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least developed countries

list of countries that exhibits the lowest indicators of socioeconomic development
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Summary

least developed countries is a concept[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of concept entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,617 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Developer: United Nations[3]
  • Said to be the same as: low income countries[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Least developed countries[5]
  • Facet of: development geography[6]
  • Topic has template: Q25777900[7]
  • Short name: LDC[8], PMA[9], WEL[10], PMD[11], НРС[12], НРК[13]
  • Different from: Less Ecomomically Developed Countries[14]

Why It Matters

least developed countries has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

Related Entities

United Nations

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . unesdoc.unesco.org. unesdoc.unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3b0mCO
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  2. 23w ago · Jeanne Noiraud · 2026-05-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → United Nations
    Facet of → development geography
    Instance of → —
    Topic has template → Q25777900
    + 6 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: geographical feature"
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