This is a list of the top 100 poorest countries in the world according to the latest report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The ranking is based on the GDP per capita of the 187 countries, which is a measure of the total output of a country in a year divided by the number of people in that country.
South Sudan is the poorest country in the world with a GDP per capita of US $228 while Luxembourg is the richest country in the world with a GDP per capita of US $105,803. The figures below are in the current US dollars.
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|
Country |
US$ |
|
1 |
South Sudan |
228 |
|
2 |
Burundi |
312 |
|
3 |
Malawi |
324 |
|
4 |
Central African Republic |
387 |
|
5 |
Mozambique |
429 |
|
6 |
Niger |
440 |
|
7 |
Madagascar |
448 |
|
8 |
Democratic Republic of the Congo |
478 |
|
9 |
Gambia |
480 |
|
10 |
Sierra Leone |
491 |
|
11 |
Yemen |
551 |
|
12 |
Afghanistan |
588 |
|
13 |
Togo |
611 |
|
14 |
Burkina Faso |
664 |
|
15 |
Uganda |
699 |
|
16 |
Liberia |
729 |
|
17 |
Guinea |
749 |
|
18 |
Rwanda |
772 |
|
19 |
Haiti |
784 |
|
20 |
Comoros |
788 |
|
21 |
Guinea-Bissau |
794 |
|
22 |
Chad |
810 |
|
23 |
Mali |
811 |
|
24 |
Tajikistan |
824 |
|
25 |
Benin |
830 |
|
26 |
Nepal |
834 |
|
27 |
Ethiopia |
873 |
|
28 |
Eritrea |
980 |
|
29 |
Tanzania |
1,034 |
|
30 |
Senegal |
1,038 |
|
31 |
Kyrgyzstan |
1,144 |
|
32 |
Zimbabwe |
1,176 |
|
33 |
Myanmar |
1,264 |
|
34 |
Mauritania |
1,318 |
|
35 |
Cambodia |
1,390 |
|
36 |
Cameroon |
1,401 |
|
37 |
Lesotho |
1,425 |
|
37 |
Sudan |
1,428 |
|
38 |
Zambia |
1,480 |
|
39 |
Uzbekistan |
1,491 |
|
40 |
Pakistan |
1,541 |
|
41 |
Bangladesh |
1,602 |
|
42 |
Côte d’Ivoire |
1,617 |
|
43 |
Ghana |
1,663 |
|
44 |
Kenya |
1,702 |
|
45 |
Kiribati |
1,721 |
|
46 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
1,785 |
|
47 |
Republic of the Congo |
1,958 |
|
48 |
India |
1,983 |
|
49 |
Djibouti |
1,989 |
|
50 |
Nigeria |
1,994 |
|
51 |
Solomon Islands |
2,081 |
|
52 |
East Timor |
2,104 |
|
53 |
Nicaragua |
2,207 |
|
54 |
Moldova |
2,280 |
|
55 |
Vietnam |
2,354 |
|
56 |
Egypt |
2,501 |
|
57 |
Laos |
2,542 |
|
58 |
Ukraine |
2,583 |
|
59 |
Honduras |
2,766 |
|
60 |
Papua New Guinea |
2,861 |
|
61 |
Bhutan |
2,903 |
|
62 |
Philippines |
2,976 |
|
63 |
Vanuatu |
3,094 |
|
64 |
Morocco |
3,151 |
|
65 |
Micronesia |
3,200 |
|
66 |
Cape Verde |
3,238 |
|
67 |
Bolivia |
3,353 |
|
68 |
Tunisia |
3,496 |
|
69 |
Marshall Islands |
3,625 |
|
70 |
Tuvalu |
3,638 |
|
71 |
Mongolia |
3,640 |
|
72 |
Armenia |
3,861 |
|
73 |
Indonesia |
3,876 |
|
74 |
Kosovo |
3,880 |
|
75 |
Swaziland |
3,915 |
|
76 |
Sri Lanka |
4,085 |
|
77 |
Georgia |
4,099 |
|
78 |
Azerbaijan |
4,141 |
|
79 |
Tonga |
4,177 |
|
80 |
Samoa |
4,253 |
|
81 |
Paraguay |
4,260 |
|
82 |
Algeria |
4,292 |
|
83 |
El Salvador |
4,400 |
|
84 |
Angola |
4,408 |
|
85 |
Guatemala |
4,472 |
|
86 |
Albania |
4,583 |
|
87 |
Guyana |
4,710 |
|
88 |
Belize |
4,806 |
|
89 |
Libya |
4,859 |
|
90 |
Jamaica |
5,048 |
|
91 |
Iraq |
5,088 |
|
92 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
5,149 |
|
93 |
Iran |
5,305 |
|
94 |
Namibia |
5,413 |
|
95 |
Macedonia |
5,474 |
|
96 |
Jordan |
5,678 |
|
97 |
Fiji |
5,740 |
|
98 |
Suriname |
5,746 |
|
99 |
Belarus |
5,760 |
|
100 |
Serbia |
5,899 |
