Economic Vulnerability Index

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. 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. The Economic Vulnerability Index is a composition of the following seven indicators: 1) population size, 2) remoteness, 3) merchandise export concentration, 4) share of agriculture, forestry and fisheries in gross domestic product, 5) homelessness owing to natural disasters, 6) instability of agricultural production, and 7) instability of exports of goods and services.