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About the Least Developed Countries – LDCs

The Least Developed Countries represent the poorest and weakest segment of the international community. They comprise more than 880 million people (about 12 per cent of world population), but account for less than 2 percent of world GDP and about 1 percent of global trade in goods. Their low level of socio-economic development is characterized by weak human and institutional capacities, low and unequally distributed income and scarcity of domestic financial resources. They often suffer from governance crisis, political instability and, in some cases, internal and external conflicts. The category of LDCs was officially established in 1971 by the UN General Assembly. The current list of LDCs includes 48 countries (the newest member being South Sudan); 34 in Africa, 13 in Asia and the Pacific and 1 in Latin America.

LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Africa (34)

1

Angola

18

Madagascar

2

Benin

19

Malawi #

3

Burkina Faso #

20

Mali #

4

Burundi #

21

Mauritania

5

Central African Republic #

22

Mozambique

6

Chad #

23

Niger #

7

Comoros *

24

Rwanda #

8

Democratic Republic of the Congo

25

São Tomé and Príncipe *

9

Djibouti

26

Senegal

10

Equatorial Guinea

27

Sierra Leone

11

Eritrea

28

Somalia

12

Ethiopia #

29

South Sudan #

13

Gambia

30

Sudan

14

Guinea

31

Togo

15

Guinea-Bissau *

32

Uganda #

16

Lesotho #

33

United Republic of Tanzania

17

Liberia

34

Zambia #

Asia Pacific (13)

1

Afghanistan #

8

 Nepal #

2

Bangladesh

9

 Solomon Islands *

3

Bhutan #

10

Timor-Leste *

4

Cambodia

11

Tuvalu *

5

Kiribati *

12

Vanuatu *

6

Lao People’s Democratic Republic #

13

Yemen

7

Myanmar

Latin America and the Caribbean (1)

1

Haiti *

* Also a Small Island Developing State

# Also a Landlocked Developing Country

 

 

UN PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 2011-2020:

http://unohrlls.org/UserFiles/File/IPoA.pdf