* Data from the 2024 triennial review
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LDC status
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Inclusion: 1971 |
Reports and resolutions
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Inclusion |
| CDP report: | |
| GA resolution: |
Gross national income (GNI) per capita*
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Value: |
$ 1,184 |
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Thresholds |
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| Inclusion: | $ 1,088 | |||||
| Graduation: | $ 1,306 | |||||
Human assets index (HAI)*
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Index: |
60.7 |
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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: | 72.2 |  |
Value: | 38.1 | |
| Index: | 62.3 | Index: | 31.2 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Prevalence of stunting |
Adult literacy rate |
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Value: | 31.8 |  |
Value: | 82.0 | |
| Index: | 41.4 | Index: | 76.0 | |||
| 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: | 566 |  |
Value: | 1.8 | |
| Index: | 53.0 | Index: | 100.0 | |||
| Source: | UN IAG for Maternal Mortality | Source: | UNESCO | |||
Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*
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Index: |
47.8 |
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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 in low elevated coastal zones |
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Value: | 6.6 |  |
Value: | 0.0 | |
| Index: | 9.5 | Index: | 0.0 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | CIESIN | |||
Remoteness and landlockedness |
Share of population living in drylands |
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Value: | 89.2 |  |
Value: | 68.6 | |
| Index: | 99.1 | Index: | 68.6 | |||
| Source: | CDP Secretariat | Source: | CDP Secretariat | |||
Merchandise export concentration |
Instability of agricultural production |
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Value: | 7.9 |  |
Value: | 6.3 | |
| Index: | 65.4 | Index: | 26.1 | |||
| Source: | UNCTAD | Source: | FAO | |||
Instability of exports of goods and services |
Victims of disasters |
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Value: | 12.2 |  |
Value: | 8.19 | |
| Index: | 24.3 | Index: | 89.4 | |||
| Source: | UN/DESA, Statistics Division | Source: | UNDRR | |||
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