Lowest GDP Per Capita

The countries with the lowest gross domestic product per capita in U.S. dollars, in 2011.

1. Congo, Democratic Republic of the $300
2. Zimbabwe 500
3. Burundi 600
4. Liberia 600
5. Somalia 700
6. Eritrea 700
7. Niger 800
8. Central African Republic 800
9. Malawi 900
10. Madagascar 900

NOTE: Country rankings of the type presented below cannot pretend to be definitive; instead they aspire only to provide the reader with an approximation of the high and low ends on a particular scale. Country data vary enormously depending on the sources, and the absence of reliable data on some countries requires their omission, which further skews the results. Only countries for which statistics were available in sources 1 and 2 figure in these lists. Sources: 1. The World Factbook, 2012. 2. U.S. Census Bureau, International Database.

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