Membership and Travel Scholarship Eligible Country List
Residence in the following countries makes you eligible for the Low-Income Country Membership category.
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 2024 fiscal year. For more detailed explanation by the World Bank see their country income table.
| Countries | ||
|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | Haiti | Papua New Guinea |
| Algeria | Honduras | Philippines |
| Angola | India | Rwanda |
| Bangladesh | Iran, Islamic Rep. | Samoa |
| Benin | Jordan | São Tomé and Principe |
| Bhutan | Kenya | Senegal |
| Bolivia | Kiribati | Sierra Leone |
| Burkina Faso | Korea, Dem. Rep (North) | Solomon Islands |
| Burundi | Kyrgyz Republic | Somalia |
| Cabo Verde | Lao PDR | South Sudan |
| Cambodia | Lebanon | Sri Lanka |
| Cameroon | Lesotho | Sudan |
| Central African Republic | Liberia | Syrian Arab Republic |
| Chad | Madagascar | Tajikistan |
| Comoros | Malawi | Tanzania |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. | Mali | Timor-Leste |
| Congo, Rep. | Mauritania | Togo |
| Côte d'Ivoire/Ivory Coast | Micronesia, Fed. Sts. | Tunisia |
| Djibouti | Mongolia | Uganda |
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | Morocco | Ukraine |
| Eritrea | Mozambique | Uzbekistan |
| Eswatini | Myanmar | Vanuatu |
| Ethiopia | Nepal | Vietnam |
| Gambia, The | Nicaragua | Yemen, Rep. |
| Ghana | Niger | Zambia |
| Guinea | Nigeria | Zimbabwe |
| Guinea-Bissau | Pakistan | |
