Development Goals in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)

66 indicators covering development goals for Least Developed Countries (LDCs).

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Red List Index 0.7542 index 2025 down 2.9% 21st
Number of refugees per 100,000 population, by country of origin 1,312 per 100,000 people 2025 up 58.5% 6th
Manufacturing value added per capita 177.54 constant US$ 2025 up 44.2% 34th
Number of transboundary breeds 307 2025 up 1.3% 13th
Number of transboundary breeds (not extinct) 295 2025 up 1.4% 12th
Number of transboundary breeds with unknown risk status 227 2025 down 8.1% 6th
Number of local breeds with unknown risk status 663 2025 down 2.8% 7th
Number of local breeds (not extinct) 820 2025 up 8.9% 9th
Number of local breeds kept in the country 834 2025 up 8.7% 10th
Infant deaths 1.48 million 2024 down 6.0% 3rd
Neonatal deaths 867,867 2024 down 1.9% 3rd
Alcohol consumption per capita (aged 15 years and older) within a 1.6 ltpureal 2024 up 1.2% 34th
Under-five deaths 2.08 million 2024 down 9.4% 3rd
Children moderately or severely stunted 57,242 num th 2024 up 8.5% 5th
Children moderately or severely overweight 5,635 num th 2024 up 38.9% 9th
Annual inflation, consumer prices 4.5% 2024 up 2.2% 5th
Prevalence of undernourishment 20.9% 2025 up 7.7% 5th
Change in maximum river flow 9.8% 2024 up 400.4% 14th
Change in minimum river flow 5.6% 2024 up 116.4% 15th
River flow maximum 19.77 million m3 per sec 2024 up 7.7% 10th
River flow minimum 3.26 million m3 per sec 2024 up 2.9% 7th
Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by 8.15 per 100,000 people 2024 down 3.9% 6th
Domestic material consumption, by type of raw material 4.79 billion tonnes 2022 up 31.5% 19th
Number of commercial bank branches per 100,000 adults 6.9 per 100,000 people 2024 up 35.3% 12th
Domestic material consumption per capita, by type of raw material 4.22 tonnes 2022 up 3.9% 35th
Total official flows for scholarships, by recipient countries 281.36 million constant US$ 2024 up 59.4% 4th
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 54.0% 2023 up 26.5% 17th
Number of automated teller machines (ATMs) per 100,000 adults 10.3 per 100,000 people 2024 up 83.9% 14th
Average tariff applied by developed countries, most-favored nation 4.7% 2024 down 1.3% 7th
Average tariff applied by developed countries, preferential status 1.5% 2024 down 4.6% 7th
Number of undernourished people 253.8 num m 2025 up 35.9% 5th
Chlorophyll-a deviations, remote sensing 3.7% 2022 down 10.2% 14th
Annual mean levels of fine particulate matter (population-weighted) 28.38 µg/m³ 2023 down 5.1% 10th
Worldwide weighted tariff-average, most-favoured-nation status, by 14.2% 2024 up 16.4% 15th
Worldwide weighted tariff-average, preferential status, by type of 10.1% 2024 up 5.0% 15th
Current number of seats in national parliaments 6,544 2026 down 16.7% 10th
Countries with death registration data that are at least 75 percent 2 2024 unchanged 20th
Plant genetic resources accessions stored ex situ 203,505 2024 up 13.7% 23rd
Data Sources performance index (Statistical Performance Indicators) 36.88 index 2024 up 12.0% 33rd
Countries with national statistical legislation exists that complies 30 2025 up 57.9% 6th
Countries with national statistical plans that are under 28 2025 down 12.5% 6th
Countries with national statistical plans that are fully funded 1 2025 down 80.0% 26th
Land area 2.04 million ha th 2025 down 0.0% 8th
Countries that are parties to the Nagoya Protocol 40 2025 up 60.0% 3rd
Gross receipts by developing countries of official sustainable 48,784 million current US$ 2024 up 17.4% 2nd
Gross receipts by developing countries of official concessional 20,496 million current US$ 2024 up 48.2% 5th
Gross receipts by developing countries of mobilised private finance 3,591 million current US$ 2024 up 158.9% 14th
Gross receipts by developing countries of private grants 1,114 million current US$ 2024 up 122.7% 5th
Gross receipts by developing countries of official non-concessional 11,007 million current US$ 2024 up 158.3% 16th
Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 72.4% 2022 down 11.0% 12th
Beach litter originating from national land-based sources that ends 1.27 million tonnes 2022 up 20.7% 11th
Chlorophyll-a anomaly, remote sensing 1.7% 2022 — 8th
Mountain Green Cover Index 1.3 % 2021 up 58.5% 20th
Mountain area 3.58 million kmsq 2021 unchanged 8th
Mountain green cover area 46,532 kmsq 2021 up 58.2% 12th
Beach litter items per unit of surface area 52 num items per 100m2 2024 down 85.4% 11th
Number of local breeds for which sufficient genetic resources are 6 2025 unchanged 20th
Number of transboundary breeds for which sufficient genetic resources 6 2025 unchanged 21st
Mangrove area 27,613 kmsq 2020 down 0.9% 9th
Total deaths and disappearances recorded during migration 2,619 2025 up 129.3% 6th