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* Data from the 2021 triennial review
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LDC status
LDC status
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Inclusion: 1971Graduation: Scheduled to graduate in 2026 |
Reports and resolutions
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Inclusion |
| CDP report: 1971 | |
| GA resolution: A/RES/2768(XXVI) | |
Graduation |
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| CDP reports: 2018, 2021 | |
| ECOSOC resolution: E/RES/2021/11 | |
| GA resolution: A/RES/76/8 | |
| Graduation assessment: 2021 | |
| Impact assessment: 2021 | |
| Vulnerability profile: 2021 | |
| Country statement: 2021 CDP Plenary statement | |
| Monitoring reports: 2022, 2023 |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
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Value: |
$ 2,449 |
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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: |
72.8 |
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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: | 45.5 |  |
Value: | 65.8 | |
| Index: | 78.5 | Index: | 62.0 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Prevalence of stunting |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 31.2 |  |
Value: | 84.7 | |
| Index: | 42.5 | Index: | 79.5 | |||
| 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: | 185 |  |
Value: | 0.94 | |
| Index: | 84.9 | Index: | 89.3 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Maternal Mortality | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*
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Index: |
27.0 |
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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: | 17.7 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 28.3 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness and landlockedness |
Share of population living in drylands |
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Value: | 55.5 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 56.9 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | CDP | Source: | CDP | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 0.25 |  |
Value: | 5.2 | |
| Index: | 17.4 | Index: | 20.0 | |||
| Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | FAO | |||
Instability of exports of goods and services |
Victims of disasters |
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Value: | 5.1 |  |
Value: | 2.86 | |
| Index: | 10.2 | Index: | 83.5 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | EM-DAT | |||