Developing Countries List

If your country is listed below, you may receive a waiver of Article Publication Charges

Greatly Reduced rates (Up to 70% of APC) are available to Authors from the following countries:

  • Afghanistan
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Bhutan
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo
  • Congo, Democratic Republic of
  • Cote D’Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guatemala
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • Kenya
  • Kiribati
  • Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of
  • Kyrgyzstan
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
  • Lesotho
  • Liberia
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Micronesia, Federated States of
  • Mozambique
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Papua New Guinea
  • Rwanda
  • Samoa
  • Sao Tome and Principe
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Solomon Islands
  • Somalia
  • South Sudan
  • Syrian Arab Republic
  • Tajikistan
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Timor-Leste
  • Togo
  • Tokelau
  • Tuvalu
  • Uganda
  • Uzbekistan
  • Vanuatu
  • Yemen
  • Zambia

Reduced rates (Up to 20% of APC) are available to authors from the following countries:

  • Albania
  • Armenia
  • Belize
  • Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Cook Islands
  • Dominica
  • Dominican Republic
  • Ecuador
  • El Salvador
  • Fiji
  • Georgia
  • Grenada
  • Guyana
  • Jamaica
  • Kosovo
  • Macedonia, The former Yugoslav Republic of
  • Maldives
  • Moldova, Republic of
  • Mongolia
  • Montenegro
  • Namibia
  • Nauru
  • Niue
  • Palau
  • Palestine – West Bank and Gaza Strip
  • Paraguay
  • Peru
  • Saint Lucia
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  • Sudan
  • Suriname
  • Swaziland
  • Tonga
  • Turkmenistan
  • Zimbabwe
  • Marshall Islands
  • Mauritius

*Last update January 2024

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