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Rich Countries Bordering Poor Countries

Name the countries that share a land border that have the largest difference in GDP per Capita.
2022 data. Purchasing power parity. More info here.
As measured by dividing the larger number by the smaller one
Quiz by Stewart
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First submittedMay 15, 2019
Times taken66,081
Average score62.5%
Rating4.92
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x Richer
Countries
33.4
South Korea
North Korea
26.6
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
18.9
Russia
North Korea
18.0
Israel
Syria
17.0
Oman
Yemen
13.5
China
North Korea
13.4
Turkey
Syria
12.8
Libya
Niger
10.8
Libya
Chad
10.7
South Africa
Mozambique
9.1
Algeria
Niger
x Richer
Countries
8.7
China
Afghanistan
7.7
Turkmenistan
Afghanistan
7.6
Botswana
Zimbabwe
7.5
Dominican Republic
Haiti
7.5
Iran
Afghanistan
7.2
Eswatini
Mozambique
6.5
Kenya
South Sudan
6.4
Guyana
Venezuela
6.1
South Africa
Zimbabwe
6
Angola
D.R. of the Congo
5
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
omnikin
+4
Level 58
May 22, 2019
3 seconds left
JackintheBox
+7
Level 77
May 22, 2019
Great idea for a quiz!
HappiestWhale
+41
Level 75
May 22, 2019
Spamming random African countries will get you half the correct answers
Quizzyquizzed
+26
Level 29
Jul 8, 2019
And spamming random Asian countries will leave you nearly done after that
gallom1103
+30
Level 44
Jul 10, 2019
That’s how I ended up only missing Haiti and the Dominican Republic
JonOfKent
+12
Level 55
Jun 17, 2020
Yes, I only got those because when I typed "drc" for the DR Congo it gave me the Dominican Republic first.
BrennoAU
+17
Level 43
Jun 27, 2020
I always type in "congo" as it gives me both
TheUnableDerk
+1
Level 48
Mar 11, 2022
The very first thing I did was dr and haiti
theperiodictable
+1
Level 47
May 22, 2019
greatquizveryfun:)
Sifhraven
+2
Level 66
May 27, 2019
Nice quiz ! I could only afterwards really take the knowledge in though. It was more like lucky hits and then which countries borders it. Many of these I had no idea of, that there was such a difference.
ander217
+7
Level 76
Jul 6, 2019
Forgetting the Korean peninsula and the Congos cost me eight answers. :(
kalbahamut
+30
Level 83
Jul 6, 2019
Pretty sad when you are so poor that Iraq, Swaziland, or the Republic of the Congo are exponentially wealthier than you are.
JackintheBox
+2
Level 77
Jul 6, 2019
Indeed.
2Guys1Cat
+1
Level 16
Jul 7, 2019
In other words, imagine if your country did not have to work and still be considerably wealthier than your neighbours.
MarcellDAvis
+1
Level 70
Sep 30, 2021
It's not the DRC but Angola that's the richer one of the two.
Jeremy
+2
Level 73
Mar 1, 2022
I believe the Central African Republic used to be on this quiz as well, which would be what he's referring to.
kalbahamut
+1
Level 83
Jun 13, 2022
yes, and Iraq used to be on here for bordering Syria.
Aleksandro
+2
Level 49
Jul 6, 2019
Funny how I got the least guessed pair first.
RedLightning
+2
Level 47
Aug 31, 2019
I wouldn't of thought Eswatini would be wealthier than Mozambique
Sifhraven
+2
Level 66
Apr 16, 2020
Well there was an off-chance you would of thought of it ;)
joeythelemur
+2
Level 85
Mar 1, 2022
I think your snark forgot the "would have" part.
Geografen
+1
Level 66
Jan 9, 2020
What about Norway-Russia?
Stewart
+5
Level 68
Jan 9, 2020
Norway is $76k, Russia is $30k per capita, so only a 2.5x multiplier.
tree123
+1
Level 45
Mar 3, 2020
great quiz but there is a bigger gdp difference with lebanon and syria than syria and iraq
Stewart
+4
Level 68
Mar 3, 2020
Based on 2019 data, this is not true. Iraq has a higher PPP GDP per capita than Lebanon
AJS
+2
Level 79
Apr 15, 2020
The quiz only allows you to answer 31 of 35 questions!
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Apr 15, 2020
Sorry that was my fault, I forgot to remove the excess countries. This has been fixed thanks!
mf3
+1
Level 85
Apr 15, 2020
I filled in all answers completely, and the clock kept running. Even funnier, at some point I entered "Mali" in the answer box, and it was accepted in the box and disappeared, but didn't appear as one of the answers below.
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Apr 15, 2020
See comment above, this has been fixed now.
Quack3797
+3
Level 18
Apr 15, 2020
Ya I am Korean (South) [̲̅$̲̅(̲̅5̲̅)̲̅$̲̅]
11level360
+1
Level 49
May 23, 2020
Missed Somalia and Djibouti
vermiciousknid
+1
Level 86
Aug 28, 2020
I got Somalia with only 3 seconds remaining, unsuccessfully tried Kenya, then ran out of time before I could put in Djibouti.
CardinalSin
+2
Level 75
Oct 28, 2020
Unsurprisingly, there is conflict across many of these borders, especially those towards the top of the list.
anto91
+3
Level 65
Nov 10, 2020
What about France and Suriname? The ratio would be 9,35.
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Nov 10, 2020
France is about $45k and Suriname $16k, so it's less than 3x.
jayhiatt
+2
Level 70
Apr 25, 2022
I was surprised to not see France and Suriname too. And France comes surprisingly close to becoming the only country to show up on both sides (if only Monaco were slightly richer and Suriname slightly poorer).
nullasity
+2
Level 45
Jan 26, 2021
I did not realise China and Afghanistan share a border!
Rasmus2505
+1
Level 45
Feb 8, 2021
there is a small mistake, you forgot russia and norway

