Bangladesh, Nepal & Lao People’s Democratic Republic
- The United Nations General Assembly has graduated three nations – Bangladesh, Nepal, and Lao People’s Democratic Republic from the least developed country (LDC) category to the developing country grouping.
- Membership is revised every three years based on the average gross national income (GDP plus net income received from overseas); human assets (level of population undernourished, under-five mortality rate, gross secondary enrolment ratio and adult literacy rate); and economic vulnerability (such as population, remoteness, merchandise export concentration, natural disasters, instability of agriculture production, and instability of goods and services exports, among other ....

