While many people in the U.S. worry about waiting in line too long for coffee or whether the car they want comes in the right color, across the globe there are many people simply trying to make ends meet every day. These people frequently live in the poorest countries in the world — places with struggling economies, a lack of natural resources or a combination of that and more.
To determine the world's most cash poor countries, ranked countries based on their on their gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, as reported by the World Bank in 2015. They only included members of the United Nations.
Note: Although the CIA World FactBook lists North Korea's GDP per capita as $1,800, DataFinder excluded North Korea from the list due to its lack of reliable reporting.
#1 - Burundi
GDP per capita: $275.98
Country GDP: $3,093,647,227
Population: 11,179,000
Government type: Republic
#1 - Burundi
GDP per capita: $275.98
Country GDP: $3,093,647,227
Population: 11,179,000
Government type: Republic
#2 - Central African Republic
GDP per capita: $306.78
Country GDP: $1,503,299,944
Population: 4,900,000
Government type: Republic
#3 - Niger
GDP per capita: $358.96
Country GDP: $7,142,951,342
Population: 19,899,000
Government type: Republic
#4 - Malawi
GDP per capita: $381.37
Country GDP: $6,565,382,259
Population: 17,215,000
Government type: Presidential
#5 - Madagascar
GDP per capita: $411.82
Country GDP: $9,980,522,718
Population: 24,235,000
Government type: Republic
#6 - Gambia
GDP per capita: $441.29
Country GDP: $850,903,179
Population: 1,991,000
Government type: Republic
#7 - Liberia
GDP per capita: $455.87
Country GDP: $2,053,000,000
Population: 4,503,000
Government type: Republic
#8 - The Democratic Republic of the Congo
GDP per capita: $456.05
Country GDP: $35,237,742,278
Population: 77,267,000
Government type: Presidential, Republic
#9 - Mozambique
GDP per capita: $525.01
Country GDP: $14,688,606,238
Population: 27,978,000
Government type: Republic
#10 - Guinea
GDP per capita: $531.32
Country GDP: $6,699,203,543
Population: 12,609,000
Government type: Republic
#11 - Togo
GDP per capita: $547.97
Country GDP: $4,002,723,817
Population: 7,305,000
Government type: Republic
#12 - Somalia
GDP per capita: $551.86
Country GDP: $5,953,000,000Population: 10,787,000
Government type: Republic
# 13 - Guinea-Bissau
GDP per capita: $573.03
Country GDP: $1,056,851,008Population: 1,844,000
Government type: Republic
#14 - Afghanistan
GDP per capita: $590.27
Country GDP: $20,038,215,159Population: 32,527,000
Government type: Islamic Republic
# 15 - Burkina Faso
GDP per capita: $613.04
Country GDP: $12,542,221,942Population: 18,106,000
Government type: Republic
#16 - Ethiopia
GDP per capita: $619.14
Country GDP: $61,537,143,095Population: 99,391,000
Government type: Federal Republic
#17 - Uganda
GDP per capita: $675.57
Country GDP: $26,369,242,278Population: 39,032,000
Government type: Republic
# 18 - Sierra Leone
GDP per capita: $693.41
Country GDP: $4,474,689,706Population: 6,453,000
Government type: Constitutional Democracy
#19 - Rwanda
GDP per capita: $697.35
Country GDP: $8,095,980,014Population: 11,610,000
Government type: Republic, Presidential
#20 - South Sudan
GDP per capita: $730.58
Country GDP: $9,015,221,096Population: 12,340,000
Government type: Republic
#21 - Nepal
GDP per capita: $732.30
Country GDP: $20,880,545,907Population: 28,514,000
Government type: Democratic Republic
#22 - Mali
GDP per capita: $744.35
Country GDP: $13,100,263,697Population: 17,600,000
Government type: Republic
#23 - Eritrea
GDP per capita: $754.89
Country GDP: $3,857,821,184Population: 5,228,000
Government type: Presidential
