The United Republic of Tanzania?met the graduation criteria for the first time in 2024.
See the CDP's 2024 report .
LDC country pages
Click on the pages below for more information on each country's performance against the LDC criteria, the relevant CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions and, for those countries that are approaching graduation or have recently graduated, resources relating to graduation and "smooth transition" strategies
29 February 2024
Rwanda met the graduation criteria for the first time in 2024.
See the CDP's 2024 report .
28 February 2024
Uganda met the graduation criteria for the first time in 2024.
See the CDP's 2024 report .
08 September 2021
Bangladesh is scheduled to graduate on 24 November 2026 (see the General Assembly resolution ).
- More information on the process here.
08 September 2021
Bhutan is scheduled to graduate in 2023.
Bhutan's LDC Snapshot (LDC criteria, CDP reports, ECOSOC and General Assembly resolutions, impact assessment, vulnerability profile, etc.)
08 September 2021
At its 2024 Triennial Review, the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) recommended Cambodia?for graduation. ECOSOC has endorsed the recommendation.
Next step: action by the General Assembly and?a preparatory period. ?
08 September 2021
Comoros met the graduation criteria?in 2021 and 2024. The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) has deferred its decision on a recommendation to 2027.
08 September 2021
At its 2024 Triennial Review, the Committee for Development Policy (CDP) recommended Djibouti?for graduation. ECOSOC has decided to defer graduation to a later date.
See the CDP's 2024 report .
ECOSOC resolution (adopted 5 June 2024).
07 September 2021
Equatorial Guinea graduated from the LDC category in 2017.?
07 September 2021
The Committee for Development Policy (CDP) recommended Kiribati for graduation in 2018. ECOSOC deferred its consideration of that recommendation to a later date.
Next step: for Kiribati to graduate, ECOSOC must endorse the CDP's recommendation.??