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Poorest Countries in the World

All these extremely fragile and underdeveloped economies have either recently been through a civil war or are suffering from ongoing sectarian or ethnic conflicts. 

Author: Jonathan Gregson
Project Coordinator: Edith Updike

Gross domestic product (GDP) based on purchasing-power-parity (PPP) per capita.

Values are expressed in current international dollars, to the nearest whole dollar, reflecting a single year's (2016) currency exchange rates and PPP adjustments.​

Rank

Country

2016 International Dollars
1
Central African Republic
656
2
Democratic Republic of the Congo
784
3
Burundi
818
4
Liberia
882
5
Niger
1,113
6
Malawi
1,139
7
Mozambique
1,228
8
Guinea
1,271
9
Eritrea
1,321
10
Madagascar
1,504
11
Comoros
1,529
12
Togo
1,545
13
Guinea-Bissau
1,568
14
Sierra Leone
1,651
15
The Gambia
1,664
16
South Sudan
1,670
17
Haiti
1,784
18
Burkina Faso
1,790
19
Kiribati
1,820
20
Rwanda
1,905
21
Ethiopia
1,916
22
Zimbabwe
1,953
23
Afghanistan
1,957
24
Solomon Islands
1,995
25
Uganda
2,066
26
Benin
2,184
27
Mali
2,264
28
Nepal
2,480
29
Yemen
2,521
30
Senegal
2,578
31
Chad
2,580
32
Vanuatu
2,631
33
Tajikistan
2,982
34
Micronesia
3,032
35
Tanzania
3,097
36
Lesotho
3,107
37
Marshall Islands
3,239
38
Cameroon
3,260
39
São Tomé and Príncipe
3,344
40
Kenya
3,360
41
Djibouti
3,369
42
Kyrgyz Republic
3,467
43
Papua New Guinea
3,542
44
Tuvalu
3,566
45
Côte d'Ivoire
3,581
46
Cambodia
3,735
47
Bangladesh
3,890
48
Zambia
3,898
49
Timor-Leste
4,186
50
Ghana
4,380
51
Mauritania
4,404
52
Sudan
4,452
53
Pakistan
5,120
54
Moldova
5,217
55
Honduras
5,264
56
Nicaragua
5,280
57,
Tonga
5,332
58
Samoa
5,368
59
Laos
5,718
60
Nigeria
5,929
61
Myanmar
5,953
62
Vietnam
6,421
63
Uzbekistan
6,452
64
India
6,658
65
Cabo Verde
6,743
66
Republic of Congo
6,786
67
Angola
6,844
68
Bolivia
7,190
69
Philippines
7,696
70
Guyana
7,919
71
Guatemala
7,937
72
Bhutan
8,129
73
Belize
8,185
74
Ukraine
8,229
75
Morocco
8,359
76
Armenia
8,881
77
El Salvador
8,914
78
Jamaica
8,973
79
Paraguay
9,353
80
Fiji
9,353
81
Swaziland
9,768
82
Georgia
10,099
83
Bosnia and Herzegovina
11,034
84
Ecuador
11,036
85
Jordan
11,124
86
Sri Lanka
11,189
87
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
11,266
88
Dominica
11,484
89
Tunisia
11,656
90
Indonesia
11,699
91
Namibia
11,756
92
Albania
11,860
93
St. Lucia
11,970
94
Egypt
12,137
95
Mongolia
12,161
96
Peru
13,018
97
South Africa
13,179
98
Grenada
14,102
99
Colombia
14,161
100
Serbia
14,226
101
Libya
14,236
102
Macedonia
14,530
103
Algeria
14,949
104
Venezuela
15,102
105
Suriname
15,179
106
Brazil
15,211
107
Palau
15,260
108
Maldives
15,287
109
China
15,423
110
Dominican Republic
15,945
111
Costa Rica
16,141
112
Iraq
16,543
113
Thailand
16,835
114
Botswana
16,947
115
Montenegro
17,035
116
Barbados
17,136
117
Turkmenistan
17,347
118
Belarus
17,496
119
Azerbaijan
17,688
120
Iran
18,135
121
Lebanon
18,524
122
Mexico
18,864
123
Gabon
19,252
124
Bulgaria
20,116
125
Argentina
20,170
126
Mauritius
20,524
127
Turkey
21,146
128
Uruguay
21,570
129
Romania
22,319
130
Croatia
22,415
131
Panama
22,788
132
Chile
23,969
133
Antigua and Barbuda
24,050
134
The Bahamas
24,617
135
St. Kitts and Nevis
25,371
136
Kazakhstan
25,669
137
Latvia
25,740
138
Russia
26,109
139
Greece
26,809
140
Hungary
27,210
141
Malaysia
27,234
142
Poland
27,714
143
Seychelles
28,148
144
Portugal
28,515
145
Estonia
29,501
146
Lithuania
29,881
147
Slovak Republic
31,182
148
Trinidad and Tobago
31,933
149
Slovenia
32,027
150
Czech Republic
33,223
151
Cyprus
34,386
152
Israel
34,833
153
Italy
36,313
154
Spain
36,451
155
New Zealand
37,108
156
Puerto Rico
37,722
157
Malta
37,891
158
Korea
37,947
159
Equatorial Guinea
38,699
160
Japan
38,893
161
Finland
41,812
162
France
42,384
163
United Kingdom
42,513
164
Oman
43,737
165
Belgium
44,881
166
Canada
46,239
167
Denmark
46,602
168
Taiwan
47,790
169
Austria
47,856
170
Iceland
48,070
171
Germany
48,189
172
Australia
48,806
173
Sweden
49,678
174
Bahrain
50,302
175
Netherlands
50,846
176
Saudi Arabia
54,078
177
United States
57,293
178
Hong Kong
58,094
179
Switzerland
59,375
180
San Marino
64,443
181
United Arab Emirates
67,696
182
Norway
69,296
183
Ireland
69,374
184
Kuwait
71,263
185
Brunei Darussalam
79,710
186
Singapore
87,082
187
Macao
96,147
188
Luxembourg
101,936
189
Qatar
129,726

*Data collected from International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, October 2016 

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