Least developed countries

Market classification.

(LDCs).

A least developed country is one which has the lowest levels of development in its economy and capital markets.

Markets (in order of economic development) are often classified as:

Developed;

Emerging;

Frontier;

Least Developing.

Different organisations produce slightly different lists of countries within each of these categories.

Examples of least developed countries in the United Nations' classification include - in alphabetical order - Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Benin and Bhutan.

See also

• Capital market
• Developed market
• Developing country
• Economy
• Emerging currency
• Emerging market
• EMTA
• Frontier market
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF)
• Market
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

Other resource

• Least developed countries report - United Nations - 2021