Least developed countries (as of December 2022)
Africa |
East Asia |
South Asia |
Western Asia |
Latin America and the Caribbean |
Angola Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Central African Republic Chad Comoros Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Lesotho Liberia |
Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mozambique Niger Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia South Sudan Sudan Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia |
Cambodia Kiribati Lao People’s Democratic Republic Myanmar Solomon Islands Timor Leste Tuvalua |
Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Nepal |
Yemen |
Haiti |
Source: UN DESA (https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/wp-content/uploads/sites/45/publication/ldc_list.pdf).
a Economies not systematically monitored for the World Economic Situation and Prospects report.