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* Data from the 2021 triennial review
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LDC status
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Inclusion: 1971 |
Graduation: 1994 |
Reports and resolutions
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Inclusion |
| CDP report: 1971 | |
| GA resolution: A/RES/2768(XXVI) | |
Graduation |
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| CDP reports: 1991, 1994 | |
| ECOSOC resolutions: E/RES/1991/275, A/RES/1994/225 | |
| GA resolutions: A/RES/46/206, A/RES/49/133 |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
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Value: |
$ 7,304 |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | $ 1,018 | |||||
| Graduation: | $ 1,222 | |||||
| Income-only graduation: | $ 2,444 | |||||
Human assets index (HAI)*
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Index: |
83.1 |
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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: | 41.6 |  |
Value: | 87.7 | |
| Index: | 80.9 | Index: | 86.3 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | CDP | |||
Prevalence of stunting |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 23.2 |  |
Value: | 88.2 | |
| Index: | 58.6 | Index: | 84.3 | |||
| Source: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Maternal Mortality Rate |
Gender parity index for gross secondary school enrolment |
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Value: | 144 |  |
Value: | 1.07 | |
| Index: | 88.4 | Index: | 100.0 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Maternal Mortality | Source: | CDP | |||
Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*
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Index: |
50.9 |
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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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Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP |
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones |
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Value: | 2.2 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 2.0 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness and landlockedness |
Share of population living in drylands |
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Value: | 86.6 |  |
Value: | 100.0 | |
| Index: | 95.7 | Index: | 100.0 | |||
| Source: | CDP | Source: | CDP | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 0.89 |  |
Value: | 7.0 | |
| Index: | 93.1 | Index: | 29.9 | |||
| Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | FAO | |||
Instability of exports of goods and services |
Victims of disasters |
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Value: | 12.1 |  |
Value: | 0.56 | |
| Index: | 24.1 | Index: | 62.0 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | EM-DAT | |||