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6). Central African Republic – GDP per capita: $827.93
Central African Republic is a landlocked country located in the central part of Africa with only 5.2 million people, it is blessed with natural resources such as gold, diamonds, uranium , oil, timber etc. Though its blessed with all those natural resources, CAR faces a problem of extreme poverty, hunger, poor education / high illiteracy rate especially girls, deadly HIV/AIDS and natural hazards such as floods and desertification. 62% survive under the poverty line on less than $1 per day.
7). Niger – GDP per capita: $853.43
Niger has suffered greatly from political instability, natural challenges such as drought, unpredictable hash weather conditions and floods, 80% lies on the southern edges of Saharan desert, there is also lack of domestic and drinking water, illiteracy rate is too high in Niger.
8). Malawi – GDP per capita: $893.84
Malawi was formerly known as Nyasaland named after lake nyasa, the country’s major export is tobacco which is on 53%, it faces problems such as high rate of HIV / AIDS, water pollution, land degradation and rampant deforestation. Malawi’s investment fell by 23 percent, now its facing a problem of shortage of foreign exchange which made the government failing to pay for some imports. In 2004, 54% of Malawian people survived under the poverty line on less than $1 per day.
9). Madagascar – GDP per capita: $972.07
Madagascar is located in the southern part of Africa in the Indian ocean. The economy in this country lies mostly on agriculture which accounts for 29 percent of the countries GDP, tourism and extractive industries. Madagascar faces problems such as poor governance, high rate of corruption, poor leadership and illiteracy which continues to keep the Madagascans in extreme poverty. 69 percent of the population lives below national poverty line.
10). Mali – GDP per capita: $1,136
Despite having plenty of natural resources, Mali is still one of the poorest countries on the African continent, Mali faces problems such as high rate of corruption, poor governance and big health challenges like inadequate sanitation and hygiene aswell as malnutrition, it has the literacy rate of just 26.2% for the total population, the deadly malaria, typhoid fever, hepatitis A, schistosomiasis and etc More than 50 percent of the population lives below the international poverty line of US$1.25 a day.
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