The 10 poorest countries in the world in 2024

The 10 poorest countries in the world in 2024

 

Also Read : The Top 10 richest countries in Africa 2024

Widespread poverty has been a major economic issue in some countries, particularly in

 Africa,  as a result of the COVID-19  pandemic 

and a host of other factors, which caused a lot of impoverishment and economic dysfunctions.

In measuring the world poverty index, the standard metric is often considered as GDP per capita as it compensates for differences in living costs and rates of inflation by

using purchasing power parity 

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) 2023 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index reports that the number of poor people across the globe was put at nearly 1.1 billion with 534 million residing in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Insider Monkey’s compilation of the 10 poorest countries across the world was sourced from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank database for the GDP per capita (current prices) data for 2024.

Country	GDP Per Capita (2024)	Population
1. Burundi	$230	13.23 million
2. Afghanistan	$353	41 million
3. Syria	$421	22.13 million
4. South Sudan	$422	11.08 million
5. Malawi	$480	20.87 million
6. Yemen	$486	35 million
7. Sierra Leone	$526	8.6 million
8. Central African Republic	$537	5.6 million
9. Madagascar	$538	29.61 million
10. Sudan	$547	46.87 million

An analysis of the world’s 10 richest countries reveals the average yearly per-capita purchasing power is over $110,000. The average yearly per-capita purchasing power is unfortunately, less than $1,500 in the 10 poorest countries.

According to the Director, African Department in the IMF, Abebe Aemro Selassie, despite the region's high debt profile, there is a glimpse of hope in Sub-saharan Africa as the pivotal decisions carried out by the region’s Central banks have also seen inflation being halved in the early months of this year, a positive development in a region where the cost-of-living crisis has been acute in recent years.