There are many countries in the world which are facing poverty and below the level livings; a country can be said as poor in the world if it has low per capita income and low development ratio. Here we made a list of top ten poorest countries in the world reason behind their poverty is they have less resources of food and technology government failed to fulfill the necessary needs of people, they are suffering from hunger, unemployment and scare resources which made these countries poor. In this article you will find out the poor countries of world.
10. Angola
Angola is an African country its capital is Luanda officially this country is known as Republic of Angola it is the tenth poorest country in the world. Majority of people in Angola have low standard of living children died due to hunger at early age. All this mess is due to ongoing war in the country although there is abundance of natural resources and it has three forces like Army, Navy and Air force but despite of that 70% of country is facing poverty.
9. Suriname
Suriname is located is South America and officially known as the Republic of Suriname its capital is Paramaribo. The economy of this country is depend on aluminum production which supports GDP by 15% this country rank ninth on the list of poorest co0%untries of the world because the poverty ratio of this country is up to 70%. This country has two production structures one is agriculture and other is mining industry.
8. Guatemala
Guatemala is located in North America, its capital is Guatemala City and its population is approximately 16 million. It is the 8th poorest country on our list of the poorest countries of world because its poverty ratio is 75% and most of the people are living below the poverty line according to a report of Nation development programmer 850,000 people could fall into poverty soon and 700,000 people reach extreme poverty level.
7. Liberia
Liberia is an African country, its capital is Monrovia and its population is about 4 million. This country is the seventh poorest country of the world the ratio of poverty in this country is 80% and the major factor behind this poverty is ongoing civil war which destroyed the economy of Liberia unemployment rate of Liberia is 85%. Liberia is facing a major disease known as Ebola Virus due to which people are dying and government is taking steps to prevent its poor people from this disease.
6. Haiti
Haiti is located in North America, its capital is Port-au-Prince and its population is approximately 10.50 million. It is one of the poorest countries in the world because its poverty ratio is 80% and most of the people are living below the poverty level the main occupation of Haiti is agriculture it is the poorest country in America and it receives annually humanitarian cooperation from other organized countries.
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5. Chad
Chad is African country, its capital is N’Djamena and its population is approximately 13 million. Chad is the fifth poor country in the world because its poverty level is 80% this country mainly depend on oil exports, production of gold and uranium mostly people are illiterate and they use their money to purchase weapons instead of goods.
4. Moldova
Moldova is a European country and officially knows as Republic of Moldova, its capital is Chisinau and its population is approximately 3.750 million. Moldova is fourth poorest country in the world because its poverty level is 80% it has long history of making and export of wine and this product is their homemade. This country emerges from the former Soviet Union its main source of economy is agriculture its GDP has increased in few past years but still it is poorest country in Europe.
3. Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe is located in southern Africa, its capital is Harare and its population is about 15 million. It is the third poorest country in the world because the poverty ratio in this country is 80% the reason behind is mismanagement and corruption of government departments due to which people of this country use to buy their goods from neighbor countries.
2. Gaza Strip
Gaza strip also known as Gaza is the region of Plantain, it’s approximately population is about 1.86 million. It is the second poorest country in the world because its poverty ration is 81% and its main reason is a war is going on there for many years which has destroyed the economy. The main occupations of people are agriculture, construction and manufacturing.
1. Somalia
Somalia is also known as Federal Republic of Somalia, it is located in Horn of Africa, its population is approximately 13 million and its capital is Mogadishu. It is world’s poorest country because poverty ratio of this country is 86% it is due to civil war going on there from many years. Majority of people in Somalia are uneducated people are dying due to hunger and illness is steeply on the rise.
