Agriculture & Rural in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

3,594 indicators covering agriculture & rural for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Cottonseed — Processing 1,296 1000 t 2023 down 19.9% 2nd
Yams — Import quantity 38 1000 t 2023 1st
Number of severely food insecure people (million) (3-year average) 241.1 million No 2023 up 38.2% 2nd
Other berries and fruits of the genus vaccinium n.e.c. — Gross 44,528 1000 USD 2024 up 129.7% 3rd
Dates — Gross Production Value 77,295 1000 USD 2024 down 29.6% 3rd
Raw silk (not thrown) — Import quantity 216.75 t 2023 down 4.9% 3rd
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Gross Production Index Number 115.92 2024 up 20.8% 2nd
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Gross per capita Production Index Number 94.03 2024 down 4.4% 3rd
Tung nuts — Gross Production Value 2,342 1000 Int$ 2024 up 6.9% 2nd
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Gross Production Value 44,959 1000 Int$ 2024 up 20.8% 2nd
Tung nuts — Production 7,330 t 2024 up 6.9% 2nd
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Area harvested 117,562 ha 2024 up 20.5% 2nd
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Yield 352.6 kg/ha 2024 up 0.2% 2nd
Cloves (whole stems), raw — Production 41,457 t 2024 up 20.8% 2nd
Pyrethrum, dried flowers — Area harvested 11,069 ha 2024 down 43.7% 1st
Pyrethrum, dried flowers — Yield 361.2 kg/ha 2024 down 10.6% 5th
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) 6.7 % 2024 down 17.3% 5th
Taro — Gross Production Value 279,357 1000 USD 2024 up 154.0% 3rd
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (male) (15 years old) 70,456 1000 No 2025 up 49.7% 2nd
Palmkernel Oil — Other uses 22 1000 t 2023 up 46.7% 3rd
Cashew nuts, in shell — Gross Production Value 431,401 1000 USD 2024 up 32.4% 3rd
Areca nuts — Gross Production Index Number 148.54 2024 up 60.8% 2nd
Areca nuts — Gross per capita Production Index Number 120.6 2024 up 27.3% 2nd
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Index 133.83 2024 up 36.2% 1st
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross per capita 108.5 2024 up 7.9% 1st
Areca nuts — Area harvested 128,784 ha 2024 up 45.1% 2nd
Areca nuts — Yield 4,920 kg/ha 2024 up 10.8% 1st
Sugar cane — Processing 46,759 1000 t 2023 down 2.5% 2nd
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old) 75,835 1000 No 2025 up 40.5% 2nd
Millet and products — Production 11,514 1000 t 2023 up 7.5% 2nd
Sunflowerseed Oil — Production 543 1000 t 2023 up 13.4% 3rd
Areca nuts — Gross Production Value 1.04 million 1000 USD 2024 up 67.2% 2nd
Meat of asses, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 11,682 1000 USD 2024 up 32.2% 2nd
Vetches — Gross Production Value 79,809 1000 USD 2024 up 22.1% 1st
Hop cones — Gross Production Value 22,860 1000 USD 2024 down 40.0% 2nd
Sunflower seed — Processing 1,621 1000 t 2023 up 15.1% 3rd
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross Production Value 257,962 1000 USD 2024 down 10.5% 4th
Apples and products — Processing 0 1000 t 2021 6th
Natural rubber in primary forms — Gross Production Value 268,679 1000 USD 2024 up 401.0% 3rd
Cotton lint, ginned — Production 656,879 t 2023 down 15.8% 3rd
Castor oil seeds — Gross Production Value 20,502 1000 USD 2024 down 73.2% 2nd
Rape and Mustard Oil — Other uses 8 1000 t 2023 down 38.5% 3rd
Pelagic Fish — Other uses 220 1000 t 2023 up 201.4% 3rd
Cow peas, dry — Gross Production Value 1.12 million 1000 USD 2024 up 51.6% 1st
Silk waste — Import quantity 132.1 t 2023 up 11.0% 2nd
Oats — Production 48 1000 t 2023 down 32.4% 3rd
Peas — Seed 16 1000 t 2023 down 42.9% 2nd
Spices, Other — Losses 126 1000 t 2023 up 32.6% 2nd
Soyabeans — Seed 43 1000 t 2023 up 126.3% 3rd
Sugar (Raw Equivalent) — Other uses 362 1000 t 2023 up 248.1% 1st
Oats — Losses 3 1000 t 2023 down 25.0% 3rd
Number of severely food insecure male adults (million) (3-year) 71.9 million No 2023 up 45.5% 2nd
Cottonseed — Seed 145 1000 t 2023 up 27.2% 2nd
Sunflower seed — Production 1,940 1000 t 2023 up 18.4% 3rd
Eggs — Other uses 0 1000 t 2023 2nd
Pineapples and products — Production 2,846 1000 t 2023 up 33.1% 2nd
Coconut Oil — Production 110 1000 t 2023 up 17.0% 4th
Cassava and products — Production 132,717 1000 t 2023 up 37.6% 1st
2.1.2 Number of severely food insecure people (female) (15 years old) 73,968 1000 No 2025 up 42.2% 2nd
Buckwheat — Gross Production Value 6,742 1000 USD 2024 up 58.2% 2nd