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You may use Query and Select to filter the data by the identifiers.
With jdataNew in the OP the selection lists are created as
{statusList, subregionList} =
(key |-> Normal[Query[DeleteDuplicates, Slot[key] &]@jdataNew]) /@ {"status", "subregion"}
{{"LDC", "ODC"}, {"South Asia", "Southeast...