Eligible countries for UK Aid Match funding

To be eligible for UK Aid Match funding, projects must be implemented in countries ranked in either the lowest 50 countries in the Human Development Index (HDI) or in certain countries the UK government considers to be of high or moderate fragility.

Please note, some countries will appear in both lists.

The lowest 50 countries on the UN Human Development Index (excluding Syria):

Afghanistan
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo (Democratic Republic of the)
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Kenya
Lao People’s Democratic Republic
Lesotho
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal
Niger
Nigeria
Pakistan
Papua New Guinea
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania (United Republic of)
Togo
Uganda
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Countries the UK government considers to be of high or moderate fragility:

Afghanistan
Angola
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Burundi
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo (Democratic Republic of The)
Egypt (Arab Republic of)
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Iraq
Kenya
Kyrgyz Republic
Lebanon
Libya
Mali
Myanmar
Nigeria
The Occupied Palestinian Territories
Pakistan
Somalia
South Sudan
Sudan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan
Venezuela (República Bolivariana de)
Yemen
Zimbabwe