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Lower-middle-income countries — statistics

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

287 indicators ISO: LMC
Indicator Value Year Source
Population people 3.29B 2025 UN DESA
Life expectancy at birth years 70.1 2024 UN DESA
Total fertility rate births 2.55 2024 UN DESA
Crude birth rate per 1,000 20.2 2024 UN DESA
Crude death rate per 1,000 6.9 2024 UN DESA
Population growth % 1.25 2025 UN DESA
Urban population share % 43.4 2025 UN DESA
Urban population people 1.43B 2025 UN DESA
Rural population share % 56.6 2025 UN DESA
Population density per km² 148.1 2023 World Bank
Share of population aged 65 and over % 6.4 2025 UN DESA
Share of population under 15 % 28.8 2025 UN DESA
Age dependency ratio per 100 55.1 2025 UN DESA
Net migration people -1.71M 2025 UN DESA
Share of women in the population % 49.35 2025 UN DESA
Male population people 1.66B 2025 UN DESA
Female population people 1.62B 2025 UN DESA
Children under 15 people 945M 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 15–64 people 2.13B 2025 UN DESA
Population aged 65 and over people 210M 2025 UN DESA
Male life expectancy years 68.21 2024 UN DESA
Female life expectancy years 72.1 2024 UN DESA
Adolescent fertility rate per 1,000 37.7 2024 UN DESA
Rural population people 1.86B 2025 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
Number of immigrants people 42.16M 2024 UN DESA
Share of immigrants in the population % 1.29 2024 UN DESA
Refugees by country of asylum people 9.72M 2024 UNHCR
Refugees by country of origin people 8.04M 2024 UNHCR
Refugees per 100,000 people per 100k 301.6 2024 UNHCR
Asylum seekers per 100,000 people per 100k 43.3 2024 UNHCR
Indicator Value Year Source
Tuberculosis incidence per 100k 201 2024 WHO
HIV prevalence % 0.64 2024 WHO
People living with HIV people 14.5M 2024 WHO
New HIV infections per 1,000 0.4 2024 WHO
HIV-related deaths people 255,180 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis cases people 6.52M 2024 WHO
Tuberculosis deaths people 670,680 2024 WHO
Malaria deaths people 318,106 2024 WHO
Malaria death rate per 100k 10.87 2021 WHO
Probability of dying from noncommunicable diseases % 22.6 2021 WHO
Indicator Value Year Source
Infant mortality rate per 1,000 28.5 2024 WHO
Under-five mortality rate per 1,000 36.3 2024 WHO
Maternal mortality ratio per 100k 168 2023 WHO
Suicide mortality rate per 100k 8.7 2021 WHO
Road traffic death rate per 100k 17.4 2019 WHO
Road traffic deaths people 483,410 2021 WHO
Air pollution death rate per 100k 144 2019 WHO
Death rate from unsafe water and sanitation per 100k 31.4 2019 WHO
Poisoning death rate per 100k 0.44 2021 WHO
Healthy life expectancy years 58.8 2021 WHO
Adult mortality rate, male per 1,000 202.3 2024 UN DESA
Adult mortality rate, female per 1,000 141.8 2024 UN DESA
Indicator Value Year Source
GDP US$ 8.94T 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita US$ 2,728 2025 World Bank
GDP growth % 5.63 2025 World Bank
GDP at purchasing power parity int$ 36.68T 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita at PPP int$ 11,195 2025 World Bank
GNI per capita US$ 2,770 2025 World Bank
Consumer price inflation % 6.69 2025 World Bank
GDP deflator % 6.16 2025 World Bank
Industry share of GDP % 27 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing share of GDP % 14.6 2025 World Bank
Agriculture share of GDP % 15.4 2025 World Bank
Services share of GDP % 50.3 2025 World Bank
Household consumption (% of GDP) % 63.5 2025 World Bank
Government consumption (% of GDP) % 11.6 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation (% of GDP) % 30.1 2025 World Bank
GDP (IMF) bn US$ 13,426.1 2031 IMF
Real GDP growth (IMF) % 5.67 2031 IMF
GDP per capita at PPP (IMF) int$ 11,372 2025 IMF
Inflation, average consumer prices (IMF) % 7.9 2025 IMF
GDP in constant prices US$ 2015 8.6T 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita in constant prices US$ 2015 2,621 2025 World Bank
GDP per capita growth % 4.4 2025 World Bank
Share of world GDP % 19.695 2031 IMF
Gross national income US$ 8.89T 2025 World Bank
Industry value added US$ 2.38T 2025 World Bank
