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UNCTAD/PRESS/PR/2004
27/05/04

THE WORLD´S 50 LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES AT A GLANCE

EMBARGO
The contents of this Report must not be quoted or
summarized in the print, broadcast or electronic
media before 27 May 2004 17:00 GMT
(1 PM New York, 19:00 Geneva)

ANNEX

Tables(1) and figures

MAP OF THE 50 LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

Selected Socioeconomic Indicators On The Least Developed Countries

	Population (millions)	GDP per capita (US$ current)	Share of total labour force in agriculture (%)	Adult literacy rate (%)	Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births)	Average life expectancy at birth (years)	Estimated number of people (aged 0-49 years) living with HIV/AIDS (thousands)
	2002	2002	2002	2000	2000-05	2000-05	end 2001
Afghanistan	22.9	..	66	36	162	43	..
Angola	13.2	863	71	42	140	40	350
Bangladesh	143.8	329	54	40	64	61	13
Benin	6.6	410	52	37	93	51	120
Bhutan	0.9	698	94	47	54	63	0^c
Burkina Faso	12.6	225	92	24	93	46	440
Burundi	6.6	109	90	48	107	41	390
Cambodia	13.8	266	69	68	73	57	170
Cape Verde	0.5	1,390	22	74	30	70	..
Central African Republic	3.8	282	71	47	100	40	250
Chad	8.3	232	73	43	115	45	150
Comoros	0.7	343	73	56	67	61	..
Dem. Rep. of the Congo	51.2	111	62	61	120	42	1,300
Djibouti	0.7	861	78	65	102	46	..
Equatorial Guinea	0.5	4,517	69	83	101	49	6
Eritrea	4	146	77	56	73	53	55
Ethiopia	69	87	82	39	100	45	2,100
Gambia	1.4	280	78	37	81	54	8
Guinea	8.4	380	83	41	102	49	..
Guinea-Bissau	1.4	149	82	38	120	45	17
Haiti	8.2	437	61	50	63	50	250
Kiribati	0.1	512	26	..	..	..	..
Lao People’s Dem. Rep.	5.5	304	76	65	88	54	1
Lesotho	1.8	405	39	83	92	35	360
Liberia	3.2	174	67	54	147	41	..
Madagascar	16.9	267	73	66	91	54	22
Malawi	11.9	158	82	61	115	38	850
Maldives	0.3	2,000	21	97	38	67	0^c
Mali	12.6	251	80	26	119	49	110
Mauritania	2.8	350	52	40	97	52	..
Mozambique	18.5	211	81	44	122	38	1,100
Myanmar	48.9	..	70	85	83	57	..
Nepal	24.6	223	93	42	71	60	58
Niger	11.5	188	87	16	126	46	..
Rwanda	8.3	210	90	67	112	39	500
Samoa	0.2	1,482	33	99	26	70	..
Sao Tome and Principe	0.2	321	63	..	32	70	..
Senegal	9.9	501	73	37	61	53	27
Sierra Leone	4.8	166	61	36	177	34	170
Solomon Islands	0.5	517	72	..	21	69	..
Somalia	9.5	..	70	24	118	48	43
Sudan	32.9	410	59	58	77	56	450
Timor-Leste	0.8	548^a	81	43^a	80^a	57^a	..
Togo	4.8	288	59	57	81	50	150
Tuvalu	0.0^b	..	25	..	…	..	..
Uganda	25	235	79	67	86	46	600
United Rep. of Tanzania	36.3	259	80	75	100	43	1,500
Vanuatu	0.2	1,133	35	..	29	69	..
Yemen	19.3	538	48	46	71	60	10
Zambia	10.7	344	68	78	105	32	1,200
Least developed countries	699.6	281	69	52	97	50	13,348
All developing countries	5,018.5	1,195	54	74	61	63	37,476

Source: UNCTAD The Least Developed Countries Report 2004
^aDate for 2001. ^b Population 10,466. ^c <100

Endnotes

1. The Least Developed Countries Report 2004 - Linking International Trade with Poverty Reduction (Sales No. E.04.II.D.27, ISBN 92-1-112581-2) is available for US$40, and at a special price of US$18 in developing countries and countries in transition, from United Nations Publications, Two UN Plaza, Room DC2-853, Dept. PRES, New York, NY 10017, USA, tel: +1 800 253 9646 or +1 212 963 8302, fax: +1 212 963 3489, publications@un.org, or Section des Ventes et de la Commercialisation, Bureau E-4, Palais des Nations, CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland, tel: +41 22 917 2614, fax: +41 22 917 0027, unpubli@unog.ch or www.un.org/publications.

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