Least Developed Country Category: Democratic Republic of the Congo Profile 2021 | Economic Analysis and Policy Division

* Data from the 2021 triennial review

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LDC status

Inclusion: 1991

Reports and resolutions

	Inclusion
	CDP report: 1991

	GA resolution: A/RES/46/206

Gross national income (GNI) per capita*

	Value:		$ 506
	Thresholds
	Inclusion:		$ 1,018
	Graduation:		$ 1,222
	Income-only graduation:		$ 2,444

Human assets index (HAI)*

	Index:		47.9
	Thresholds
	Inclusion:		60 or below
	Graduation:		66 or above

	HAI indicators
	Under-five mortality rate			Gross secondary school enrolment ratio
		Value:	84.8		Value:	46.2
		Index:	54.7		Index:	40.2
		Source:	UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation		Source:	UNESCO
	Prevalence of stunting			Adult literacy rate
		Value:	41.2		Value:	77.0
		Index:	22.6		Index:	69.4
		Source:	UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates		Source:	UNESCO
	Maternal Mortality Rate			Gender parity index for gross secondary school enrolment
		Value:	473		Value:	0.64
		Index:	60.8		Index:	39.9
		Source:	UN IAG for Maternal Mortality		Source:	UNESCO

Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*

	Index:		28.3
	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
		Value:	20.5		Value:	0.01
		Index:	33.1		Index:	0.0
		Source:	UN/DESA, Statistics Division		Source:	CIESIN
	Remoteness and landlockedness			Share of population living in drylands
		Value:	56.2		Value:	0.3
		Index:	57.7		Index:	0.3
		Source:	CDP		Source:	CDP
	Merchandise export concentration			Instability of agricultural production
		Value:	0.45		Value:	8.4
		Index:	41.8		Index:	37.2
		Source:	UNCTAD		Source:	FAO
	Instability of exports of goods and services			Victims of disasters
		Value:	10.6		Value:	0.07
		Index:	21.2		Index:	35.4
		Source:	UN/DESA, Statistics Division		Source:	EM-DAT