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
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Africa (34) |
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1 |
Angola |
18 |
Madagascar |
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2 |
Benin |
19 |
Malawi # |
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3 |
Burkina Faso # |
20 |
Mali # |
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4 |
Burundi # |
21 |
Mauritania |
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5 |
Central African Republic # |
22 |
Mozambique |
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6 |
Chad # |
23 |
Niger # |
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7 |
Comoros * |
24 |
Rwanda # |
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8 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
25 |
São Tomé and Príncipe * |
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9 |
Djibouti |
26 |
Senegal |
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10 |
Equatorial Guinea |
27 |
Sierra Leone |
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11 |
Eritrea |
28 |
Somalia |
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12 |
Ethiopia # |
29 |
South Sudan # |
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13 |
Gambia |
30 |
Sudan |
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14 |
Guinea |
31 |
Togo |
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15 |
Guinea-Bissau * |
32 |
Uganda # |
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16 |
Lesotho # |
33 |
United Republic of Tanzania |
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17 |
Liberia |
34 |
Zambia # |
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Asia Pacific (13) |
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1 |
Afghanistan # |
8 |
Nepal # |
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2 |
Bangladesh |
9 |
Solomon Islands * |
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3 |
Bhutan # |
10 |
Timor-Leste * |
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4 |
Cambodia |
11 |
Tuvalu * |
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5 |
Kiribati * |
12 |
Vanuatu * |
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6 |
Lao People’s Democratic Republic # |
13 |
Yemen |
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7 |
Myanmar |
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Latin America and the Caribbean (1) |
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1 |
Haiti * |
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* 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
http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/policy/cdp/ldc2/ldc_countries.shtml
http://unohrlls.org/about-ldcs/
Извор: WUNRN – 26.05.2015
