Least Developed Country Category: Bangladesh Profile 2021

* Data from the 2021 triennial review

Bangladesh country profile in PDF

LDC status

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Inclusion: 1975

Graduation: Scheduled to graduate in 2026

Reports and resolutions

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Inclusion

CDP report: 1975
ECOSOC resolution: E/RES/1976(LIX)
GA resolution: A/RES/3487(XXX)

Graduation

CDP report: 20182021
ECOSOC resolution: E/RES/2021/11
GA resolution: A/RES/76/8
Impact assessment: 2021
Vulnerability profile: 2021
Country presentation: 2021 CDP EGM presentation
Country statement: 2021 CDP EGM Plenary Statement, 2021 CDP EGM Plenary Statement-Annex
Monitoring reports: 2022, 2023

Gross national income (GNI) per capita*

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Value:

$ 1,827

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Thresholds

Inclusion: $ 1,018
Graduation: $ 1,222
Income-only graduation: $ 2,444

Human assets index (HAI)*

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Index:

75.3

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 60 or below
Graduation: 66 or above

HAI indicators

Under-five mortality rate
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio
stat Value: 30.8 stat Value: 72.6
Index: 87.4 Index: 69.5
Source: UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation Source: UNESCO
Prevalence of stunting
Adult literacy rate
stat Value: 31.0 stat Value: 74.7
Index: 43.0 Index: 66.2
Source: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Source: UNESCO
Maternal Mortality Rate
Gender parity index for gross secondary school enrolment
stat Value: 173 stat Value: 1.17
Index: 85.9 Index: 100.0
Source: UN IAG for Maternal Mortality Source: UNESCO

Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*

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Index:

27.2

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 36 or above
Graduation: 32 or below

EVI indicators

Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones
stat Value: 13.8 stat Value: 8.4
Index: 21.7 Index: 23.9
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: CIESIN
Remoteness and landlockedness
Share of population living in drylands
stat Value: 37.8 stat Value: 0.0
Index: 34.8 Index: 0.0
Source: CDP Source: CDP
Merchandise export concentration
Instability of agricultural production
stat Value: 0.41 stat Value: 3.1
Index: 36.0 Index: 8.4
Source: UNCTAD Source: FAO
Instability of exports of goods and services
Victims of disasters
stat Value: 2.7 stat Value: 3.86
Index: 5.4 Index: 87.5
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: EM-DAT