Manufacturing value added US$ 1.2T 2025 World Bank
Agriculture value added US$ 1.36T 2025 World Bank
Services value added US$ 4.42T 2025 World Bank
Household consumption US$ 5.1T 2025 World Bank
Government consumption in US dollars US$ 929B 2025 World Bank
Gross capital formation in US dollars US$ 2.42T 2025 World Bank
Gross national savings % 29.2 2024 World Bank
End-of-period inflation % 7.43 2025 IMF
GDP per capita (IMF) US$ 2,747 2025 IMF
GNI at purchasing power parity int$ 36.39T 2025 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Government debt % 64.8 2031 IMF
Tax revenue (% of GDP) % 13.02 2021 World Bank
Government revenue % 16.9 2021 World Bank
Government expense % 19 2021 World Bank
Budget balance % -4.71 2031 IMF
External debt US$ 2.61T 2024 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Foreign direct investment inflows US$ 153B 2024 UNCTAD
Foreign direct investment outflows US$ 33.35B 2024 UNCTAD
FDI inflows (% of GDP) % 1.8 2024 UNCTAD
New business density per 1,000 0.57 2022 World Bank
New businesses registered companies 927,740 2022 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Cereal production t 840M 2023 FAO
Cereal yield kg/ha 3,444 2023 FAO
Food production index index 120.4 2022 FAO
Livestock production index index 124.2 2022 FAO
Agricultural land share % 44.89 2023 FAO
Arable land share % 18.63 2023 FAO
Arable land per capita ha/person 0.1258 2023 FAO
Fertilizer use kg/ha 128.5 2023 FAO
Agricultural land km² 9.72M 2023 FAO
Arable land ha 403M 2023 FAO
Land under cereal production ha 244M 2023 FAO
Crop production index index 116.9 2022 FAO
Indicator Value Year Source
CO2 emissions Mt 6,072.36 2024 OWID
CO2 emissions per capita t/person 1.87 2024 OWID
Cumulative CO2 emissions Mt 171,074.03 2024 OWID
Consumption-based CO2 emissions Mt 5,192.29 2023 OWID
Greenhouse gas emissions Mt CO₂e 10,168.91 2024 OWID
Methane emissions Mt 2,489.63 2024 OWID
Nitrous oxide emissions Mt 802.16 2024 OWID
Greenhouse gases excluding land use Mt 7,329.26 2024 OWID
Greenhouse gases per capita t/person 3.14 2024 OWID
CO2 emissions from coal Mt 1,994.39 2017 OWID
CO2 emissions from oil Mt 1,728.46 2024 OWID
CO2 emissions from land use Mt 1,158.48 2024 OWID
Share of global CO2 emissions % 15.734 2024 OWID
Share of cumulative CO2 emissions % 9.252 2024 OWID
Contribution to temperature change °C 0.149 2024 OWID
Carbon intensity of the economy kg/$ 0.246 2022 OWID
Power sector CO2 emissions Mt 2,443.83 2024 Ember
Indicator Value Year Source
Primary energy consumption quad Btu 81.187 2024 EIA
Energy consumption per capita MMBtu 25 2024 EIA
Primary energy production quad Btu 68.662 2024 EIA
Coal production Mtoe 563.78 2024 EIA
Natural gas production bn m³ 573.35 2024 EIA
Oil production kb/d 8,773.3 2025 EIA
Indicator Value Year Source
Cobalt production t 8,865 2024 USGS
Graphite production t 120,879 2024 USGS
Indicator Value Year Source
Air passengers carried people 395M 2023 World Bank
Aircraft departures departures 3.07M 2023 World Bank
Air freight traffic M t-km 5,824.1 2023 World Bank
Container port traffic TEU 86.5M 2019 UNCTAD
Logistics performance index score 2.9 2018 World Bank
Indicator Value Year Source
Internet users % 61.59 2024 ITU
Mobile cellular subscriptions per 100 93.7 2024 ITU
Fixed broadband internet per 100 5.14 2024 ITU
Fixed telephone lines per 100 3.47 2024 ITU
Secure internet servers per 1M 1,149 2024 World Bank
ICT service exports % 33.68 2024 UNCTAD
ICT service exports, US$ US$ 207B 2024 World Bank
Number of mobile subscriptions subs 2.96B 2024 ITU
Number of fixed broadband subscriptions subs 163M 2024 ITU
Indicator Value Year Source
Intentional homicides per 100k 4.51 2010 World Bank
Number of intentional homicides people 102,411 2010 UNODC
Prison population per 100,000 per 100k 46.9 2002 UNODC
Indicator Value Year Source
Human development index index 0.664 2023 UNDP
Gender development index ratio 0.896 2023 UNDP
Gender inequality index index 0.45 2023 UNDP
Corruption perceptions index score 34 2024 Transparency Intl
Human capital index index 0.47 2020 World Bank

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.