Which are the Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) is a list of the countries that, according to the United Nations, exhibit the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development, with the lowest Human Development Index ratings of all countries in the world. A country is classified among the Least Developed Countries if it meets three criteria:
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- Poverty - adjustable criterion based on Gross National Income (GNI) per capita averaged over three years. As of 2015 a country must have GNI per capita less than US $1,035 to be included on the list, and over $1,242 to graduate from it.
- Human resource weakness - based on indicators of nutrition, health, education and adult literacy.
- Economic vulnerability - based on instability of agricultural production, instability of exports of goods and services, economic importance of non-traditional activities, merchandise export concentration, handicap of economic smallness, and the percentage of population displaced by natural disasters.
Afghanistan | Guinea | Sao Tome and Principe |
Angola | Guinea-Bissau | Senegal |
Bangladesh | Haiti | Sierra Leone |
Benin | Kiribati | Solomon Islands |
Bhutan | Lao People’s Democratic Republic | Somalia |
Burkina Faso | Lesotho | South Sudan |
Burundi | Liberia | Sudan |
Cambodia | Madagascar | Timor-Leste |
Central African Republic | Malawi | Togo |
Chad | Mali | Tuvalu |
Comoros | Mauritania | Uganda |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Mozambique | United Republic of Tanzania |
Djibouti | Myanmar | Yemen |
Eritrea | Nepal | Zambia |
Ethiopia | Niger | |
Gambia | Rwanda |
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