LDC (Least Developed Countries)

=A list of the lower level countries(Developing Countries) of UN Human Development Index.

=Total LDC's Country is 47.

=The Concept of LDC's originated in the 1960's and the first LDC's Countries group was listed by UN it's resolution 2768(XXVI) of 18 November,1971.

=A country is regarded among the least developed countries if it stay into the 3 criteria-

 (1)Poverty:: Countires those have less than $1025 GNI to be included in the list and also the criteria to overcome from this $1230.

 (2)Human Resource::Weakness on nutrition,health,education and adult literacy is the based of this criteria.

 (3)Economic Vulnerability: Instability of agricultural production,exports of goods and services,economic importance of non traditional activities, Handicap of economic,smallness and the percentage of population dislocated by natural disasters.

== Former LDC's Countries:: 

             COUNTRIES NAME                              YEAR OF DEPARTURE
       
              (1)Botswana                                                      1994
               (2)CapeVerde                                                    2007
               (3)Maldives                                                       2011
               (4)SAMOA                                                          2014 
               (5)Guinea                                                          2017

- Some countries will departure in future.They are-

              COUNTRIES NAME                    YEAR OF DEPARTURE 


               (1)VANUATU                                                    2020
               (2)ANGOLA                                                      2021
               (3)BHUTAN                                                       2023
               (4)SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE AND
                    MARSHALL ISLANDS                                2024