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 | Haiti | Papua New Guinea |
| Angola | Honduras | Philippines |
| Bangladesh | India | Rwanda |
| Benin | Jordan | Samoa |
| Bhutan | Kenya | São Tomé and Principe |
| Bolivia | Kiribati | Senegal |
| Burkina Faso | Korea, Dem. Rep (North) | Sierra Leone |
| Burundi | Kyrgyz Republic | Solomon Islands |
| Cabo Verde | Lao PDR | Somalia |
| Cambodia | Lebanon | South Sudan |
| Cameroon | Lesotho | Sri Lanka |
| Central African Republic | Liberia | Sudan |
| Chad | Madagascar | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Comoros | Malawi | Tajikistan |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | Mali | Tanzania |
| Congo, Rep. | Mauritania | Timor-Leste |
| Côte d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Togo |
| Djibouti | Mongolia | Tunisia |
| Egypt | Morocco | Uganda |
| Eritrea | Mozambique | Uzbekistan |
| Eswatini | Myanmar | Vanuatu |
| Ethiopia | Nepal | Vietnam |
| Gambia, The | Nicaragua | Yemen, Rep. |
| Ghana | Niger | West Bank and Gaza |
| Guinea | Nigeria | Zambia |
| Guinea-Bissau | Pakistan | Zimbabwe |
