Membership and Conference Scholarship Eligible Country List
Residence in the following countries makes you eligible for the Low-Income Country Membership category and/or a Conference Scholarship.
This eligible country list includes low and lower-middle income economies as defined by World Bank Country and Lending Groups calculated using the World Bank Atlas method as of the 2025 fiscal year. For more detailed explanation by the World Bank see their country income table.
| Countries | ||
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Angola | Bangladesh |
| Benin | Bhutan | Bolivia |
| Burkina Faso | Burundi | Cabo Verde |
| Cambodia | Cameroon | Central African Republic |
| Chad | Comoros | Congo, Dem. Rep. |
| Congo, Rep. | Côte d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast | Djibouti |
| Egypt | Eritrea | Eswatini |
| Ethiopia | Gambia, The | Ghana |
| Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Haiti |
| Honduras | India | Jordan |
| Kenya | Kiribati | Korea, Dem. Rep (North) |
| Kyrgyz Republic | Lao PDR | Lebanon |
| Lesotho | Liberia | Madagascar |
| Malawi | Mali | Mauritania |
| Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Mongolia | Morocco |
| Mozambique | Myanmar | Nepal |
| Nicaragua | Niger | Nigeria |
| Pakistan | Papua New Guinea | Philippines |
| Rwanda | Samoa | São Tomé and Principe |
| Senegal | Sierra Leone | Solomon Islands |
| Somalia | South Sudan | Sri Lanka |
| Sudan | Syrian Arab Republic | Tajikistan |
| Tanzania | Timor-Leste | Togo |
| Tunisia | Uganda | Uzbekistan |
| Vanuatu | Vietnam | West Bank and Gaza |
| Yemen, Rep. | Zambia | Zimbabwe |
