Which is the poorest country in the world?

last I heard it was the Republic of the Congo.

I think it doesnt really matter which is the poorest country. . . helping out the kids in any poor country would be noble as it is. . . It could even be a kid in your own home town.

It might be Chad, but it hardly matters. Need is universal.

Zimbabwe, with $200 GDP per capita.

curse your slightly quicker googling

@ragingloli Yeah, I guess this is never a good sign for your economy…

Haiti. They have no captial.

too soon?

@JeanPaulSartre Neither is this

@Pseudonym good lord… that is ludicrously large.

I’m with @ragingloli, Zimbabwe.

And it probably won’t buy you too much, either

@filmfann
No not at all…I’ll be at Caroline’s until Sunday..maybe you can warm up the crowd? Double billing? i’ll have my people contact

I remember it used to be bangladesh. I don’t know if it’s still the top ranking but Zimbabwe has a ground zero economy

@Tenpinmaster
Better than US. At least they’re at zero

According to the CIA factbook it’s Zimbabwe. Here are the winners. Er losers….
Countries with less that $1,000 estimated GDP_per capita_…

214 Ethiopia $ 900
215 Mozambique $ 900
216 Togo $ 900
217 Sierra Leone $ 900
218 Malawi $ 900
219 Afghanistan $ 800 [Only non-African]
220 Central African Republic $ 700
221 Niger $ 700
222 Eritrea $ 700
223 Guinea-Bissau $ 600
224 Somalia $ 600
225 Liberia $ 500
226 Burundi $ 300
227 Congo, Democratic Republic of the $300
228 Zimbabwe $ 200

Source:https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2004rank.html?countryName=Chad&countryCode=cd&regionCode=af&rank=197#cd

@JeanPaulSartre

Did you know that the Republic of the Congo and the Democratic Republic of the Congo are not the same country? The former is sometimes simply called “Congo” and has a per capita GDP of around $3000. Just wanted to throw that out there because I assumed you were referring to the D. R. C.

As for what people have said, it does seem to be Zimbabwe. What’s interesting is that Zimbabwe is not the least developed country in the world. That would be Somalia as far as I know. Zimbabwe actually ranks higher in development than over 30 countries, yet there are GDP per capita is lower than all of those.

‘Fraid so, @filmfann: minus points for taste, but plus points for wit.

@Jeruba I honestly expected that comment to be moderated, but I have a deep love for bad taste humor, so went with it.

@filmfann
You don’t have to worry about being modded believe me. You can throw a rock and still not be near the edge. Have no fear.

I don’t know if you wanted income per capita, or largest number of starving people, that would be Dafur, Sudan.

There are also 50 million people right here in the United States who are not getting adequate food. Many go hungry at the end of every month just before their government checks are issued.

Who really know? Some say Haiti, some say North Korea and others say some other African countries.