Norway:81k

Russia:11k

Stewart
+2
Level 68
Feb 8, 2021
This is PPP, see the source. Norway is $76k, Russia is $30k per capita, so only a 2.5x multiplier.
thailand
+1
Level 41
Mar 26, 2021
where is venezuela and brazil
Froststar101
+9
Level 73
Nov 3, 2021
South America
Afghabwe
+1
Level 39
Apr 13, 2021
I got Djibouti but not South Africa.
Relox84
+2
Level 70
Apr 18, 2021
I'm surprized Monaco's absurdly high GDP doesn't put it on the list.
Djilas
+1
Level 81
Feb 27, 2022
It's expensive, so PPP difference isn't as high as you'd think.
Stewart
+2
Level 68
Feb 27, 2022
Whilst it's high, it only borders France, and is only 4x that of France.
Hezzer619
+1
Level 54
May 19, 2021
Forgot China borders Afghanistan.
SouthKorea
+3
Level 48
Oct 1, 2021
proud of my country of having thirty times larger money lol
IkeLek
+1
Level 56
Dec 6, 2021
Please accept Timor Leste for "East Timor".
Quizmaster
+1
Level ∞
Dec 6, 2021
We already do
joeythelemur
+2
Level 85
Mar 1, 2022
The right column is pretty much a "who's who" of dysfunctional countries.
jbro
+1
Level 60
Mar 3, 2022
Great quiz!
loganite
+1
Level 87
Mar 7, 2022
Ugh...I remembered Hispaniola with about 4 seconds to go. Got the shorter country name, ran out of time about three letters into the longer one. Only one I missed...
rawe
+3
Level 66
Mar 7, 2022
You can simply write DR for Dominican Republic. Hope that helps in the future!
LuigiDood227
+1
Level 64
Mar 16, 2022
Idk how long we can keep Russia on this list... Unless it's for poor...
scambigol
+1
Level 75
Apr 28, 2022
maybe column title could be changed to 'X Richer' instead of 'X Larger'?
Stewart
+1
Level 68
Apr 28, 2022
Good idea! Thanks
joemama990
+1
Level 26
May 11, 2022
type dr
kalbahamut
+2
Level 83
Jun 13, 2022
The recent explosion of Guyana's economy coupled with the recent implosion of Venezuela's produced my single missed answer.
nickelz
+1
Level 57
Dec 12, 2022
L
nickelz
+1
Level 57
Apr 20, 2023
The fact that Angola is on the RICH side shows really how dirt poor the DRC is.
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