Eligibility for Access to Research4Life

Institutions in two list of countries areas and territories (Group A and Group B) are eligible to join Research4Life based on four factors:

Total GNI (World Bank figures)
GNI per capita (World Bank figures)
United Nations Least Developed Country (LDCs) List
Human Development Index (HDI)

Learn more about the Criteria

Countries, areas and territories

Core Offer countries, areas and territories

Group A (free access)

Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cabo Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo
Côte d’Ivoire
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Djibouti
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
Iraq
Kenya
Kiribati
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar

Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
Samoa
São Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tajikistan
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tuvalu
Uganda
United Republic of Tanzania
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Group B (low-cost access)

Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Belize
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Cook Islands
Dominica
Ecuador
El Salvador
Fiji
Gabon
Georgia
Grenada
Guyana
Jamaica
Jordan
Kosovo (in accordance with Security Council resolution 1244 (1999))
Libya
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritius

Mongolia
Montenegro
Nauru
Niue
Palau
Paraguay
Republic of Moldova
Saint Helena
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Seychelles
Sri Lanka
Suriname
Syrian Arab Republic
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Ukraine
West Bank and Gaza Strip

Refugee Camps categorized by UNHCR as “planned/managed camps” are eligible for free Research4Life access regardless of their geographical location.

This list of countries, areas, and territories is intended for use by the Research4Life partnership only. Given the specific nature of the design of this list which incorporates factors relevant to our public-private-partnership, we recommend that anyone seeking a list of countries fitting certain criteria should consult original United Nations, UNDP, and World Bank data.