Least-Developed
Countries Listed by the WTO
The WTO recognizes as least-developed countries those
countries which have been designated as such by the United Nations.
There are currently 48 least-developed countries on the UN list,
29 of which to date have become WTO Members. These are:
Angola |
Bangladesh |
Benin |
Burkina Faso |
Burundi |
Central African Republic |
Chad |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
Djibouti |
Gambia |
Guinea |
Guinea Bissau |
Haiti |
Lesotho |
Madagascar |
Malawi |
Maldives |
Mali |
Mauritania |
Mozambique |
Myanmar |
Niger |
Rwanda |
Sierra Leone |
Solomon Islands |
Tanzania |
Togo |
Uganda |
Zambia |
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Six additional least-developed countries are in the process of accession
to the WTO. They are: Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Samoa, Sudan and Vanuatu.
Furthermore, Bhutan, Cape Verde, Ethiopia and Yemen are WTO Observers.
There are no WTO definitions of "developed" or "developing"
countries. Developing countries in the WTO are designated on the
basis of self-selection although this is not necessarily automatically
accepted in all WTO bodies.
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