2006-06-19 22:51:07 · 7 answers · asked by ? 3 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
Poorest Countries in the World
Rank/ Country/ GDP - per capita
1 East Timor $ 500
2 Somalia $ 500
3 Sierra Leone $ 500
4 Malawi $ 600
5 Tanzania $ 600
6 Burundi $ 600
7 Congo, Republic of the $ 700
8 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $ 700
9 Comoros $ 700
10 Eritrea $ 700
11 Ethiopia $ 700
12 Afghanistan $ 700
13 Niger $ 800
14 Yemen $ 800
15 Madagascar $ 800
16 Guinea-Bissau $ 800
17 Zambia $ 800
18 Kiribati $ 800
19 Nigeria $ 900
20 Mali $ 900
Source: CIA World Factbook
Population below poverty line by country
Rank Country Percentage of population livign below poverty line
#1 Zambia 86%
#2 Gaza Strip 81%
#3 Haiti 80
#4 Chad 80
#5 Liberia 80
#6 Moldova 80
#7 Guatemala 75
#8 Suriname 70
#9 Zimbabwe 70
#10 Mozambique 70
#11 Angola 70
#12 Sierra Leone 68
#13 Burundi 68
#14 Bolivia 64
#15 Mali 64
#16 Niger 63
#17 Nigeria 60
#18 Comoros 60
#19 Tajikistan 60
#20 Rwanda 60
source CIA World Factbook, 28 July 2005
2006-06-19 23:06:55 · answer #1 · answered by Gke 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It's impossible to find exactly the poorest country since poor countries always lie.
The country with the most poverty, i guess, is still Russia.
2006-06-20 05:57:00 · answer #2 · answered by alakit013 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depending on the statistics - for the poorest country I've heard of Ethiopia/Eritrea in Africa and Bangladesh in Asia.
2006-06-20 05:55:29 · answer #3 · answered by swissnick 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
japan is the poorest country
nepal is the poverty country
2006-06-20 06:18:41 · answer #4 · answered by mankal 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pakistan
2006-06-20 06:24:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i've always heard that mozambique is the world's poorest country, but ya might wanna check on that.
2006-06-20 05:55:07 · answer #6 · answered by Matthew C 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Africa
2006-06-20 05:54:17 · answer #7 · answered by lynnaa06 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