"Poverty is not a vice." This expression is familiar to everyone, but what do residents of those countries who are on the list of the poorest countries in the world think about this? How do they live in such conditions? And what does "poor country" mean? Let's try to figure it out together.
Top 10 poor countries
GDP is a basic and fundamental macroeconomic indicator-regulator, which determines the fact which country is the richest or poorest. Its significance depends on a number of factors, including the level of population growth in the state. It is quite logical that the state needs to somehow contain "new" people who are born with great speed. Unfortunately, the poorest countries in Africa and Asia can not solve this problem radically, so the population's situation is deteriorating from year to year.
In the United Nations, the official designation "least developed countries" is used to assess the level of economic development. This "black" list includes states where GDP per capita does not reach the 750-dollar mark. At present, there are 48 such countries. It is not a secret that the poorest are the countries of Africa. They are on the UN list 33.
The 10 poorest countries in the world include:
- Togo;
- Malawi;
- Sierra Leone;
- Niger;
- Central African Republic;
- Eritrea;
- Burundi;
- Zimbabwe;
- Liberia;
- Democratic Republic of the Congo, which is the leader.
Togo is a major producer of phosphorus, the leader in the export of cotton, cocoa and coffee. And the average resident of the country must survive at $ 1.25 a day! In Malawi, the critical situation is related to debts to the IMF. Unscrupulously related to the performance of their duties, the government brought the country to isolation from the assistance of international financial organizations.
Sierra Leone is a vivid example of the inability to use natural resources. On the territory of the country mined diamonds, titanium, bauxite, and ordinary Sierra Lionians can not afford to eat more than twice a day! A similar situation has developed in the CAR , which has enormous reserves of resources. The average income of a local resident is only one dollar. Burundi and Liberia are countries that have become hostages to permanent military conflicts, and Zimbabweans die of AIDS before they reach the age of forty. And in the Congo, the situation is extremely difficult, because the diseases of the local population are accompanied by uninterrupted military actions.
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Poor Europe
It would seem that there can be a poor country, which is located on the territory of Europe, which is considered the most developed region of the world? But there are problems of this kind here. Of course, not a single European power in terms of level of development and GDP is not inferior to the countries of Africa, but the poorest countries in Europe - a very real phenomenon. According to Eurostat, the poorest countries in Europe are Bulgaria, Romania and Croatia. During the last three to four years, Bulgaria's economic welfare has improved somewhat, but the GDP level remains low (no more than 47% of the average in Europe).
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If we consider countries that are located in Europe, but are not members of the EU, the poorest is Moldova. In Central Asia, the lowest level of GDP was recorded in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
It is worth noting that every year the situation in the rating of poor countries of the world is changing. Some powers give way to others, sinking or climbing one or two steps, but the overall picture in most cases remains unchanged. Fighting the poverty of the population is the main task of the world community.