5 things you need to know about the world’s least developed countries

Mar 7, 2023

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There are currently 46 least developed countries, the vast majority of which are in Africa. Image: Unsplash/anniespratt

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Bikenibeu village in South Tarawa, Kiribati.

Least developed countries have low scores for school enrolment. Image: © UNICEF/Vlad Sokhin

A 5-month-old girl at Paktia Regional Hospital in Gardez, Afghanistan, receives therapeutic milk to treat malnutrition.

A five-month-old girl at Paktia Regional Hospital in Gardez, Afghanistan, receives therapeutic milk to treat malnutrition. Image: © UNICEF/Sayed Bidel

A child holds a pan of locusts at a camp for internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image: © UNICEF/Olivia Acland

Haiti is the only country in the Americas which is designated as an LDC. Image: © UNICEF/Georges Harry Rouzier

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