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Economic Vulnerability Index

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The Economic vulnerability index is one of the criteria used by the United Nations Committee for Development Policy, an advisory body to the United Nations Economic and Social Council, in the identification of Least Developed Countries. It is a composite of eight indicators:

The other criteria used to classify countries as Least Developed are gross national income per capita and the Human Asset Index. Only low-income countries with fewer than 75 million inhabitants may be considered for inclusion in the category.

Retrospective series have been also calculated for 1990–2011.

References

  1. UN Development Plan
  2. UNECOSOC
  3. UN Development Plan index
  4. UNDESA : LDC Criteria
  5. "Least Developed Countries information - Afghanistan - UN Development Policy and Analysis Division". www.un.org. Archived from the original on 2008-09-17.
  6. Ferdi


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