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* Data from the 2024 triennial review
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LDC status
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Inclusion: 1991 |
Reports and resolutions
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Inclusion |
| CDP reports: 1987, 1988, 1991 | |
| ECOSOC resolution: E/DEC/1987/109 | |
| GA resolution: A/RES/46/206 | |
Graduation |
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| CDP report: 2021, 2024 | |
| Impact assessment: 2024 English, French; 2023 Study on Impacts of LDC Graduation on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) in Cambodia, Djibouti, Senegal and Zambia |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
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Value: |
$ 1,113 |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | $ 1,088 | |||||
| Graduation: | $ 1,306 | |||||
Human assets index (HAI)*
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Index: |
71.4 |
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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 |
Lower secondary education completion rate |
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Value: | 55.6 |  |
Value: | 47.2 | |
| Index: | 72.4 | Index: | 41.3 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Prevalence of stunting |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 31.4 |  |
Value: | 87.5 | |
| Index: | 42.2 | Index: | 83.3 | |||
| Source: | UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Maternal Mortality Rate |
Gender parity index for lower secondary education completion |
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Value: | 135 |  |
Value: | 1.1 | |
| Index: | 89.1 | Index: | 100.0 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Maternal Mortality | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*
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Index: |
39.8 |
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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 living in low elevated coastal zones |
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Value: | 3.3 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 3.9 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness and landlockedness |
Share of population living in drylands |
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Value: | 80.8 |  |
Value: | 46.6 | |
| Index: | 88.5 | Index: | 46.6 | |||
| Source: | CDP Secretariat | Source: | CDP Secretariat | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 7.8 |  |
Value: | 7.9 | |
| Index: | 63.5 | Index: | 34.5 | |||
| Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | FAO | |||
Instability of exports of goods and services |
Victims of disasters |
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Value: | 10.3 |  |
Value: | 1.64 | |
| Index: | 20.6 | Index: | 61.2 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | UNDRR | |||