United Nations list of Least Developed Countries

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The United Nations list of Least Developed Countries is an official classification identifying the world’s most socioeconomically vulnerable nations based on criteria such as income, human assets, and economic and environmental fragility.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations document
country classification list
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
aimsTo identify most socioeconomically vulnerable countries
prioritize support for least developed countries
appliesTo sovereign states
basedOn economic vulnerability
environmental vulnerability
low gross national income per capita
weak human assets
criterionIncludes Economic and Environmental Vulnerability Index NERFINISHED
GNI per capita threshold
Human Assets Index NERFINISHED
differentFrom UN landlocked developing countries list NERFINISHED
UN small island developing States list NERFINISHED
World Bank country income classification NERFINISHED
excludes territories that are not UN member states
graduationRequires meeting economic vulnerability criterion for graduation
meeting human assets criterion for graduation
meeting income criterion for graduation
hasAbbreviation UN LDC list NERFINISHED
hasProcess graduation from LDC status
inclusion into LDC status
language English
French
Spanish
linkedTo 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development NERFINISHED
Doha Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries NERFINISHED
Istanbul Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries NERFINISHED
maintainedBy UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs NERFINISHED
United Nations NERFINISHED
United Nations Committee for Development Policy NERFINISHED
partOf United Nations development classification system NERFINISHED
publisher United Nations NERFINISHED
relatedTo Official development assistance
Special and Differential Treatment in WTO NERFINISHED
UN development system NERFINISHED
reviewCycle every three years
reviewedBy United Nations Committee for Development Policy NERFINISHED
subjectOf global economic governance
international development policy
usedFor allocation of international support measures
development financing prioritization
identification of least developed countries
technical assistance targeting
trade preferences

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