Small States and Small States Forum Members

The table below lists the WBG client countries that are recognized as Small States and members of the Small States Forum (SSF), as well as those classified by the United Nations as Small Island Developing States (UN SIDS). Countries marked with an asterisk are neither IBRD nor IDA countries.

Country	Small States	SSF Member	UN SIDS Member
Antigua and Barbuda	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bahamas	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bahrain*	Yes	Yes	No
Barbados	Yes	Yes	Yes
Belize	Yes	Yes	Yes
Bhutan	Yes	Yes	No
Botswana	No	Yes	No
Brunei Darussalam*	Yes	Yes	No
Cabo Verde	Yes	Yes	Yes
Comoros	Yes	Yes	Yes
Cyprus*	Yes	Yes	No
Djibouti	Yes	Yes	No
Dominica	Yes	Yes	Yes
Dominican Republic	No	No	Yes
Equatorial Guinea	No	Yes	No
Estonia*	Yes	Yes	No
Eswatini	Yes	Yes	No
Fiji	Yes	Yes	Yes
Gabon	No	Yes	No
Gambia	No	Yes	No
Grenada	Yes	Yes	Yes
Guinea-Bissau	No	Yes	Yes
Guyana	Yes	Yes	Yes
Haiti	No	No	Yes
Iceland*	Yes	Yes	No
Jamaica	No	Yes	Yes
Kiribati	Yes	Yes	Yes
Lesotho	No	Yes	No
Maldives	Yes	Yes	Yes
Malta*	Yes	Yes	No
Marshall Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes
Mauritius	Yes	Yes	Yes
Federated States of Micronesia	Yes	Yes	Yes
Montenegro	Yes	Yes	No
Namibia	No	Yes	No
Nauru	Yes	Yes	Yes
Palau	Yes	Yes	Yes
Papua New Guinea	No	No	Yes
Qatar*	No	Yes	No
Samoa	Yes	Yes	Yes
San Marino*	Yes	Yes	No
Sao Tome and Principe	Yes	Yes	Yes
Seychelles	Yes	Yes	Yes
Solomon Islands	Yes	Yes	Yes
St. Kitts and Nevis	Yes	Yes	Yes
St. Lucia	Yes	Yes	Yes
St. Vincent and the Grenadines	Yes	Yes	Yes
Suriname	Yes	Yes	Yes
Timor-Leste	Yes	Yes	Yes
Tonga	Yes	Yes	Yes
Trinidad and Tobago	No	Yes	Yes
Tuvalu	Yes	Yes	Yes
Vanuatu	Yes	Yes	Yes

Small States and Small States Forum Members (FY25)

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