diff --git a/pipelines/assets/baseline.py b/pipelines/assets/baseline.py
index 875a14d..5e01efb 100644
--- a/pipelines/assets/baseline.py
+++ b/pipelines/assets/baseline.py
@@ -88,7 +88,17 @@ def get_wealth_group_dataframe(
             wealth_group_df = wealth_group_df.loc[:, ~wealth_group_df.columns.duplicated()]
         except ValueError:
             pass
-
+        # Check if there are unrecognized wealth group category at this point and report
+        wealth_group_missing_category_df = wealth_group_df[
+            wealth_group_df["wealth_group_category"].isnull()
+            & wealth_group_df["wealth_group_category_original"].notnull()
+        ]
+        if not wealth_group_missing_category_df.empty:
+            unique_values = set(wealth_group_missing_category_df["wealth_group_category_original"].unique())
+            raise ValueError(
+                "%s has unrecognized wealth group category in %s:\n%s"
+                % (partition_key, worksheet_name, "\n  ".join(unique_values)),
+            )
         # Lookup the Community instances
         community_lookup = CommunityLookup()
         wealth_group_df["livelihood_zone_baseline"] = livelihood_zone_baseline.id  # required parent for lookup