What constitutes a country to be low-income? What grounds make a country high-income?
Because a country’s financial status often determines accessibility of vaccines, it is important to determine what classifies nations financially. According to the World Bank Atlas, a low-income country is defined as a country with a gross national income of $1,025 or less. A middle-income country has a gross national income of $3,995, down to $1,026, and a higher-middle income country has a gross national income between $3,996 and $12,375. A high-income country has a gross national income higher than that of $12,375. (Espen Beer Prydz, "Classifying courtiers by income”.) Naturally, a country with a higher income has more accessibility to resources, and nations with a low national income have significantly more difficulty when accessing proper healthcare and vaccines.
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