I just looked at the GDP per capita statistics for 2025 and I am truly shocked by the scale of global inequality. It turns out that the poorest country in the world is South Sudan with a figure of only $251 per person. To compare, that's less than a monthly salary in developed countries.

Generally, if you look at the list of the poorest countries, most of them are African nations. Yemen ($417), Burundi ($490), Central African Republic ($532) — that's already terrible. Even in the DRC, with a population of 100 million, the GDP per capita is only $743. Interestingly, India, with such a huge population, still ranks in the lower part of the list — $2,878, but that's already higher than Cambodia and Ivory Coast.

I didn't expect Myanmar to be on this list with $1,177 — I thought the situation there was better. But Tajikistan, Nepal, East Timor — that’s more or less understandable, given their geography and history.

The poorest country in the world reflects the real state of the global economy — a huge gap between developed and developing regions. If anyone is interested in the full picture of global inequality, here are the 50 countries with the lowest indicators.