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Least Developed Country Category: Bangladesh Profile

* Data from the 2024 triennial review

Bangladesh country profile in PDF

LDC status

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Inclusion: 1975

Graduation: Scheduled to graduate on 24 November 2026

Reports and resolutions

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Inclusion

CDP report: 1975
ECOSOC resolution: E/RES/1976(LIX)
GA resolution:

Graduation

CDP report: ,
ECOSOC resolution:
GA resolution:
Impact assessment: 2021
Vulnerability profile: 2021
Country presentation: 2021 CDP EGM presentation
Country statement: 2021 CDP EGM Plenary Statement, 2021 CDP EGM Plenary Statement-Annex
Monitoring reports: 2022, 2023, 2024

Gross national income (GNI) per capita*

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Value:

$ 2,684

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Thresholds

Inclusion: $ 1,088
Graduation: $ 1,306

Human assets index (HAI)*

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Index:

77.5

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 60 or below
Graduation: 66 or above

HAI indicators

Under-five mortality rate
Lower secondary education completion rate
stat Value: 28.8 stat Value: 70.9
Index: 88.6 Index: 67.6
Source: UN IAG for Child Mortality Estimation Source: UNESCO
Prevalence of stunting
Adult literacy rate
stat Value: 26.4 stat Value: 74.9
Index: 52.2 Index: 66.5
Source: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates Source: UNESCO
Maternal Mortality Rate
Gender parity index for lower secondary education completion
stat Value: 123 stat Value: 1.3
Index: 90.1 Index: 100.0
Source: UN IAG for Maternal Mortality Source: UNESCO

Economic and environmental vulnerability index (EVI)*

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Index:

21.9

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Thresholds

Inclusion: 36 or above
Graduation: 32 or below

EVI indicators

Share of agriculture, forestry and fishing in GDP
Share of population in low elevated coastal zones
stat Value: 12.1 stat Value: 8.4
Index: 21.7 Index: 23.9
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: CIESIN
Remoteness and landlockedness
Share of population living in drylands
stat Value: 67.8 stat Value: 0.0
Index: 33.5 Index: 0.0
Source: CDP Secretariat Source: CDPSecretariat
Merchandise export concentration
Instability of agricultural production
stat Value: 5.9 stat Value: 2.8
Index: 31.0 Index: 7.1
Source: UNCTAD Source: FAO
Instability of exports of goods and services
Victims of disasters
stat Value: 2.7 stat Value: 1.19
Index: 5.5 Index: 55.6
Source: UN/DESA, Statistics Division Source: UNDRR

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