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It is the world's newest nation and already second-poorest with 11.5 million inhabitants including 60 indigenous ethnic groups living amidst poverty and persistent violence. The 2018 conflict ended in a violent coup, a 400,000 death toll, and 4 million internally displaced or fleeing.
Tiny landlocked Burundi lacks natural resources and has been scarred by a civil war lasting from 1993 to 2005, whose aftermath is still a contributing factor to its ranking of the second-poorest country in the world.
This is a list of countries and territories by percentage of population living in poverty, as recorded by the World Bank and International Labour Organization. Poverty is about not having enough money to meet basic needs including food, clothing and shelter.
Burundi is the poorest country in the world, with a per capita GNI of $230 using the Atlas method and a PPP of $950.90. Conversely, Bermuda is the richest country in the world according to GNI (Atlas method), with a value of $134,640 .
This is a list of countries and territories by income inequality metrics, as calculated by the World Bank, UNU-WIDER, OCDE, and World Inequality Database, based on different indicators, like Gini coefficient and specific income ratios. Income from black market economic activity is not included.. The Gini coefficient is a number between 0 and 1 or 100, where 0 represents perfect equality ...
South Sudan has the highest poverty rate at 82.3%, indicating severe economic challenges and a need for significant humanitarian and developmental aid. The United States, with a significant wealth inequality gap, has varying poverty rates, up to 17.8%, pointing to challenges even in the world's largest economy.
Meanwhile, the second and third lowest per capita GDPs belong to Sierra Leone and Malawi, also from Africa, both nearly $200 more than Burundi. All 20 of the world’s poorest countries, except for Yemen, are located on the African continent.
Burundi. A landlocked country in East Africa, bordering Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Tanzania, Burundi is one of the most densely-populated countries in the world, with roughly 75% of that population living below the poverty line.
The eight major pass-through economies—the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Hong Kong SAR, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands, Ireland, and Singapore—host more than 85 percent of the world’s investment in special purpose entities, which are often set up for tax reasons.
2nd poorest country: South Sudan. GDP per capita 2025 Consensus Forecast: USD 448. South Sudan’s poverty is tied to its protracted civil war, which erupted soon after the country gained independence in 2011. The violence displaced millions, destroyed infrastructure and disrupted agriculture, the backbone of the economy.