——以下定義了通用的全球國家和地區集團分類。

　發達國家和發展中國家　Developedanddevelopingcountries:(基本采用聯合國國家分類標準)

　發達國家包括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)

　發展中國家Developingcountries：發達國家以外的其他國家(阿爾巴尼牙,保加利亞,捷克,斯洛伐克，匈牙利，波蘭,羅馬尼亞，前蘇聯地區，中國,蒙古,北朝鮮和越南除外)

　非洲,亞洲和大洋洲發展中國家:除南非,日本,澳大利亞和新西蘭之外的所有其他非洲,亞洲和大洋洲國家.

　西半球發展中國家:除加拿大之外的其他北美,南美和中美洲國家以及南太平洋和加勒比海地區的一些島國.

　亞太經合組織APEC(Asia-PacificEconomicCooperation):Autralia,Brunei,Canada,China,HongKong,Indonesia,Japan,SouthKorea,Malaysia,NewZealand,Phillippines,Singapore,Taiwan,Thailand,UnitedStates.

　阿拉伯聯盟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.

　東南亞聯盟ASEAN(AssociationofSouthEastAsianNations):Brunei,Indonesia,Malaysia,Philippines,Singapore,Thailand,Vietnam.

　碑石組織CairnsGroup:Argentina,Australia,Brazil,Canada,Chile,Colombia,Hungary,Indonesia,Malaysia,NewZealand,Philippines,Thailand,Uruguay.

　中美洲共同市場CACM(CentralAmericanCommonMarket):CostaRica,ElSalvador,Guatemala,Honduras,Nicaragua.

　獨聯體CIS(CommonwealthofIndependentStates):Armenia,Azerbaijan,Byelarus,Kazakhstan,Kyrgyzstan,Moldova,Russia,Tajikistan,Turkmenistan,Ukrane,Uzbekistan.

　多國出口統籌委員會COCOM(CoordinatingCommitteeforMultilateralExportControls):Australia,Belgium,Canada,Denmark,France,German,Greece,Italy,Japan,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Turkey,UnitedKingdon,UnitedStates.

　歐洲安全和合作協會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.

　歐洲委員會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.

　歐共體EC(EuropeanCommunity):Belgium,Denmark,France,Germany,Greece,Ireland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Portugal,Spain,UnitedKingdom.

　歐洲自由貿易協會EFTA(EuropeanFreeTradeAssociation):Austria,Finland,Iceland,Liechtenstein,Norway,Sweden,Switzerland.

　海灣合作委員會GCC(GulfCooperationCouncil):Bahrain,Kuwait,Oman,Qatar,SaudiArabia,UnitedArabEmirates.

　五國集團Groupof5:France,Germany,Japan,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStates.

　七國集團Groupof7:Canada,France,Germany,Italy,Japan,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStates.

　十五國集團Groupof15:Algeria,Argentina,Brazil,Egypt,India,Indonesia,Jamaica,Malaysia,Mexico,Nigeria,Peru,Senegal,Venezuela,Yugoslovia,Zimbabwe.

　拉丁美洲自由貿易協會LAFTA(LatinAmericanFreeTradeAssociation):Argentina,Bolivia,Brazil,Chile,Colombia,Ecuador,Mexico,Paraguay,Peru,Uruguay,Venezuela.

　近東亞NearEastAsia:Bahrain,Iran,Iraq,Iraq-SaudiArabiaNeutralZone,Israel,Jordan,Kuwait,Lebanon,Oman,Qatar,SaudiArabia,SyrianArabRepublic,UnitedArabEmirates,Yemen.

　除了東盟和亞洲四小龍的亞洲國家OtherAsiaexceptASEANorNICS:Afghanistan,Bangladesh,Bhutan,Brunei,Burma,Cambodia,China,India,Japan,Laos,Macau,MaldiveIslands,Mongolia,Nepal,NorthKorea,Pakistan,Srilanka,Vietnam.

　亞洲四小龍NICS(NewlyIndustrializedCountriesofAsia):HongKong,Singapore,SouthKorea,Taiwan.

　北歐委員會NordicCouncil:Denmark,Finland,Iceland,Norway,Sweden.

　北大西洋公約組織NATO(NorthAtlanticTreatyOrganization):Belgium,Canada,Denmark,France,Germany,Greece,Iceland,Italy,Luxembourg,Netherlands,Norway,Portugal,Spain,Turkey,UnitedKingdom,UnitedStates.

　阿拉伯石油輸出國組織OAPEC(OrganizationofArabPetroliumExportingCountries):Algeria,Bahrain,Egypt,Iraq,Kuwait,Libya,Qatar,SaudiArabia,Syria,UnitedArabEmirates.

　美洲組織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.

　經濟合作與發展組織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.

　伊斯蘭國家組織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.

　石油輸出國組織OrganizationofPetroleumExportingCountries:Algeria,Ecuador,Gabon,Indonesia,Iran,Iraq,Kuwait,Libya,Nigeria,Qatar,SaudiArabia,UnitedArabEmirates,Venezuela.

　環太平洋國家PacificRim:Asia(Brunei,China,HongKong,Indonesia,Japan,Macau,Malaysia,Philippines,Singapore,SouthKorea,Taiwan)Australia,NewZealand,PapuaNewGuinea.