Licensing Tiers

We use the World Bank's country classifications as the basis for our licensing tiers. Tier 1 consists of low and middle-income economies and qualified Small Island Developing States (SIDS). Tier 2 consists of all other (high) income economies.


Tier: 1
Low-income, middle-income, or qualified SIDS


Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria
American Samoa
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belize
Bénin
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo D.R.
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Côte d’Ivoire
Cuba
Curaçao
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Fiji
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Grenada
Guadeloupe
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Jamaica
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kosovo
Kyrgyz Republic
Lao PDR
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Mexico
Micronesia
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands Antilles
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
North Korea
North Macedonia
Northern Mariana Islands
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Territories
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Puerto Rico
Réunion
Rwanda
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
Samoa
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Syria
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
The Bahamas
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Türkiye
Turkmenistan
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Vietnam
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Tier: 2
High-income


Andorra
Australia
Austria
Bahrain
Belgium
Bermuda
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Canada
Cayman Islands
Chile
Croatia
Cyprus
Czechia
Denmark
Estonia
Faeroe Islands
Falkland Islands
Finland
France
Germany
Gibraltar
Greece
Greenland
Guernsey
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Isle of Man
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jersey
Kuwait
Latvia
Lebanon
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao SAR, China
Malta
Martinique
Monaco
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Norway
Oman
Panama
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Romania
Russia
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Singapore
Sint Maarten
Slovak Republic
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Uruguay
US Virgin Islands
USA
Vatican City