Distribution of developing economies by geographical region and economic grouping (continued) 2. E C O N O M I C G R O U P I N G Least developed countries (LDCs) (50) Year of inclusion in the group
Year of inclusion in the group
Year of inclusion in the group
Africa and Haiti Angola Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia
1994 1971 1971 1971 1975 1971 1991 1982 1982 1994 1971
Statistical annex — Distribution of developing economies by geographical region and economic grouping
Asia Afghanistan Bangladesh Bhutan Cambodia Lao People’s Democratic Republic Myanmar Nepal Yemen
Gambia Guinea Guinea-Bissau Haiti Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mozambique
1975 1971 1981 1971 1971 1990 1991 1971 1971 1986 1988
Niger Rwanda Senegal Sierra Leone Somalia Sudan Togo Uganda United Republic of Tanzania Zambia
1971 1971 2001 1982 1971 1971 1982 1971 1971 1991
1977 1977 1986 1971 1971 1982 1991 2003
Tuvalu Vanuatu
1986 1985
Islands 1971 1975 1971 1991 1971 1987 1971 1971
Cape Verde Comoros Kiribati Maldives Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Solomon Islands Timor-Leste
Small island developing States (SIDS) (29) Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Cape Verde Comoros Dominica Fiji Grenada Jamaica Kiribati
298 C R E A T I V E E C O N O M Y R E P O R T 2 0 1 0
Maldives Marshall Islands Mauritius Micronesia (Federated States of) Nauru Palau Papua New Guinea Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa Sao Tome and Principe Seychelles Solomon Islands Timor-Leste Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tuvalu Vanuatu