Top 10 Poorest Countries in the World – 2017 List

Top 10 Poorest Countries in the World – 2017 List


10 – Guinea (GDP per capita of $523.10)
-Sever sociopolitical crises, which rapidly decayed the state of their economy
9 – Ethiopia (GDP per capita of $505.00)
8 – The Gambia (GDP per capita of $488.60)

Area: 11,000 square kilometers.population of roughly 1.8 million people,

7 – Democratic Republic of the Congo (GDP per capita of $484.20)
population roughly 77 million people.
Area : 2.35 million square kilometers.

6 – Madagascar (GDP per capita of $463.00)
Over the last 20 years,economy down.
Near About 20 million people.about 70 percent of the nation’s people living under the poverty line.


5 – Liberia (GDP per capita of $454.30)
80 percent of the nation’s people were living less with less than $1.25 per day.


4 – Niger (GDP per capita of $415.40)
Though gold, uranium, and even oil), and small-scale agriculture.
All these economic sources can easily be devastated by random shifts in climate and weather,

3 – Central African Republic (GDP per capita of $333.20)

victim to war and
Central African Republicsignificant political instability.

2 – Burundi (GDP per capita of $267.10)

Recurring violence and political disputes

1 – Malawi (GDP per capita of $226.50)
population  16 million.


Wealth of a country is measured by its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita, which is the purchasing power of all goods and services produced in a country, divided by its population.