The World’s Poorest Economies 📊

GDP per capita is just total output divided by number of people. Low numbers flag economies that don’t create much value per person.

South Sudan tops the list with just $300 per person per year in economic output. India ranks as the 50th poorest by GDP per capita 🇮🇳

🌍 Most spots on the chart sit in Sub-Saharan Africa where war, weak courts, and commodity dependence keep capital away and industry thin. Small Pacific islands show up too because isolation and tiny markets drive costs up and diversification down.

Big countries like India or Nigeria appear for a different reason: huge populations dilute growing output, so the average still looks poor even if the economy is growing fast 🔍