World Bank high-income economy
Historical thresholds
The high-income threshold was originally set in 1989 at US$6,000 in 1987 prices. Thresholds for subsequent years were adjusted taking into account the average inflation in the G-5 countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and France), and from 2001, that of Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and the eurozone.

World Bank high-income economy

Section Title: Historical thresholds
Table Section Text: The high-income threshold was originally set in 1989 at US$6,000 in 1987 prices. Thresholds for subsequent years were adjusted taking into account the average inflation in the G-5 countries (the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Germany and France), and from 2001, that of Japan, the United Kingdom, the United States and the eurozone.

Year	GNI per capita (US$)	Date of classification

1987	6,000	October 2, 1988

1988	6,000	September 13, 1989

1989	6,000	August 29, 1990

1990	7,620	September 11, 1991

1991	7,910	August 24, 1992

1992	8,355	September 9, 1993

1993	8,625	September 2, 1994

1994	8,955	June 8, 1995

1995	9,385	June 3, 1996

1996	9,645	July 1, 1997

1997	9,655	July 1, 1998

1998	9,360	July 1, 1999

1999	9,265	July 1, 2000

2000	9,265	July 1, 2001

2001	9,205	July 1, 2002

2002	9,075	July 1, 2003

2003	9,385	July 1, 2004

2004	10,065	July 1, 2005

2005	10,725	July 1, 2006

2006	11,115	July 1, 2007

2007	11,455	July 1, 2008

2008	11,905	July 1, 2009

2009	12,195	July 1, 2010

2010	12,275	July 1, 2011

2011	12,475	July 1, 2012

2012	12,615	July 1, 2013

2013	12,745	July 1, 2014

2014	12,735	July 1, 2015

2015	12,475	July 1, 2016

2016	12,236	July 1, 2017

2017	12,056	July 1, 2018

Sentence(s)

High-income economies are those that had a GNI per capita of $12,056 in 2017.

final_sentence: High-income economies are those that had a GNI per capita of $12,056 in 2017.