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Low-income countries — statistics

All indicators in the section for low-income countries — the latest available values with the year shown. Click an indicator to see the trend over time and the world rank.

282 indicators ISO: LIC
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 788M 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 65.2 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 4.48 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 33.8 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 7 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 2.66 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 35.6 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 280M 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 64.4 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 50.6 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 3.3 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 40.7 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 79.8 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people 113,769 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 50.17 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 393M 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 395M 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 321M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 441M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 26.32M 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 62.79 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 67.66 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 88.5 2024 UN DESA
Contraceptive use % 23 2010 UN DESA
Rural population people 508M 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 14.4M 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 1.88 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 6.86M 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 20.85M 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 925.9 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 43.1 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 177 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 1.58 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 7.74M 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.58 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 138,470 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 1.31M 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 158,573 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 289,175 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 39.23 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 23.3 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 42.8 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 61.3 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 303 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 6.4 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 28.5 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 137,217 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 186.8 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 40.9 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 1.37 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 55.4 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 256.8 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 181.3 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 595B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 938 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 5.54 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 1.7T 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 2,684 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 897 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 8.79 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 15.93 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 28.1 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 8.6 2024 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 25.8 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 42 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 72.8 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 12.3 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 20.5 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 1,041.6 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 5.83 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 2,807 2025 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 16.74 2025 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 473B 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 745 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 2.8 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 1.009 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 581B 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 164B 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 43.13B 2024 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 150B 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 244B 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 420B 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 70.79B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 118B 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 18.3 2020 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 10.4 2025 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 882 2025 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 1.67T 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 45.5 2031 IMF
Budget balance % -2.83 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 243B 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 19.09B 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 557M 2017 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 3.77 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 0.37 2020 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 94,295 2020 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 103M 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 1,391 2023 FAO
Food production index index 119.8 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 114.1 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 42.27 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 9.61 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.19 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 14.3 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 6.24M 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 142M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 74.17M 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 121 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 2.93 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 3.8 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 2.743 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 25.85 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 16.04 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 476.8 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Cobalt production t 203,379 2024 USGS
Graphite production t 124,000 2024 USGS
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 17.82M 2018 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 200,418 2018 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 2,508.9 2019 World Bank
Logistics performance index score 2.43 2018 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 21.02 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 63.6 2023 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 0.52 2023 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 0.78 2023 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 27 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 6.13 2022 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 1.02B 2022 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 390M 2023 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 2.98M 2023 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Battle-related deaths people 19,653 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.497 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.836 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.578 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 25 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.37 2020 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
International tourist arrivals people 14.06M 2018 UN Tourism
Inbound tourism receipts US$ 9.69B 2018 UN Tourism
Outbound tourism expenditure US$ 4.38B 2018 UN Tourism

Values are given for the most recent year for which the source publishes data on this territory, so the years differ from indicator to indicator. Units of measurement are shown next to the indicator name.