LDC country pages

Click on the pages below for more information on each country's performance against the LDC criteria, the relevant CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions and, for those countries that are approaching graduation or have recently graduated, resources relating to graduation and "smooth transition" strategies

07 septembre 2021

Lao PDR is scheduled to graduate on 24 November 2026 (see the General Assembly resolution here).

  • More information on the process here.
07 septembre 2021

Myanmar met the graduation criteria in 2018, 2021 and 2024. The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) has deferred its decision on a recommendation to 2027.

See the CDP's 2024 report here.

07 septembre 2021

Nepal is scheduled to graduate on 24 November 2026 (see the General Assembly resolution here).

  • More information on the process here.
07 septembre 2021

São Tomé and Príncipe is scheduled to graduate on 13 December 2024 (see the General Assembly resolution here).

  • More information on the process here.
07 septembre 2021

At its 2024 Triennial Review, the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) recommended Senegal for graduation. 

See the CDP's 2024 report here.

Next step: ECOSOC endorsement of the CDP's recommendation (expected in 2024), followed by action by the General Assembly, and a preparatory period.  

07 septembre 2021

Solomon Islands is scheduled to graduate on 13 December 2027 (see the General Assembly resolutions here: graduation; extension of the preparatory period). 

  • More information on the process here.
07 septembre 2021

Timor-Leste met the graduation criteria in 2015, 2018 and 2021.  The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) deferred its decision on a recommendation to 2024. In 2024, Timor-Leste no longer met the graduation criteria.

See the CDP's 2024 report here.

07 septembre 2021

The Committee for Development Policy recommended Tuvalu's graduation in 2012. ECOSOC has deferred its consideration of that recommendation to 2024.

Next step: for Tuvalu to graduate, ECOSOC must endorse the CDP's recommendation.  ECOSOC has decided to defer its decision to 2024.

07 septembre 2021

Vanuatu graduated on 4 December 2020 (see General Assembly resolutions here). It is no longer an LDC.