The least developed countries (LDCs) are defined as low-income countries that are suffering from long-term impediments to growth. They have low levels of human resource development and are vulnerable to both
socio-economic, and environmental shocks. There are forty-six (46) LDCs, with a population of close to one billion, representing around 13% of the world's total:
Afghanistan #
Angola
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan #
Burkina Faso #
Burundi #
Cambodia
Central African Republic #
Chad #
Comoros *
Djibouti
DR Congo
Eritrea
Ethiopia #
Gambia | Guinea
Guinea-Bissau *
Haiti *
Kiribati *
Lao PDR #
Lesotho #
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi #
Mali #
Mauritania
Mozambique
Myanmar
Nepal #
Niger #
Rwanda # | São Tomé and Príncipe *
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Solomon Islands *
Somalia
South Sudan #
Sudan
Tanzania
Timor-Leste *
Togo
Tuvalu *
Uganda #
Yemen
Zambia #
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* Also a small island developing state # Also a landlocked developing country. Updated as of March 2021.
Note: Vanuatu graduated from the category of the LDCs in 2020.
