Although the HDI’s 2013 data (the latest available) puts Cambodia at 136 out of 187,
one place below India,
there are no current plans to remove the country from the list.
This is ostensibly down to consistently low income levels in the south-east Asian nation,
, whose per-person Gross National Income was the equivalent of US$2,805 in 2011 (147th out of 187),
the effect of which is diluted in the overall HDI by relatively high life expectancy and education scores.
The silver lining around LDC status