FIDE Development Levels
As of 2nd of April 2025, according to the Development Index Regulations:
Country | Chess Development Level | Number of FED |
Azerbaijan | 1 | 20 |
Bulgaria | 1 | |
China | 1 | |
Czech Republic | 1 | |
France | 1 | |
Georgia | 1 | |
Germany | 1 | |
Hungary | 1 | |
India | 1 | |
Israel | 1 | |
Italy | 1 | |
Monaco | 1 | |
Poland | 1 | |
Russia | 1 | |
Serbia | 1 | |
Slovenia | 1 | |
Spain | 1 | |
Ukraine | 1 | |
United States of America | 1 | |
Uzbekistan | 1 | |
Andorra | 2 | 51 |
Argentina | 2 | |
Armenia | 2 | |
Austria | 2 | |
Barbados | 2 | |
Belarus | 2 | |
Belgium | 2 | |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 2 | |
Brazil | 2 | |
Canada | 2 | |
Colombia | 2 | |
Croatia | 2 | |
Cuba | 2 | |
Denmark | 2 | |
Ecuador | 2 | |
England | 2 | |
Estonia | 2 | |
Greece | 2 | |
Iceland | 2 | |
Iran | 2 | |
Kazakhstan | 2 | |
Kyrgyzstan | 2 | |
Latvia | 2 | |
Liechtenstein | 2 | |
Lithuania | 2 | |
Malaysia | 2 | |
Mexico | 2 | |
Moldova | 2 | |
Mongolia | 2 | |
Montenegro | 2 | |
Netherlands | 2 | |
North Macedonia | 2 | |
Norway | 2 | |
Paraguay | 2 | |
Peru | 2 | |
Philippines | 2 | |
Portugal | 2 | |
Romania | 2 | |
San Marino | 2 | |
Singapore | 2 | |
Slovakia | 2 | |
South Africa | 2 | |
Sweden | 2 | |
Switzerland | 2 | |
Trinidad & Tobago | 2 | |
Turkiye | 2 | |
Turkmenistan | 2 | |
United Arab Emirates | 2 | |
Uruguay | 2 | |
Venezuela | 2 | |
Vietnam | 2 | |
Albania | 3 | 73 |
Algeria | 3 | |
Angola | 3 | |
Aruba | 3 | |
Australia | 3 | |
Bahamas | 3 | |
Bahrain | 3 | |
Bangladesh | 3 | |
Bolivia | 3 | |
Botswana | 3 | |
Cameroon | 3 | |
Cape Verde | 3 | |
Cayman Islands | 3 | |
Chile | 3 | |
Chinese Taipei | 3 | |
Costa Rica | 3 | |
Cote d’Ivoire | 3 | |
Dominican Republic | 3 | |
Egypt | 3 | |
El Salvador | 3 | |
Eswatini | 3 | |
Ethiopia | 3 | |
Faroe Islands | 3 | |
Fiji | 3 | |
Finland | 3 | |
Guam | 3 | |
Guatemala | 3 | |
Guernsey | 3 | |
Guyana | 3 | |
Haiti | 3 | |
Honduras | 3 | |
Indonesia | 3 | |
Iraq | 3 | |
Ireland | 3 | |
Jamaica | 3 | |
Jersey | 3 | |
Jordan | 3 | |
Kenya | 3 | |
Kosovo* | 3 | |
Laos | 3 | |
Lebanon | 3 | |
Lesotho | 3 | |
Luxembourg | 3 | |
Madagascar | 3 | |
Malawi | 3 | |
Maldives | 3 | |
Malta | 3 | |
Morocco | 3 | |
Mozambique | 3 | |
Myanmar | 3 | |
Namibia | 3 | |
Nauru | 3 | |
Netherlands Antilles | 3 | |
New Zealand | 3 | |
Nicaragua | 3 | |
Nigeria | 3 | |
Pakistan | 3 | |
Panama | 3 | |
Qatar | 3 | |
Saint Lucia | 3 | |
Sao Tome and Principe | 3 | |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | |
Scotland | 3 | |
South Korea | 3 | |
Sri Lanka | 3 | |
Syria | 3 | |
Tajikistan | 3 | |
Thailand | 3 | |
Uganda | 3 | |
US Virgin Islands | 3 | |
Wales | 3 | |
Zambia | 3 | |
Zimbabwe | 3 | |
Brunei Darussalam | 4 | 17 |
Cyprus | 4 | |
Djibouti | 4 | |
Hong Kong, China | 4 | |
Isle of Man | 4 | |
Japan | 4 | |
Libya | 4 | |
Mauritania | 4 | |
Mauritius | 4 | |
Nepal | 4 | |
Oman | 4 | |
Puerto Rico | 4 | |
Saint Kitts and Nevis | 4 | |
Suriname | 4 | |
Togo | 4 | |
Tunisia | 4 | |
Vanuatu | 4 | |
Afghanistan | 5 | 43 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 5 | |
Belize | 5 | |
Bermuda | 5 | |
Bhutan | 5 | |
British Virgin Islands | 5 | |
Burkina Faso | 5 | |
Burundi | 5 | |
Cambodia | 5 | |
Central African Republic | 5 | |
Chad | 5 | |
Comoros Islands | 5 | |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5 | |
Dominica | 5 | |
Equatorial Guinea | 5 | |
Eritrea | 5 | |
Gabon | 5 | |
Gambia | 5 | |
Ghana | 5 | |
Greenland | 5 | |
Grenada | 5 | |
Kuwait | 5 | |
Liberia | 5 | |
Macau | 5 | |
Mali | 5 | |
New Caledonia | 5 | |
Niger | 5 | |
Palau | 5 | |
Palestine | 5 | |
Papua New Guinea | 5 | |
Rwanda | 5 | |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5 | |
Senegal | 5 | |
Seychelles | 5 | |
Sierra Leone | 5 | |
Solomon Islands | 5 | |
Somalia | 5 | |
South Sudan | 5 | |
Sudan | 5 | |
Tanzania | 5 | |
Timor-Leste | 5 | |
Tonga | 5 | |
Yemen | 5 |