Qualifying Countries/Regions
View the list of the countries that will no longer qualify for e-membership beginning with the 2026 membership year (starting in August 2025).
IEEE offers an electronic membership option to new and renewing professional members who reside in a country/region where the per capita Gross National Income (GNI) is US$15,000 or less, as determined by the data published by the World Bank. Though published annually, IEEE uses a three-year average of the GNI for each country/region to determine eligibility.
Below is a list of the qualifying countries/regions where professional members can select the electronic membership option priced at US$90-US$106. Undergraduate students in these countries automatically receive lower student dues priced at US$14.
* Countries/regions marked with an asterisk are eligible for electronic membership priced at US$37-US$51. Undergraduate students in these select countries automatically receive lower student dues priced at US$5.
Please note, no other promotions can be applied to undergraduate student dues in these countries.
Do you reside in a country/region not on this list? IEEE offers other reduced dues options to members who are unemployed, retired, or meet a minimum income threshold. Learn more about these special circumstances.
Qualifying countries/regions
A-D
- Afghanistan*
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin*
- Bhutan
- Bolivia
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso*
- Burundi*
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia*
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic*
- Chad*
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros*
- Congo
- Congo, Democratic Republic of*
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cote d Ivoire
- Croatia
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
E-L
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea*
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia*
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia*
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea*
- Guinea-Bissau*
- Guyana
- Haiti*
- Honduras
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran, Islamic Republic of
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea (North)*
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia*
- Libya
- Lithuania
M-R
- Macedonia
- Madagascar*
- Malawi*
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali*
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Moldova, Republic of
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique*
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal*
- Nicaragua
- Niger*
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Palestine, State of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Romania
- Russian Federation
- Rwanda*
S-Z
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone*
- Slovakia
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia*
- South Africa
- South Sudan*
- Sri Lanka
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Syrian Arab Republic*
- Tajikistan*
- Tanzania, United Republic of*
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste
- Togo*
- Tonga
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Tunisia
- Türkiye
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda*
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe*
Areas that will become ineligible for e-membership in 2026
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Barbados
- Estonia
- Croatia
- Hungary
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- Lithuania
- Latvia
- Poland
- Slovakia
- Uruguay