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High income Upper-middle income Lower-middle income Low income Country groupings based on World Bank assessment of per-capita gross income, 2007.

A High income country is defined by the World Bank as a country with a Gross National Income per capita of $11,116 or more.World Bank. (2007). Data & Statistics: Country Groups. Retrieved on 2007-06-20. While the term "high income" may be used interchangeably with "First World" and "developed country," the technical definitions of these terms differ. The term "first world" commonly refers to those prosperous countries that aligned themselves with the U.S. and NATO during the cold war. Several institutions, such as the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or International Monetary Fund (IMF), take factors other than high per capita income into account when classifying countries as "developed" or "advanced economies." According to the United Nations, for example, some high income countries may also be developing countries. The GCC (Persian Gulf States) countries, for example, are classified as developing high income countries. Thus, a high income country may be classified as either developed or developing.UN. (2005). UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics.. Retrieved on 2007-07-09.

List of high income countries

According to the World Bank the following 60 countries were classified as "high income:"World Bank. (2007). Data & Statistics: Country Groups. Retrieved on 2007-06-20.

Not classified by World Bank (due to not being UN members):

GDP per capita	List of countries by GDP (nominal), (per capita) · List of countries by GDP (PPP), (per capita), (per hour)
Human Development Index	List of countries by Human Development Index
Human Poverty Index	List of countries by percentage of population living in poverty
Literacy rate	List of countries by literacy rate

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