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