The 10 Poorest Nations in the World
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March 2013; updated list of the ten poorest nations in the world.
With such fragile economies; an election, a storm, a change of internal policy, or even a perception of corruption, will have these nations careening up or down the list.
Since first publication of this article, there has been a change in the rankings an inclusion of nations which heretofore were not considered.
This list was compiled and updated in March 2013, using data from various sources, including the CIA, International Monetary Fund, World Bank.
1. Democratic Republic of Congo
Once known as the Belgian Congo, Zaire, now the Democratic Republic, this huge resource rich nation now holds the position of poorest country in the World and has done so for the past three years.
It has been embroiled in wars, civil and with other nations, since Independence in 1960.
During the past two decades of conflict, over 6 million people have died and continue to die at the rate of 45,000 a month. This is not only attributable to war, but its fellow travelers, disease and famine.
DR-Congo has diamonds, uranium, cobalt, tantalum, copper, and other valuable minerals. The wars, besides being caused by ethnic hatred, are inspired by control of the nation’s wealth.
The smuggling of coltan and cassiterite, the ores of tantalum and tin have fueled the war in the Eastern Congo.
As a kleptocracy, whatever can be appropriated by the government and its agents, is. Whether medicine or machinery.
Despite having more resources than most places in the world, two thirds of the population is malnourished. Hunger has provoked a market in ‘bushmeat’, that is, the meat of wild animals, often chimpanzees and gorillas. There is also reports of cannibalism.
2. Liberia 
This nation has slipped down a place, as it hung at 3 two years ago. Having gone through a terrible civil war, political unrest, finally reaching a level of peace, the economy of Liberia needs to be rebuilt. It has moved forward one place and is now the third poorest nation in the world.
A ban on Liberian ‘blood’ diamonds was lifted in 2007 and a new contract for the export of iron ore was signed.
However, Liberia is still dependent on Foreign Aid and has an unemployment rate of approximately 85%. It’s external debt is 3.5 billion while its GDP is 2.5 billion.
Life expectancy is 42.5 years although it has the highest population growth in the world at 4.50%.
Currently, Liberia’s revenues come primarily from rubber exports and revenues from its maritime registry program, earning some $16 million in the years 2007/2008.
There is increasing interest in the possibility of commercially exploitable offshore crude oil deposits along Liberia’s Atlantic Coast.
3. Zimbabwe 
When I first began this list, Zimbabwe was not on it. Between 2008 and 2010, it declined to the point that the per capital income was .01c. and it was at Number 2. It experienced hyper-inflation, and the unbelievable mismanagement of Mugabe. It has slipped a place, as things have slightly improved. However, being the 3rd poorest, is nothing to brag about.
Poverty is caused by gross mismanagement, corruption, and a destructive economic policy where previously productive farms taken from white owners and distributed to ‘War Veterans’.
Using racism has always been the tool of a fascist. By making the people think it is some nebulous ‘white world’ which causes Zimbabwe’s poverty, Mugabe clings to power. Once the ‘breadbasket’ of Africa, Zimbabwe can no longer feed itself.
Where life expectancy improves in other places, in Zimbabwe it has declined from 60 to 37 years for males, 34 years for females, the lowest in the world.
1.8 Million Zimbabweans live with HIV and receive no treatment as the health system has collapsed. There was a major cholera outbreak in December 2008, the number of cases reaching 89,018.
Inflation is the highest in the world and now stands at 231,000,000%. 80% of the population is unemployed, many flee to other nations. Corruption is so blatant that money contributed for humanitarian projects is regularly confiscated by the Government for its private usage.
Due to the complete lack of interest by the government and the hunger of its people 60% of Zimbabwe’s wildlife has died since 2000.
4. Burundi 
Burundi has one of the lowest per capita GDP as well as currently, the lowest life expectancy. This is attributed to civil wars, corruption, poor access to education, and the effects of HIV/AIDS.
Approximately 80% of Burundi’s population lives in poverty. Famines and food shortages are common and 56.8% of children under age five suffer from chronic malnutrition. In one study, Burundi’s population was found to have the lowest satisfaction with life in the world
Burundi is a landlocked country with a weak legal structure. It is densely populated despite substantial emigration. Cobalt and copper are among Burundi’s natural resources. Some of Burundi’s main exports include coffee and sugar.
5. Somalia 
Somalia has not had a central government since 1991. There are various warlords with regional authority but no actual government. It has declined from 7th place in 2010 to 5th in 2011 where it remains.
Foreign investment, however, does exist, and there are western factories currently turning a profit. Without a central government, money flows into private pockets.
Somalia, without infrastructure, proper health care, public water or electricity, still manages to maintain property rights, provide its city-dwellers with a cheap mobile phone network and internet coverage, keep open several DHL offices and has a Coca Cola bottling plant.
The cheapest international calls in the world can be made from a Sim card bought in Mogadishu, though the legality of the connection may be questionable. Business is the glue that holds Somali society together.
6. Eritrea
Since independence from Ethiopia in 1993, Eritrea has faced the economic problems of a small, desperately poor country, accentuated by the implementation of restrictive economic policies. Eritrea has a command economy under the control of the sole political party, the People’s Front for Democracy and Justice (PFDJ).
The economy is based on subsistence agriculture, with 80% of the population involved in farming and herding
Few private enterprises remain in Eritrea. Eritrea’s economy depends heavily on taxes paid by members of the diaspora. Eritrea’s recent harvests have been unable to meet the food needs of the country.
