Poorest country in the world

A combination of a GNI per capita of $906, life expectancy of 60.4 years, and a mean 2 years of schooling (against an expected 5.4) lead to Niger topping the UN’s …
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Find out which countries will be the most impoverished in the world in 2026, based on GDP per capita forecasts from the Economist Intelligence Unit and other …
In the countries that contain most of the world’s poorest people, it has simply stalled. If this is to improve, these countries will need more generous assistance from …
As Milanovic points out, it would have taken an additional 300 years for half of the population of peripheral countries to match or exceed the median income of the …
Small, densely populated and landlocked, Burundi is one of the poorest countries in the world and receives aid and loans from the European Union, the United …
With 189 member countries, staff from more than 170 countries, and offices in over 130 locations, the World Bank Group is a unique global partnership: five institutions …
When accounting for the long workdays and limited holiday, it drops to 11th. China—the world’s second-largest economy in nominal terms—comes 65th by GDP per …
“In Latin America, as in most parts of the world, the poorest are most negatively affected by illnesses. They have poor access to the health system and many are …
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