The 9 Countries with the Highest Poverty Rate

According to the Central Agency of Intelligence, the world’s poorest countries are those where most of the population lives below the “poverty line”.

1. Zambia – Poor 86%

It is located on the African continent; its economy is largely dependent on copper, which is one of the world’s major producers. Zambia is the country with the most economically depressed population worldwide, with one 86% of its nationals living in poverty. 98.7% are black people, 1.1% is white (European or descending) and the remaining 0.2% consists of Asian immigrants.

2. Gaza Strip – Poor 81%.

 

Conflict with Israel and continuing military activity nearby, make the Strip of Gaza is steadily increasing unemployment and poverty. People living from agriculture, manufacturing and construction. The previous year, the number of households below the threshold of poverty reached a record of nearly 52%, according to a report from the Agency United Nations for Assistance to Refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA).

3. Zimbabwe – Poorest 80%.

This country of the African continent is experiencing a financial crisis, social and political record, which could trigger a civil war. In March 2008, inflation reached 100,000%, so that people choose to buy essential commodities the neighboring countries of Botswana, South Africa and Zambia.

4. Chad – Poor 80%

Another nation on the list of the poorest is Chad, a country with abundant oil deposits, but whose economic benefits are used by the government. Buying weapons for Chad is one of the least developed countries that depend on aid abroad, especially food credits.

5. Moldova – Poor 80%

As has happened with the rest of the ancient republics that formed the Union Soviet, the Moldovan economy has contracted sharply they after independence. Agriculture is one of the economic engines of Moldova, but lost weight as a result of rapid industrialization. Is the former republic poorest Soviet resource of underground exploitation?

6. Haiti – Poor 80%

Haiti has income per capita lower in the Western hemisphere, i.e., which can be considered the poorest country in all of America. Approximately 70% of the population lives in poverty. Around 70% of Haitians depend on agriculture and employs about two-thirds of the economically active population. Haiti, an island receives annually cooperation and humanitarian aid from developed countries both in America and other parts of the world.

7. Guatemala – Poor 75%

According to the Programme of the United Nations Development Programme, about 850 thousand Guatemalans may fall into poverty this year due to lack of plans to prevent this scourge. Moreover, of the nearly 850 thousand Guatemalans who are in danger of going into poverty, other 733 000 500 are at risk of falling into the list of those in extreme poverty, which means that the latter must survive on less than a dollar a day.

8. Suriname – 70% are poor

Located on the northeast coast of South America, became a Dutch colony in 1667 and achieved independence in 1975. Between 1995 and 1997, a deterioration of macroeconomic and monetary situation has resulted in a sustained deterioration in the quality of life for the population. A recent UNICEF survey indicates that 52% of the urban population, 61% of rural and 91% of the population within the country, live in poverty.

9. Angola – Poor 70%.

Angola has an economy that is in disarray because of 25 years of almost continuous war. Despite its abundant natural resources, output per capita is among the lowest in the world. The 70% of its 15 million inhabitants live on less than two dollars a day. Poverty and inequality cast terrible shadows over the life of the country; after nearly 30 years of war, most citizens without charging is still the expected “peace dividend”.

The 9 Countries with the Highest Poverty Rate