Dues Category 2019-Oct2018

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THE WORLD MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, INC.
WMA Dues Categories 2019
The Council of the World Medical Association has advised the Secretary General that the dues
assessment be changed from a flat rate of € 2.00 per declared member to a rate based on the World
Bank’s classification of the Constituent Members country’s economy. It was decided by the
General Assembly in Moscow in 2015 that the rate is increased by 5% from 2016, 2,5% from
2018, and 2,5% from 2020 in order to maintain the financial stability of the Association. And
this plan was modified by the ExCo in April 2018 that:
1) no increase in subscriptions in 2018 and 2019 for the NMAs in categories a, b and c and
2) a plan to review and to make a recommendation for 2020 at a later date, based on financial
projections. The 2020 recommendation will not exceed the previously agreed 2,5% and be
less.
The dues rate for the year 2019 are as below:
Category A Low income economies € 0,40 per member
Category B Lower middle income economies € 0,95 per member
Category C Upper middle income economies € 1,60 per member
Category D High income economies € 2,15 per member
These categories are provisional under the requirement that the annual dues payment for each NMA
in Categories A, B, or C remain at least the same amount as the dues paid by such NMA in 2005,
with a corresponding increase in the number of members. And the new baseline was approved by
the General Assembly in Montevideo.
This information is according to World Bank Country Classification 20181
based on Gross
National Income (GNI). Bold indicates a change of classification.
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For complete information on the World Bank classification, refer to:
http://data.worldbank.org/about/country-and-lending-groups
Dues Categories 2019/Oct2018
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Category A: Low-income economies (34)
Afghanistan Guinea-Bissau Sierra Leone
Benin Haiti Somalia
Burkina Faso Korea, Dem. People’s Rep. South Sudan
Burundi Liberia Syrian Arab Republic
Central African Republic Madagascar Tajikistan
Chad Malawi Tanzania
Comoros Mali Togo
Congo, Dem. Rep Mozambique Uganda
Eritrea Nepal Yemen, Rep.
Ethiopia Niger Zimbabwe
Gambia, The Rwanda
Guinea Senegal
Category B: Lower-middle-income economies (47)
Angola Indonesia Papua New Guinea
Bangladesh Kenya Philippines
Bhutan Kiribati São Tomé and Principe
Bolivia Kosovo Solomon Islands
Cabo Verde Kyrgyz Republic Sri Lanka
Cambodia Lao PDR Sudan
Cameroon Lesotho Swaziland
Congo, Rep. Mauritania Timor-Leste
Côte d’Ivoire Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Tunisia
Djibouti Moldova Ukraine
Egypt, Arab Rep. Mongolia Uzbekistan
El Salvador Morocco Vanuatu
Georgia Myanmar Vietnam
Ghana Nicaragua West Bank and Gaza
Honduras Nigeria Zambia
India Pakistan
Category C: Upper-middle-income economies (56)
Albania Fiji Namibia
Algeria Gabon Nauru
American Samoa Grenada Paraguay
Armenia Guatemala Peru
Azerbaijan Guyana Romania
Belarus Iran, Islamic Rep. Russian Federation
Belize Iraq Samoa
Bosnia and Herzegovina Jamaica Serbia
Botswana Jordan South Africa
Brazil Kazakhstan St. Lucia
Bulgaria Lebanon St. Vincent and the Grenadines
China Libya Suriname
Colombia Macedonia, FYR Thailand
Costa Rica Malaysia Tonga
Dues Categories 2019/Oct2018
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Cuba Maldives Turkey
Dominica Marshall Islands Turkmenistan
Dominican Republic Mauritius Tuvalu
Equatorial Guinea Mexico Venezuela, RB
Ecuador Montenegro
Category D: High-income economies (81)
Andorra Germany Oman
Antigua and Barbuda Gibraltar Palau
Argentina Greece Panama
Aruba Greenland Poland
Australia Guam Portugal
Austria Hong Kong SAR, China Puerto Rico
Bahamas, The Hungary Qatar
Bahrain Iceland San Marino
Barbados Ireland Saudi Arabia
Belgium Isle of Man Seychelles
Bermuda Israel Singapore
British Virgin Islands Italy Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
Brunei Darussalam Japan Slovak Republic
Canada Korea, Rep. Slovenia
Cayman Islands Kuwait Spain
Channel Islands Latvia St. Kitts and Nevis
Chile Liechtenstein St. Martin (French part)
Croatia Lithuania Sweden
Curaçao Luxembourg Switzerland
Cyprus Macao SAR, China Trinidad and Tobago
Czech Republic Malta Turks and Caicos Islands
Denmark Monaco United Arab Emirates
Estonia Netherlands United Kingdom
Faroe Islands New Caledonia United States
Finland New Zealand Uruguay
France Northern Mariana Islands Virgin Islands (U.S.)
French Polynesia Norway
* Remarks by the Secretary General: The Taiwan Medical Association and Associazione Medica
del Vaticano are classified in Category D.
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25.07.2018