1. MDG regional groupings

Developed regions

Developing regions

Northern Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean (optional)

Latin America (optional)

Caucasus and Central Asia

Eastern Asia

Eastern Asia excluding China

Southern Asia

Southern Asia excluding India

South-eastern Asia

Western Asia

Oceania

2. MDG regional groupings: List of countries in each grouping

Developed regions

Andorra / Greenland / Portugal
Australia / Hungary / Romania
Austria / Iceland / San Marino
Belgium / Ireland / Slovakia
Bermuda / Isle of Man / Slovenia
Bulgaria / Israel / Spain
Canada / Italy / Sweden
Channel Islands / Japan / Switzerland
Croatia / Latvia / United Kingdom
Cyprus / Liechtenstein / United States
CzechRepublic / Lithuania / Albania
Denmark / Luxembourg / Belarus
Estonia / Malta / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Faeroe Islands / Monaco / Montenegro
Finland / Netherlands / Republic of Moldova
France / New Zealand / Russian Federation
Germany / Norway / Serbia
Greece / Poland / TFYR of Macedonia
Ukraine

Developing regions

Northern Africa

Algeria / Libyan Arab Jamahiriya / Tunisia
Egypt / Morocco / Western Sahara

Sub-Saharan Africa

Angola / Gabon / Nigeria
Benin / Gambia / Réunion
Botswana / Ghana / Rwanda
Burkina Faso / Guinea / Sao Tome & Principe
Burundi / Guinea-Bissau / Senegal
Cameroon / Kenya / Seychelles
Cape Verde / Lesotho / Sierra Leone
Central African Rep / Liberia / Somalia
Chad / Madagascar / South Africa
Comoros / Malawi / South Sudan
Congo / Mali / Sudan
Cote d'Ivoire / Mauritania / Swaziland
Dem Rep of the Congo / Mauritius / Togo
Djibouti / Mayotte / Uganda
Equatorial Guinea / Mozambique / U. Rep of Tanzania
Eritrea / Namibia / Zambia
Ethiopia / Niger / Zimbabwe

Latin America and the Caribbean

Caribbean

Anguilla / Dominica / Netherlands Antilles
Antigua and Barbuda / Dominican Republic / Puerto Rico
Aruba / Grenada / Saint Kitts and Nevis
Bahamas / Guadeloupe / Saint Lucia
Barbados / Haiti / St Vincent & the Grenadines
British Virgin Islands / Jamaica / Trinidad and Tobago
Cayman Islands / Martinique / Turks and Caicos Islands
Cuba / Montserrat / US Virgin Islands

Latin America

Argentina / El Salvador / Panama
Belize / Falkland Is (Malvinas) / Paraguay
Bolivia / French Guiana / Peru
Brazil / Guatemala / Suriname
Chile / Guyana / Uruguay
Colombia / Honduras / Venezuela R.B.
Costa Rica / Mexico
Ecuador / Nicaragua

Caucasus and Central Asia

Armenia / Kazakhstan / Turkmenistan
Azerbaijan / Kyrgyzstan / Uzbekistan
Georgia / Tajikistan

Eastern Asia

China / Macao SAR of China / Korea, Rep of
Hong Kong SAR of China / Korea, Dem People's Rep of / Mongolia

Southern Asia

Afghanistan / India / Nepal
Bangladesh / Iran (Islamic Republic of) / Pakistan
Bhutan / Maldives / Sri Lanka

South-eastern Asia

Brunei Darussalam / Malaysia / Thailand
Cambodia / Myanmar / Timor-Leste
Indonesia / Philippines / Viet Nam
Lao People's DemRepublic / Singapore

Western Asia

Bahrain / Occupied PalestinianTerritory / Turkey
Iraq / Oman / United Arab Emirates
Jordan / Qatar / Yemen
Kuwait / Saudi Arabia
Lebanon / SyrianArabRepublic

Oceania

American Samoa / Micronesia (Fed States of) / Samoa
Cook Islands / Nauru / Solomon Islands
Fiji / Niue / Tokelau
French Polynesia / New Caledonia / Tonga
Guam / Northern Mariana Is / Tuvalu
Kiribati / Palau / Vanuatu
Marshall Islands / Papua New Guinea

3. Other groupings: Least Developed Countries as of 1 January 2011

Afghanistan / Gambia / Rwanda
Angola / Guinea / Samoa
Bangladesh / Guinea Bissau / Sao Tome and Principe
Benin / Haiti / Senegal
Bhutan / Kiribati / Sierra Leone
Burkina Faso / Lao People's DemRepublic / Solomon Islands
Burundi / Lesotho / Somalia
Cambodia / Liberia / Sudan
Central African Republic / Madagascar / Timor-Leste
Chad / Malawi / Togo
Comoros / Mali / Tuvalu
D. R of the Congo / Mauritania / Uganda
Djibouti / Mozambique / United Republic of Tanzania
Equatorial Guinea / Myanmar / Vanuatu
Eritrea / Nepal / Yemen
Ethiopia / Niger / Zambia

4. Other groupings: Landlocked developing countries

Afghanistan / Kazakhstan / Rwanda
Armenia / Kyrgyzstan / Swaziland
Azerbaijan / Lao People's Democratic Republic / Tajikistan
Bhutan / Lesotho / The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Bolivia (PlurinationalState of) / Malawi / Turkmenistan
Botswana / Mali / Uganda
Burkina Faso / Mongolia / Uzbekistan
Burundi / Nepal / Zambia
Central African Republic / Niger / Zimbabwe
Chad / Paraguay
Ethiopia / Republic of Moldova

5. Other groupings: Small Islands Developing States

American Samoa / Guam / Papua New Guinea
Anguilla / Guinea-Bissau / Puerto Rico
Antigua and Barbuda / Guyana / Saint Kitts and Nevis
Aruba / Haiti / Saint Lucia
Bahamas / Jamaica / Samoa
Barbados / Kiribati / Sao Tome and Principe
Belize / Maldives / Seychelles
British Virgin Islands / Marshall Islands / Singapore
Cape Verde / Mauritius / Solomon Islands
Comoros / Micronesia (Federated States of) / Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Cook Islands / Montserrat / Suriname
Cuba / Nauru / Timor-Leste
Dominica / Netherland Antilles / Tonga
Dominican Republic / New Caledonia / Trinidad and Tobago
Fiji / Niue / Tuvalu
French Polynesia / Northern Mariana Islands / United StatesVirgin Islands
Grenada / Palau / Vanuatu

6. Other groupings: African regions according to ECA[1]

SRO Central Africa

Cameroon
Chad
Congo
Gabon
Equatorial Guinea
Central African Republic
Sao Tome and Principe

SRO Eastern Africa

Burundi / Madagascar
Comoros / Rwanda
Democratic Republic of Congo / Seychelles
Djibouti / Somalia
Ethiopia / South Sudan
Eritrea / Tanzania
Kenya / Uganda

SRO North Africa

Algeria / Morocco
Egypt / Sudan
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya / Tunisia
Mauritania

SRO West Africa

Burkina Faso / Liberia
Benin / Mali
Cape-Verde / Niger
Cote d'Ivoire / Nigeria
Gambia / Senegal
Ghana / Sierra Leone
Guinea / Togo
Guinea-Bissau

SRO Southern Africa

Angola / Namibia
Botswana / South Africa
Lesotho / Swaziland
Malawi / Zambia
Mauritius / Zimbabwe
Mozambique

[1]As per discussed during the 21st IAEG meeting on MDG indicators, South Sudan’s tentative sub-region is Eastern Africa.