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      • The poorest country in the world is Burundi with a GDP per capita of $264 Nearly all of the world’s poorest countries are in Africa, though Haiti, Tajikistan, Yemen, and Afghanistan are notable exceptions
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  1. Jan 10, 2023 · An infographic showing the 15 poorest countries in the world, as well as there locations and GDP/Capita. The world’s poorest countries exhibit similar challenges at the root of their impoverished states and trends of no foreseeable respite.

    • South Sudan🇸🇸 Current International Dollars: 476 | View South Sudan’s GDP & Economic Data. The very poorest of the world’s poorest countries, South Sudan has been wracked by violence since its creation in 2011.
    • Burundi🇧🇮 Current International Dollars: 890 | View Burundi’s GDP & Economic Data. Tiny landlocked Burundi lacks natural resources and has been scarred by a 12-year civil war, contributing to its ranking of second-poorest country in the world.
    • Central African Republic (CAR)🇨🇫 Current International Dollars: 1,127 | View CAR’s GDP & Economic Data. Rich in gold, oil, uranium and diamonds, the Central African Republic is a very wealthy country inhabited by very poor people, and has been among the poorest countries in the world for the better part of a decade.
    • Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)🇨🇩 Current International Dollars: 1,510 | View DRC’s GDP & Economic Data. Since gaining independence from Belgium in 1960, the DRC has suffered decades of rapacious dictatorship, political instability and constant violence, making it a regular in our rankings of the world’s poorest countries.
  2. Mar 29, 2023 · There are as many as 123 countries whose per capita GDP is below the global average; Burundi is the poorest country in the world with a per capita GDP of about $308

  3. The first table lists countries by the percentage of their population with an income of less than $2.15 (the extreme poverty line), $3.65 and $6.85 US dollars a day in 2017 international prices. The data is from the most recent year available from the World Bank API.

    Country
    $2.15
    $3.65
    $6.85
    World
    9.0%
    22.7%
    45.5%
    31.1%
    52.9%
    78.0%
    0%
    1.5%
    13.7%
    0%
    0%
    0.4%
  4. Apr 24, 2024 · A landlocked country in East Africa, bordering Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania, Burundi is one of the most densely-populated countries in the world, with roughly 75% of that population living below the poverty line.

  5. Mar 26, 2024 · We estimate that COVID-19 increased extreme poverty in the world, as measured by the international poverty line of $2.15, from 8.9 percent in 2019 to 9.7 percent in 2020 (see Figure 1). This is the first increase in global poverty in decades.

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