The Poorest Countries in the World

The Poorest Countries in the World

While many people in the U.S. worry about waiting in line too long for coffee or whether the car they want comes in the right color, across the globe there are many people simply trying to make ends meet every day. These people frequently live in the poorest countries in the world — places with struggling economies, a lack of natural resources or a combination of that and more.

To determine the world's most cash poor countries, FindTheData, a world data site by Graphiq, ranked countries based on their on their gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, as reported by the World Bank in 2015. They only included members of the United Nations.

Note: Although the CIA World FactBook lists North Korea's GDP per capita as $1,800, FindTheData excluded North Korea from the list due to its lack of reliable reporting.

FROM 115-1 IN THE WORLD

#115 - Maldives

GDP per capital: $7,681.08
Country GDP: $3,142,812,004
Population: 408,000
Government type: Republic
#114 - Dominica








GDP per capital: $7,399.25
Country GDP: $524,074,074
Population: 73,000
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy
#113 - Turkmenistan

GDP per capital: $6,947.84
Country GDP: $37,334,232,257
Population: 5,374,000
Government type: Presidential, Republic, Authoritarian
#112 - Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

GDP per capital: $6,864.24
Country GDP: $751,373,263
Population: 109,000
Government type: Constitutional Democracy, Parliamentary Democracy
#111 - Bulgaria

GDP per capital: $6,819.87
Country GDP: $56,717,054,674
Population: 7,171,000
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy
#110 - Cuba

GDP per capital: $6,789.85
Country GDP: $77,149,700,000
Population: 11,390,000
Government type: Communist
#109 - Montenegro

GDP per capital: $6,415.03
Country GDP: $3,992,640,233
Population: 622,000
Government type: Republic
#108 - Dominican Republic

GDP per capital: $6,373.55
Country GDP: $67,103,263,863
Population: 10,528,000
Government type: Democratic Republic
#107 - Botswana

GDP per capital: $6,360.64
Country GDP: $15,813,364,345
Population: 2,262,000
Government type: Republic
#106 - Ecuador

GDP per capital: $6,248.11
Country GDP: $100,917,000,000
Population: 16,144,000
Government type: Republic
#105 - Peru

GDP per capital: $6,121.86
Country GDP: $192,084,000,000
Population: 31,377,000
Government type: Constitutional, Republic
#104 - Colombia

GDP per capital: $6,056.15
Country GDP: $377,740,000,000
Population: 48,229,000
Government type: Republic
#103 - Thailand

GDP per capital: $5,816.44
Country GDP: $395,282,000,000
Population: 67,959,000
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy
#102 - Belarus

GDP per capital: $5,740.46
Country GDP: $76,139,250,365
Population: 9,448,000
Government type: Republic, Dictatorship
#101 - South Africa

GDP per capital: $5,691.69
Country GDP: $312,798,000,000
Population: 54,767,000
Government type: Republic
#100 - Azerbaijan

GDP per capital: $5,496.34
Country GDP: $75,198,010,965
Population: 9,651,000
Government type: Republic
#99 - Iran

GDP per capital: $5,442.87
Country GDP: $425,326,000,000
Population: 79,109,000
Government type: Islamic Republic
#98 - Serbia

GDP per capital: $5,143.95
Country GDP: $36,513,027,128
Population: 7,097,000
Government type: Republic
#97 - Jamaica

GDP per capital: $5,137.92
Country GDP: $14,005,654,599
Population: 2,730,000
Government type: Constitutional, Parliamentary Democracy, Commonwealth
#96 - Jordan

GDP per capital: $4,940.05
Country GDP: $37,517,410,299
Population: 6,738,000
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy
#95 - Fiji

GDP per capital: $4,916.25
Country GDP: $4,386,008,745
Population: 892,000
Government type: Republic
#94 - Belize

GDP per capital: $4,906.94
Country GDP: $1,699,154,132
Population: 359,000
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy, Commonwealth
#93 - Macedonia

GDP per capital:$4,852.66
Country GDP: $10,086,021,261
Population: 2,078,000
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy
#92 - Namibia

GDP per capital: $4,695.77
Country GDP: $11,546,088,223
Population: 2,459,000
Government type: Republic
#91 - Libya

GDP per capital: $4,643.31
Country GDP: $29,152,707,345
Population: 6,278,000
Government type: Republic
#90 - Iraq

GDP per capital: $4,629.08
Country GDP: $168,607,000,000
Population: 35,870,000
Government type: Parliamentary Democracy
#89 - El Salvador

GDP per capital: $4,219.35
Country GDP: $25,163,700,000
Population: 6,127,000
Government type: Republic
#88 - Algeria

GDP per capital: $4,206.03
Country GDP: $213,518,000,000
Population: 39,667,000
Government type: Republic
#87 - Bosnia And Herzegovina

GDP per capital: $4,197.81
Country GDP: $18,286,273,233
Population: 3,810,000
Government type: Parliamentary Government
#86 - Paraguay

GDP per capital: $4,160.61
Country GDP: $27,622,778,722
Population: 6,639,000
Government type: Constitutional, Republic
#85 - Guyana

GDP per capital: $4,127.35
Country GDP: $3,166,029,056
Population: 767,000
Government type: Republic
#84 - Tonga

GDP per capital: $4,114.05
Country GDP: $434,386,307
Population: 106,000
Government type: Constitutional Monarchy
#83 - Angola

GDP per capital: $4,102.12
Country GDP: $131,401,000,000
Population: 25,022,000
Government type: Republic, Presidential
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