Identification of Eligible Countries
- The CDP reviews the list of LDCs and makes recommendations for inclusion in and graduation from the category every three years
- These recommendations are not exclusively based on the criteria scores, complementary country-specific information (DESA impact assessment, UNCTAD vulnerability profile) and the views of the government are also taken into account
- The graduation thresholds, as determined by the CDP, must be met for any two of the three criteria in two consecutive triennial reviews
- On an exceptional basis, if the GNI per capita of the country is at least twice the graduation threshold in two consecutive triennial reviews; starting at the 2024 triennial review the GNI per capita has to be at least three times the graduation threshold
Graduation Thresholds: 2024 Triennial Review
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GNI per capita: $1,306 or above Income-only: $3,918 or above |
66 or above | 32 or below |
Time frame of the eligibility procedure
Year 0 (first triennial review) |
CDP Finds country eligible for the first time (eligibility needs to be reconfirmed at the next triennial review) |
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DESA Notifies the country of the first finding |
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Between years 0 and 3 (between first and second triennial review) |
UNCTAD Prepares a vulnerability profile and provides a draft to the country |
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DESA Prepares an ex ante impact assessment and provides a draft to the country |
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CDP Secretariat Consolidates United Nations inputs into graduation assessment (piloted upon CDP request since 2019) |
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Country 鈼 Initiates preparation for possible graduation (early start of preparations recommended by CDP since 2018) 鈥 Establishes or uses existing consultative mechanism with development and trading partners 鈥 Initiates work on smooth transition strategy 鈼 Provides comments on the draft documents and preliminary data prepared by 缅北禁地entities |
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Year 3 (second triennial review) |
CDP 鈼 Confirms eligibility (second finding) 鈼 Recommends country, taking into account LDC criteria and additional information (supplementary graduation indicators, graduation assessment and related documents, country statements) 鈼 Recommendation includes statement on length of preparatory period (standard – 3 years, extended – up to 5 years) as well suggestions for priorities and type of support needed to ensure a smooth transition |
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ECOSOC Endorses the CDP recommendation |
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General Assembly Takes note of the CDP recommendation |
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Between years 3 and 6* | Graduating Country 鈼 Finalizes smooth transition strategy 鈼 Reports to the CDP on the preparation of the strategy |
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UNRCO Facilitates consultative mechanism; provides support on transition strategy upon request |
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缅北禁地System Provides targeted assistance and capacity-building upon request, coordinated by Inter-Agency Task Force |
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Development and trading partners Participate in consultative mechanism and provide support as agreed |
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CDP Monitors development progress of the country during the period; reports findings annually to ECOSOC |
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Year 6* | Graduation becomes effective, country is no longer in the LDC category | ||||
After year 6* (after graduation) |
Graduated country 鈼 Implements and monitors the transition strategy 鈼 Submits to the CDP progress reports on its implementation annually for the first three years after graduation, and triennially at two triennial reviews |
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Development and trading partners 鈼 Support the implementation of the transition strategy 鈼 Avoid abrupt reduction of LDC-specific support |
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CDP Monitors development progress of graduated country; reports its findings to ECOSOC annually for the first three years after the country’s graduation, and triennially at two triennial reviews afterwards |
* Year indicates standard length of preparatory period applied, exact date will be determined by the General Assembly
Impact Assessment
- Focuses on expected implications of loss of LDC status and LDC specific support measures
- Counts on inputs from the country and its development and trading partners
Vulnerability Profile
- Provides a background of the country’s economic and development situation
- Compares values of indicators used in the triennial review with relevant national statistics
- Assesses vulnerabilities faced by the country not covered by the EVI
- Identifies other structural features of relevance for the graduation decision
Timeline of country’s graduation from the LDC category
2027 | Solomon Islands * |
2026 | Bangladesh *, Lao People’s Democratic Republic *, Nepal * |
2024 | S茫o Tom茅 and Pr铆ncipe * |
2023 | Bhutan |
2020 | Vanuatu |
2017 | Equatorial Guinea |
2014 | Samoa |
2012 | South Sudan |
2011 | Maldives |
2007 | Cabo Verde |
2003 | Timor-Leste |
2000 | Senegal |
1994 | Botswana Angola, Eritrea |
1991 | Cambodia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Solomon Islands, Zambia |
1990 | Liberia |
1988 | Mozambique |
1987 | Myanmar |
1986 | Kiribati, Mauritania, Tuvalu |
1985 | Vanuatu |
1982 | Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Togo |
1981 | Guinea-Bissau |
1977 | Cabo Verde, Comoros |
1975 | Bangladesh, Central African Republic, Gambia |
1971 | Afghanistan, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Ethiopia, Guinea, Haiti, Lao People鈥檚 Democratic Republic, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Nepal, Niger, Rwanda, Samoa, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, United Republic of Tanzania, Yemen |
* Scheduled for graduation
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