* Data from the 2021 triennial review
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LDC status
Inclusion: 1971 |
Reports and resolutions
Inclusion |
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CDP report: 1971 | |
GA resolution: A/RES/2768(XXVI) |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
Value: |
$ 1,181 |
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Thresholds |
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Inclusion: | $ 1,018 | |||||
Graduation: | $ 1,222 | |||||
Income-only graduation: | $ 2,444 |
Human assets index (HAI)*
Index: |
49.4 |
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Thresholds |
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Inclusion: | 60 or below | |||||
Graduation: | 66 or above |
HAI indicators |
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Under-five mortality rate |
Gross secondary school enrolment ratio |
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Value: | 90.3 | Value: | 59.0 | |||
Index: | 51.3 | Index: | 54.5 | |||
Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Prevalence of stunting |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 31.9 | Value: | 42.4 | |||
Index: | 41.1 | Index: | 23.1 | |||
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: | 397 | Value: | 0.76 | |||
Index: | 67.2 | Index: | 59.3 | |||
Source: | UN IAG for Maternal Mortality | Source: | UNESCO |
Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*
Index: |
33.0 |
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Thresholds |
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Inclusion: | 36 or above | |||||
Graduation: | 32 or below |
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: | 30.4 | Value: | 7.3 | |||
Index: | 49.8 | Index: | 20.7 | |||
Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness and landlockedness |
Share of population living in drylands |
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Value: | 47.3 | Value: | 11.5 | |||
Index: | 46.6 | Index: | 11.5 | |||
Source: | CDP | Source: | CDP | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 0.36 | Value: | 6.7 | |||
Index: | 30.1 | Index: | 28.2 | |||
Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | FAO | |||
Instability of exports of goods and services |
Victims of disasters |
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Value: | 6.5 | Value: | 0.67 | |||
Index: | 13.0 | Index: | 64.3 | |||
Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | EM-DAT |
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