Poorest regions in the world ever happened on the African continent
Poverty seems to still be a major problem worldwide, especially in southern Asia and Africa.
It was revealed from the publication of leading U.S. business magazine, Global Finance, which released the latest data list of rich and poor countries in the world.
The magazine showcases 182 countries around the world from the richest to the poorest. If the most rich countries are held by Qatar, while the poorest position held by the Republic of Congo.
Poorest regions in the world ever happened on the African continent, the continent that often experience famine, and often face a prolonged conflict, either in the form of rebellion and civil war.
A study from the World Institute on the United Nations University report njomplangnya much as 1 percent of the world's richest people control 40 percent of global assets, even 10 percent of the world's richest people control 85 percent of the assets of the world.
Conversely, the World Bank noted in 2008 of 1.4 billion people live with U.S. $ 1.25 per day. It covers nearly 15 percent of the world's population, or nearly 1 billion persons. However, since 2001 as many as 192 UN member states began to follow the program "Millennium Development Goal" with the aim of eradicating extreme poverty and famine.
If yesterday we display a list profiles the wealthiest country in the world, here is a list of the world's poorest countries.
1. republic Congo
The number one ranked the world's poorest, income per capita population of the Congo for U.S. $ 342 or Rp3 million per year. Congo's GDP level of U.S. $ 10.7 billion in 2008 with the economy relying on agriculture, wood products such as coffee, as well as natural resources such as gems, gold and oil.
Located on the African continent, the Congo has an area 342 thousand square kilometers with a population of only 3.7 million inhabitants. The total population living in poverty as much as 74 percent with a life expectancy of 55 years.
2. Zimbabwe
A man in the City of Harare, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwean dollars drying the amount of money is the second poorest country in the world. Level of income per capita of population of Zimbabwe amounted to U.S. $ 365 or Rp3, 28 million per year. Country's economy relies on the African continent such as cotton farming, such as tobacco and gold and platinum mining, and textile industries.
Zimbabwe's economy is also often a mess. Imagine, Zimbabwe is one country with the highest inflation record in the world, never even reached 11.2 million percent in August 2008. Zimbabwe is also known as a country that had issued a fraction of the world's largest currency, ie 100 billion Zimbabwean dollars.
3. Burundi
refugees in Burundi Burundi is ranked third as the world's poorest countries located in Africa. Burundi's per capita income of U.S. citizens $ 410 or Rp3, 69 million per year. This country's GDP is only U.S. $ 1.1 billion in foreign reserves in 2008 with just U.S. $ 322 million. With a total area of 27 thousand square kilometers, the population reached 8.1 million people of Burundi. Of that amount, as much as 93.4 percent of the population living in poor conditions. The average life expectancy is only 49 years old.
4. Liberia
Liberian refugees in Liberia, occupies the fourth position as the world's poorest countries with per capita income of U.S. $ 434 or Rp3, 9 million per year. Total GDP of this country amounted to U.S. $ 870 million and relying mostly on agriculture income, such as rubber, coffee and chocolate. Although the extent of 111 thousand square kilometers in the continent of Africa, Liberia's total population was just 4.13 million people. Most or 94.8 percent also live in poverty.
5. Eritria
Population in Eritria Located in East Africa, Eritria is the fifth poorest country in the world. Level of income per capita of U.S. $ 676 or Rp6 million per year. Eritria economy relies on agriculture, such as tobacco, cotton, sorghum and cattle, as well as industrial sectors like textile, cement and food. Eritria total GDP of U.S. $ 1.6 billion in 2008. The total area of 117 square kilometers Eritria with a population of only 4.9 million inhabitants.
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