Five Poorest Countries by Continent

I guess I'm moving to Peru.

Surprised not to see Suriname.

Some of these dollar amounts are really sad. :(

These figures I assume are the total income divided by the population. Places like Qatar mentioned earlier at 102,000 per person does not mean that every person is receiving that amount, some are receiving 20 times that amount and many are getting very little. Likewise with the poorest nations there are many individuals receiving great amounts and even more gaining very little. It is easier to get along in a poor country if you are poor than in a rich country if you are poor. The rich will never help the poor, whereas poor people tend to help even poorer people when needed. Money received in many of the rich countries is spent on Motor vehicles, gas, taxes, rents, mortgages, computers, holidays etc etc whereas in very poor countries these sorts of expenditures don't come into their expectations. Some poor peoples are growing their own food, not paying tax, don't own vehicles, don't have computers etc etc, so they have to live a more simple life and who knows, maybe more fulfilling.

The top 6 poorest countries in Africa are poorer than the top poorest countries on all the other five continents.

The CIA shows Yemen at 2,800

MIssed Guatemala and Burundi

I'm surprised about North Korea....

The poorest country is Central African Republic

Interesting fact, the least poor country on this list is somehow the most guessed one!

WTF? How is Somalia so poor, but still together? How hasn't it collapsed already? Even if it would be twice as rich, it would be the poorest Country !

I thought Belize wouldn't be on here

weird to think that what I make in 2 days is the just as much as an average Somalian has to work an entire year for

Very surprising that Venezuela isn't here

got all right. first one was north korea. thumbnails always help.

Where did Somalia go? I see websites list last data being from 2010/2011, is that the reason?

It is surprising to see Venezuela on this list, that too placed third among all the 12 countries in South America, in spite of having a larger oil reserve than that of Saudi Arabia, one of the countries known to flourish for the same reason.

how is north korea poor and happy, they have the 2nd happiest country rate

****! I completely forgot about Nth America. HOW??? I didn't even look at the column. ****!

Surprised to see that the least guessed country is the poorest one too. I think it is the sad reality that most people don't even know Burundi :-(

I think you should accept "Salvador" for "El Salvador" since even some quizzes use "Salvador" instead even if I know country's name is "El Salvador"

Can You accept ''NK'' for North Korea?

missed Bosnia, PNG and yemen

Finally After 3 Times Of Trying I Win

I'm surprised that Zimbabwe's ruined economy doesn't get it onto this list.

At first glance it looks like African countries are making phenomenal gains, then you remember this is using PPP, go to check the real numbers, and see that while they are indeed still gaining steadily (and that's great) it's not anywhere near as much as the inflated figures would make it seem.

Cleared out Asia, North America, South America

The thumbnail kinda gave a question away.

30/30 first try

also i'm surprised that madagascar isn't there - a board game about countries from 2013 that i have says that madagascar has a gdp per capita of under 970$

Peru and Paraguay are out of order.

The difference between South Sudan and Bosnia is pretty striking

Didn't think to try North Korea because there's usually not enough information available to include them on these quizzes. I guess maybe I should have looked at the thumbnail! :(

peru and paraguay are the wrong way round

Timor-Leste was so out of the blue.

Peru and Paraguay should be swapped

Man I remembered Ukraine at the last second but I spelled it wrong in my rush, 27/30

The 5 poorest countries in Africa combined still have less than half of the poorest European country

Hi, is a German translation of this quiz okay for you?

East Timor and Nepal are in the wrong order

Wat to go, Somalia.

This quiz demonstrates perfectly that GDP (or even the weird measure being used here) are very poor indicators of happiness and standard of living. While they MAY correlate, there are always other reasons in the mix. Vanuatu and the Solomon Islands are perhaps the loveliest countries on Earth. The people are so happy, they literally wander round with big grins on their faces. Everyone you pass in the street says hello - and I do mean everyone. There is no litter, no begging, almost no crime. Nobody is homeless, nobody starves, and communities look out for each other in ways that capitalist societies can only dream of. The only countries with lower GDP’s at time of writing are North Korea, Yemen and South Sudan. They are terrible places to live, but this is down to the ravages of war or totalitarian governments. It seems that material wealth serves only to corrupt a society if this wealth is unequally shared. We could learn much from the Pacific Islanders, if we can just let go of greed