Lower middle income Countries

50 countries classified by the World Bank as lower middle income.

About lower-middle income economies: Countries with a GNI per capita of $1,136–$4,465 are lower-middle income. These economies often have large agricultural sectors and growing service economies, with significant variation in development outcomes. The group includes India, Pakistan, Nigeria, the Philippines, and Vietnam — collectively a substantial share of the world's population.

Key Indicators — Lower middle income Average

Indicator	Countries	Mean	Median	Range
GDP (current US$)	50	158.70B	32.30B	307.86M – 3.91T
GDP per capita (current US$)	50	2,697.65	2,592.86	971.91 – 4,717.29
Population, total	50	62.42M	12.35M	113,160.00 – 1.45B
Life expectancy at birth, total (years)	50	68.74	68.73	54.64 – 77.98
Literacy rate, adult total (% of people ages 15 and above)	46	79.66	79.23	39.62 – 100.00

All Countries in Lower middle income

Angola Bangladesh Benin Bhutan Bolivia Cambodia Cameroon Comoros Congo, Rep. Cote d'Ivoire Djibouti Egypt, Arab Rep. Eswatini Ghana Guinea Haiti Honduras India G20 Jordan Kenya Kiribati Kyrgyz Republic Lao PDR Lebanon Lesotho Mauritania Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Morocco Myanmar Namibia Nepal Nicaragua Nigeria Pakistan Papua New Guinea Philippines Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Solomon Islands Sri Lanka Tajikistan Tanzania Timor-Leste Tunisia Uzbekistan Vanuatu Viet Nam West Bank and Gaza Zambia Zimbabwe

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Classifications follow World Bank country classifications by income. Thresholds are updated annually. Some countries move between groups as their economies grow or contract.