seven poor countries in world

to have entered the ranks of the extremely poor.

The good news, according to a recent analysis by a group of economists at the World Bank, is that global poverty appears now to have receded to levels closer to those before the pandemic. The bad news is not just that around 700 million people around the world still live on less than $2.15 per day, but that we have lost three years in the fight against poverty. Further, nearly 50% of the world’s population live under the upper-middle income poverty line of $6.85 a day: this means that it takes more money to be considered poor in a richer country. Most importantly, the recovery has been uneven: “While extreme poverty in middle-income countries has decreased, poverty in the poorest countries and countries affected by fragility, conflict or violence is still worse than before the pandemic.


10 Madagascar 1,907
9 Chad 1,807
8 Liberia 1,789
7 Malawi 1,668
6 Mozambique 1,584
5 Niger 1,579
4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1,510
3 Central African Republic 1,109
2 Burundi 890
1 South Sudan 476