saharan AfricaLow income9,211,741750
BhutanSouth AsiaLower middle income708,4841,920
BoliviaLatin America & CaribbeanLower middle income10,030,8321,790
Bosnia and HerzegovinaEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income3,759,6334,790
BotswanaSub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income1,977,5696,890
BrazilLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income194,946,4709,390
BulgariaEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income7,561,9106,240
Burkina FasoSub-Saharan AfricaLow income16,286,706550
BurundiSub-Saharan AfricaLow income8,518,862160
CambodiaEast Asia & PacificLow income14,138,255760
CameroonSub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income19,958,3511,160
Cape VerdeSub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income512,5823,160
Central African RepublicSub-Saharan AfricaLow income4,505,945460
ChadSub-Saharan AfricaLow income11,506,130600
ChileLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income17,134,7089,940
ColombiaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income46,300,1965,510
Congo, Dem. Rep.Sub-Saharan AfricaLow income67,827,495180
Congo, Rep.Sub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income3,758,6782,310
Costa RicaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income4,639,8276,580
Côte d'IvoireSub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income21,570,7461,070
CroatiaEastern Europe & Central AsiaHigh income4,430,00313,760
Czech RepublicHigh-income OECDHigh income10,534,92017,870
DominicaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income74,0004,960
Dominican RepublicLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income10,225,4824,860
EcuadorLatin America & CaribbeanLower middle income13,774,9094,510
Egypt, Arab Rep.Middle East & North AfricaLower middle income84,474,4272,340
El SalvadorLatin America & CaribbeanLower middle income6,194,1263,360
EritreaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income5,223,994340
EstoniaEastern Europe & Central AsiaHigh income1,340,20014,360
EthiopiaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income84,975,606380
FijiEast Asia & PacificUpper middle income854,0983,610
GabonSub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income1,501,2667,760
Gambia, TheSub-Saharan AfricaLow income1,750,732440
GeorgiaEastern Europe & Central AsiaLower middle income4,428,5442,690
GermanyHigh-income OECDHigh income81,635,58043,330
GhanaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income24,332,7551,240
GreeceHigh-income OECDHigh income11,329,17027,240
GrenadaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income104,3425,560
GuatemalaLatin America & CaribbeanLower middle income14,376,8812,740
GuineaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income10,323,755380
Guinea-BissauSub-Saharan AfricaLow income1,647,380540
Guyana, CRLatin America & CaribbeanLower middle income761,4423,270
HondurasLatin America & CaribbeanLower middle income7,615,5841,880
HungaryHigh-income OECDHigh income10,004,97012,990
IndiaSouth AsiaLower middle income1,170,938,0001,340
IndonesiaEast Asia & PacificLower middle income232,516,7712,580
IraqMiddle East & North AfricaLower middle income32,297,3912,320
IrelandHigh-income OECDHigh income4,451,31040,990
JamaicaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income2,712,0914,750
JordanMiddle East & North AfricaLower middle income6,093,0004,350
KazakhstanEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income16,316,0507,440
KenyaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income40,862,900780
Korea, Rep.High-income OECDHigh income48,875,00019,890
KosovoEastern Europe & Central AsiaLower middle income1,815,0003,300
Kyrgyz RepublicEastern Europe & Central AsiaLow income5,365,167880
Lao PDREast Asia & PacificLow income6,436,0931,010
LatviaEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income2,242,83011,620
LebanonMiddle East & North AfricaUpper middle income4,254,5839,020
LesothoSub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income2,084,1821,080
LiberiaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income4,101,767190
LithuaniaEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income3,318,97011,400
Macedonia, FYREastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income2,060,5634,520
MadagascarSub-Saharan AfricaLow income20,146,442440
MalawiSub-Saharan AfricaLow income14,900,841330
MalaysiaEast Asia & PacificUpper middle income27,913,9907,900
MaliSub-Saharan AfricaLow income15,369,809600
MauritaniaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income3,365,6751,060
MauritiusSub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income1,282,0007,740
MexicoLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income108,523,0009,330
Micronesia, Fed. Sts.East Asia & PacificLower middle income111,0642,700
MoldovaEastern Europe & Central AsiaLower middle income3,561,1051,810
MongoliaEast Asia & PacificLower middle income2,701,1171,890
MontenegroEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income625,5166,690
MoroccoMiddle East & North AfricaLower middle income32,381,2832,850
MozambiqueSub-Saharan AfricaLow income23,405,670440
NamibiaSub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income2,212,0374,650
NepalSouth AsiaLow income29,852,682490
NicaraguaLatin America & CaribbeanLower middle income5,822,2651,080
NigerSub-Saharan AfricaLow income15,891,482360
NigeriaSub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income158,258,9171,180
PakistanSouth AsiaLower middle income173,383,0001,050
PanamaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income3,508,4756,990
ParaguayLatin America & CaribbeanLower middle income6,459,7272,940
PeruLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income29,496,1204,710
PhilippinesEast Asia & PacificLower middle income93,616,8532,050
PolandEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income38,177,91012,420
PortugalHigh-income OECDHigh income10,641,71021,860
RomaniaEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income21,449,9807,840
RwandaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income10,277,212540
SamoaEast Asia & PacificLower middle income178,9432,930
SenegalSub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income12,860,7171,050
SerbiaEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income7,289,3005,820
Sierra LeoneSub-Saharan AfricaLow income5,835,664340
Slovak RepublicHigh-income OECDHigh income5,429,97016,220
SloveniaEastern Europe & Central AsiaHigh income2,065,11023,860
South AfricaSub-Saharan AfricaUpper middle income49,962,2436,100
SpainHigh-income OECDHigh income46,217,40031,650
Sri LankaSouth AsiaLower middle income20,451,8262,290
St. Kitts and NevisLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income50,0009,980
St. LuciaLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income174,0004,970
St. Vincent and the GrenadinesLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income109,2844,850
SurinameLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income524,3456,975
SwazilandSub-Saharan AfricaLower middle income1,201,9042,600
Syrian Arab RepublicMiddle East & North AfricaLower middle income21,615,9192,640
TajikistanEastern Europe & Central AsiaLow income7,074,845780
TanzaniaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income45,039,573530
ThailandEast Asia & PacificLower middle income68,139,2384,210
Timor-LesteEast Asia & PacificLower middle income1,171,1632,200
TogoSub-Saharan AfricaLow income6,780,030440
TongaEast Asia & PacificLower middle income104,2603,380
Trinidad and TobagoLatin America & CaribbeanHigh income1,343,72515,380
TurkeyEastern Europe & Central AsiaUpper middle income75,705,1479,500
UgandaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income33,796,461490
UkraineEastern Europe & Central AsiaLower middle income45,759,9613,010
UruguayLatin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income3,356,58410,590
UzbekistanEastern Europe & Central AsiaLower middle income28,160,3611,280
VanuatuEast Asia & PacificLower middle income239,6512,760
Venezuela, R.B.Latin America & CaribbeanUpper middle income28,834,00011,590
VietnamEast Asia & PacificLower middle income88,361,9831,100
West Bank and GazaMiddle East & North AfricaLower middle income4,152,1021,523
Yemen, Rep.Middle East & North AfricaLower middle income24,255,9281,060
ZambiaSub-Saharan AfricaLow income12,926,4091,070
ZimbabweSub-Saharan AfricaLow income12,644,041460