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We support least developed countries in achieving structural economic transformation, enhancing productive capacity, reducing poverty, and building resilience...

Learn the difference between developed countries and developing countries and how their status is determined. See a list of the 32 top countries by GDP.

Details on which countries are considered to be developed countries according to the United Nations' Human Development Index (HDI).

This annual report provides a comprehensive and authoritative source of socio-economic analysis and data on the world´s most impoverished countries.

At the dawn of the new millennium, developing countries achieved rapid economic growth, supporting progress on economic and social development at the national...

LDC exports to the US currently face tariffs more than twice the rate applied to developed economies. Expanding trade with other countries, especially in the...

Rules of Origin for Least Developed Countries are special criteria in trade agreements that determine if a product qualifies for preferential, often duty-free,...

A joint publication by ITU and UN-OHRLLS

For over a decade, the international community has pursued an elusive goal: doubling the 1% share of global exports of the least developed countries...

The objective of the project is to help five LDCs in Asia and the Pacific enhance their ability to achieve structural economic and social progress, and to use...

Jan 9, 2026 - List and details of the least-developed countries in the world in terms of human development and economic self-sustainability.

No country wants to be a least developed country (LDC) forever. Making graduation from LDC status possible has been one of the paramount objectives of the...