This means that the other 42 LDCs, or about 90 per cent of all LDCs,4 represent just under half of the total of LDC exports, pointing to the huge disparity that exists among countries in the LDC group. Regionally, African LDCs account for the bulk of LDC exports. But this is more due to large oil exports from four countries than the disproportionately large number of LDCs - 33 out of the 48 - being African.