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* Data from the 2021 triennial review
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LDC status
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Inclusion: 1971Graduation: 2014 |
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, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 20182021 | |
| ECOSOC resolutions: E/RES/1997/223, E/RES/2007/35 | |
| GA resolutions: A/RES/62/97, A/RES/64/295 | |
| Vulnerability profile: 2006 | |
| Monitoring reports: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 | |
| Country reports: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
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Value: |
$ 4,118 |
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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: |
96.1 |
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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: | 15.0 |  |
Value: | 93.3 | |
| Index: | 97.0 | Index: | 92.5 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Prevalence of stunting |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 6.6 |  |
Value: | 99.1 | |
| Index: | 91.7 | Index: | 98.8 | |||
| 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: | 43 |  |
Value: | 1.10 | |
| Index: | 96.8 | Index: | 100.0 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Maternal Mortality | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*
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Index: |
28.2 |
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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: | 9.9 |  |
Value: | 8.8 | |
| Index: | 15.2 | Index: | 25.2 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness and landlockedness |
Share of population living in drylands |
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Value: | 80.9 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 88.6 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | CDP | Source: | CDP | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 0.34 |  |
Value: | 1.8 | |
| Index: | 28.5 | Index: | 1.8 | |||
| Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | FAO | |||
Instability of exports of goods and services |
Victims of disasters |
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Value: | 3.0 |  |
Value: | 0.49 | |
| Index: | 5.9 | Index: | 60.4 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | EM-DAT | |||