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* Data from the 2015 triennial review
LDC status
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Inclusion: 1985 |
Graduation: Recommended for graduation in 2020 by the General Assembly |
Reports and resolutions
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Inclusion |
| CDP report: 1985 | |
| GA resolution: A/RES/40/233 | |
Graduation |
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| CDP reports: 1991, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2006, 2009, 2012 | |
| ECOSOC resolutions: E/RES/1997/223, E/RES/1998/39, E/RES/2012/32 | |
| GA resolutions: A/RES/52/210, E/RES/68/18, A/RES/70/78 | |
| Impact assessment: 2009, 2012 | |
| Vulnerability profile: 2009, 2012 | |
| Country statements: 2009 CDP Plenary statement, 2012 CDP EGM statement | |
| Country presentation: 2015 CDP EGM presentation | |
| Monitoring reports: 2014, 2015 |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
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Value: | $ 2,997 |  |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | $ 1,035 | |||||
| Graduation: | $ 1,242 | |||||
| Income-only graduation: | $ 2,484 | |||||
Human assets index (HAI)*
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Index: | 81.3 |  |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | 60 or below | |||||
| Graduation: | 66 or above | |||||
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HAI indicators |
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Under-five mortality rate |
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio |
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Value: | 16.9 |  |
Value: | 59.5 | |
| Index: | 95.8 | Index: | 55.0 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Percentage of population undernourished |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 7.2 |  |
Value: | 83.4 | |
| Index: | 96.3 | Index: | 77.8 | |||
| Source: | FAO | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Economic vulnerability index (EVI)*
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Index: | 47.7 |  |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | 36 or above | |||||
| Graduation: | 32 or below | |||||
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EVI indicators |
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Population |
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones |
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Value: | 252,763 |  |
Value: | 1.18 | |
| Index: | 92.2 | Index: | 3.4 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Population Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness |
Instability of exports of goods and services |
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Value: | 82.2 |  |
Value: | 8.4 | |
| Index: | 90.3 | Index: | 11.3 | |||
| Source: | CDP | Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Victims of natural disasters |
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Value: | 0.70 |  |
Value: | 3.036 | |
| Index: | 70.9 | Index: | 84.3 | |||
| Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | EM-DAT | |||
Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 25.1 |  |
Value: | 7.6 | |
| Index: | 40.8 | Index: | 33.1 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | FAO | |||