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[Official data and documents referring to the Committee for Development Policy (CDP)'s 2024 triennial review of the LDC category are being processed and will be posted as soon as they are available]
Countries that have already graduated
- Botswana (1994)
- Cabo Verde (2007)
- Maldives (2011)
- Samoa (2014)
- Equatorial Guinea (2017)
- Vanuatu (2020)
- Bhutan (2023)
Graduating countries (General Assembly has issued the resolution on graduation)
- São Tomé and Príncipe (2024)
- Bangladesh (2026)
- Lao PDR (2026)
- Nepal (2026)
- Solomon Islands (2027)
Countries recommended for graduation by the CDP, endorsed by ECOSOC, under consideration by the General Assembly
None at this time
Countries recommended for graduation by the CDP (will be considered by ECOSOC in 2024)
Countries that have met the graduation criteria twice or more, but have been deferred by the CDP (will be assessed at the CDP's 2027 Triennial Review)
Countries that met the graduation criteria for the first time in 2024 (will be assessed at the CDP's 2027 Triennial Review)
Countries previously in the graduation process, but that no longer meet the graduation criteria
Categories:
Support for LDC graduation
- Graduation process and the CDP
- Frequently asked questions on graduation
- Countries approaching graduation and already graduated
- How to prepare for graduation
- Support for graduation and a smooth transition
- Monitoring of graduating and recently graduated countries
- LDC graduation library
- Graduation news and events