——以下定义了通用的全球国家和地区集团分类。
发达国家和发展中国家 Developedanddevelopingcountries:(基本采用联合国国家分类标准)
发达国家包括Developedcountries:
Australia,Canada,Japan,NewZealand,SouthAfrica,UnitedStatesandWeaternEurope,(i.e.Andorra,Austria,Belgium,Cyprus,Denmark,FaroeIslands,finland,France,Germany,Gibralter,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Liechtestein,Luxemborg,Malta,Goxo,Monaco,Neterlands,Norway,Portugal,SanMarino,Spain,Svalbard,JanMayenIsland,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,UnitedKingdon,VaticanCity,andYugoslavia)
发展中国家Developingcountries:发达国家以外的其他国家(阿尔巴尼牙,保加利亚,捷克,斯洛伐克,匈牙利,波兰,罗马尼亚,前苏联地区,中国,蒙古,北朝鲜和越南除外)
非洲,亚洲和大洋洲发展中国家:除南非,日本,澳大利亚和新西兰之外的所有其他非洲,亚洲和大洋洲国家.
西半球发展中国家:除加拿大之外的其他北美,南美和中美洲国家以及南太平洋和加勒比海地区的一些岛国.
亚太经合组织APEC(Asia-PacificEconomicCooperation):Autralia,Brunei,Canada,China,HongKong,Indonesia,Japan,SouthKorea,Malaysia,NewZealand,Phillippines,Singapore,Taiwan,Thailand,UnitedStates.
阿拉伯联盟ArabLeague:Algeria,Bahrain,Djibouti,Egypt,Iraq,Jordan,Kuwait,Lebanon,Libya,Mauritania,Morocco,Oman,Qatar,SaudiArabia,Somalia,Sudan,Syria,Tunisia,UnitedArabEmirates,Yemen.
ArabMaghrebUnion:
Algeria,Libya,Mauritania,Morocco,Tunisia.
东南亚联盟ASEAN(AssociationofSouthEastAsianNations):Brunei,Indonesia,Malaysia,Philippines,Singapore,Thailand,Vietnam.
碑石组织CairnsGroup:Argentina,Australia,Brazil,Canada,Chile,Colombia,Hungary,Indonesia,Malaysia,NewZealand,Philippines,Thailand,Uruguay.
中美洲共同市场CACM(CentralAmericanCommonMarket):CostaRica,ElSalvador,Guatemala,Honduras,Nicaragua.
独联体CIS(CommonwealthofIndependentStates):Armenia,Azerbaijan,Byelarus,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Moldova,Russia,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan,Ukrane,Uzbekistan.
多国出口统筹委员会COCOM(CoordinatingCommitteeforMultilateralExportControls):Australia,Belgium,Canada,Denmark,France,German,Greece,Italy,Japan,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Turkey,UnitedKingdon,UnitedStates.
欧洲安全和合作协会CSCE(ConferenceonSecurityandCooperationinEurope):Albania,Armenia,Austria,Azerbaijan,Belgium,Bosnia-Hercegovina,Bulgaria,Byelarus,Canada,Croatia,Cyprus,Czechoslovakia,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,TheHolySea,Kazachastan,Kyrgyzstan,Latvia,Liechtenstein,Lituania,Luxembourg,Macedonia,Malta,Moldova,Monaco,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Romania,Russia,SanMarino,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Tajikistan,Turkey,Turkmenistan,Ukrane,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStates,Uzbekistan,Yugoslavia.
欧洲委员会CouncilofEurope:Austria,Belgium,Cyprus,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Liechtenstein,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,SanMarino,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,UnitedKingdom.
欧共体EC(EuropeanCommunity):Belgium,Denmark,France,Germany,Greece,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Portugal,Spain,UnitedKingdom.
欧洲自由贸易协会EFTA(EuropeanFreeTradeAssociation):Austria,Finland,Iceland,Liechtenstein,Norway,Sweden,Switzerland.
海湾合作委员会GCC(GulfCooperationCouncil):Bahrain,Kuwait,Oman,Qatar,SaudiArabia,UnitedArabEmirates.
五国集团Groupof5:France,Germany,Japan,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStates.
七国集团Groupof7:Canada,France,Germany,Italy,Japan,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStates.
十五国集团Groupof15:Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Egypt,India,Indonesia,Jamaica,Malaysia,Mexico,Nigeria,Peru,Senegal,Venezuela,Yugoslovia,Zimbabwe.
拉丁美洲自由贸易协会LAFTA(LatinAmericanFreeTradeAssociation):Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Ecuador,Mexico,Paraguay,Peru,Uruguay,Venezuela.
近东亚NearEastAsia:Bahrain,Iran,Iraq,Iraq-SaudiArabiaNeutralZone,Israel,Jordan,Kuwait,Lebanon,Oman,Qatar,SaudiArabia,SyrianArabRepublic,UnitedArabEmirates,Yemen.
除了东盟和亚洲四小龙的亚洲国家OtherAsiaexceptASEANorNICS:Afghanistan,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Brunei,Burma,Cambodia,China,India,Japan,Laos,Macau,MaldiveIslands,Mongolia,Nepal,NorthKorea,Pakistan,Srilanka,Vietnam.
亚洲四小龙NICS(NewlyIndustrializedCountriesofAsia):HongKong,Singapore,SouthKorea,Taiwan.
北欧委员会NordicCouncil:Denmark,Finland,Iceland,Norway,Sweden.
北大西洋公约组织NATO(NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization):Belgium,Canada,Denmark,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Turkey,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStates.
阿拉伯石油输出国组织OAPEC(OrganizationofArabPetroliumExportingCountries):Algeria,Bahrain,Egypt,Iraq,Kuwait,Libya,Qatar,SaudiArabia,Syria,UnitedArabEmirates.
美洲组织OAS(OrganizationofAmericanStates):AntiguaandBarbados,Argentina,theBahamas,Barbados,Belize,Bolivia,Brazil,Canada,Chile,Colombia,CostaRica,Cuba(participationsuspended),Dominica,DomanicanRepublic,Ecuador,ElSalvador,Grenada,Guatamala,Guyana,Haiti,Honduras,Jamaica,Mexico,Nicaragua,Panama,Paraguay,Peru,St.Christopher-Nevis,St.Lucia,St.VincentandtheGrenadines,Suriname,TrinidadandTobago,UnitedStates,Uruguay,Venezuela.
经济合作与发展组织OECD:Australia,Austria,Belgium,Canada,Denmark,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Japan,Luxembourg,Netherlands,NewZealand,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Sweden,Switzerland,Turkey,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStates.
伊斯兰国家组织OIC:Afghanistan,Algeria,Bahrain,Bangladesh,Benin,Brunei,BurkinaFaso,Cameroon,Chad,Comoros,Cyprus,Djibouti,Egypt,Gabon,TheGambia,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Jordan,Kuwait,Lebanon,Libya,Malaysia,Maldives,Mali,Mauritania,Morocco,Niger,Nigeria,Oman,Pakistan,Qatar,SaudiArabia,Senegal,SierraLeone,Somalia,Sudan,Syria,Tunisia,Turkey,Uganda,UnitedArabEmirates,Yemen.
石油输出国组织OrganizationofPetroleumExportingCountries:Algeria,Ecuador,Gabon,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Kuwait,Libya,Nigeria,Qatar,SaudiArabia,UnitedArabEmirates,Venezuela.
环太平洋国家PacificRim:Asia(Brunei,China,HongKong,Indonesia,Japan,Macau,Malaysia,Philippines,Singapore,SouthKorea,Taiwan)Australia,NewZealand,PapuaNewGuinea.