7. Central African Republic 
The Central African Republic has slipped from its position to 7th poorest nation in the world. The agricultural sector generates more than half of the country’s GDP. Due to its landlocked position, poor transport, unskilled work force, and a history of misdirected economic policies, CAR has been unable to develop economically.
There are 4.3 million people, with a life expectancy at birth of 43.46 years (male), 43.62 years (female). HIV/AIDS effects 13.5% of the population.
8. Niger 
Niger has mainted it’s postion as the 8th poorest nation. Things have not improved for this nation as much as deteriorated for the other seven. It is a landlocked country bordered by Algeria, Benin, Burkina Faso, Chad, Libya, Mali and Nigeria. There is often drought and severe food crisis. 63% live on less than $1 (US) a day.
Less than 15% of adults are literate and life expectancy is 46 years. Adult prevalence of HIV/AIDS is 1.2%, but this is just one of a number of infectious diseases. Many people die of diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid fever, malaria and meningococcal meningitis.
Slavery was outlawed in 2003 although there are reports that 43,000 people remain in bondage.
Currently, members of the previous regime, which resigned in 2007, are under investigation for embezzling funds from the education ministry.
9 Madagascar 
Making the list for the first time is this island in the Indian Ocean. Approximately 69 percent of the population lives below the national poverty line threshold of one dollar per day. The agriculture sector constituted 29 percent of Malagasy GDP in 2011, while manufacturing formed 15 percent of GDP.
Madagascar’s sources of growth are tourism, agriculture and the extractive industries.] Tourism focuses on the niche eco-tourism market, capitalizing on Madagascar’s unique biodiversity, unspoiled natural habitats, national parks and lemur species. An Touism has declined by over 50% as a result of the political crisis.
10.Malawi 
Another new entry, Malawi suffers excess mortality due to AIDS. It has a low life expectancy, high infant mortality, high death rates, low population growth rates. It’s GDP, per capita, is $800. Increasing corruption, and pressure on agricultural lands, plus the spread of HIV/AIDS are the major problems. Life expectancy is about 42.98 years
It is among the world’s most densely populated and least developed countries. The economy is predominately agricultural with about 80% of the population living in rural areas. Agriculture, which has benefited from fertilizer subsidies since 2006, accounts for one-third of GDP and 90% of export revenues. The performance of the tobacco sector is key to short-term growth as tobacco accounts for more than half of exports. The economy depends on substantial inflows of economic assistance from the IMF, the World Bank, and individual donor nations.
Many Donors, who had provided an average of 36% of government revenue, suspended general budget support for Malawi in 2011 due to a negative IMF review and governance issues.
Missing are Guinea-Bissau, Central African Republic and Afghanistan which previously made the lists. It is not that they are doing so much better, it is that other nations are doing so much worse.
It’s so sad to think about these countries and their tribulations.It seems as if it will go on forever.
This is so sad to know that people can live under $1 dollar a day..and here we are throwing out left-over every day!
It hurts me read these articles on the poorest nations on earth. I want to do something about them.
It seems the majority of cases are of bad managment practices at the top. I would therefore like to ask several western gov agencies/corporate interest groups and financiers to back my campaign to replace the existing governance with my administration into a nation of their choosing-as it seems becoming independent from its colonial past has bought it nothing but poverty. I am willing to give it ago.
“All Hail Ming The Merciless’Ruler of…”
Ming, these nations are so badly run, that if
you ran a lemonade stand the same way, you’d
owe ten thousand dollars.
It is not that the land is that poor of resources
or the population requires so much, it is that
most of these nations are run by a kakistocracy
made of kleptocrats
thanks this has really helped me on ma project !!!!
I’m glad to be of service!
Deep Hunter, either you can\’t read, or can\’t comprehend. The problem is local mismanagement.
Mugabe is just the most obvious example of the kind of kakistocracy that rules. Zimbabwe is
quickly joining these nations, not because of bad infra-structure, not because of lack of resources; for it was, in the \’80s the Bread Basket of Africa. It was a rich, well organised
society. When Mugabe took over, for the first part of his reign, things were fairly well. Now…everything you see is the result of Mugabe, not the result of the West.
it is quite unfortunate that most bad things happens in Africa. May the almighty God deliver us
many of the problems are due to the bad governments. Take Zimbabwe
which should be on the new list; it is Mugabe and his followers who have caused the problems. Africa is a blessed land.
I am happy that my counry,NIGERIA is not one of these countries.May the good GOD help our leaders,(amen).
Nigeria has more good than bad
i do know whats going on in africa,,it realy pains me unexplainable,,tanzania is not one of those countries,,i thank GOD
Bad governance, greed, ignorance and the usual
i am a zimbabwean and to those ignorant imbecils that posted rubbish about our president can go to hell. Why didn’t you mention the Sanctions imposed on zimbabwe by the west?? round about the same time our economy began to slide,and convieniently imposed when the land programme was put into act. YOU keep mouthing of Mugabe,but all he did and should of done ages ago was give us our land back! zimbabwe with a population of over 11million in which has only 4000 white farmers owning 70% of arable land.. If you people are truly concerned about the well being of zimbabwe or africa in general then lets all do our homework.. lets investigate thoroughly the main causes,lets find solutions instead of coming on here high off whatever you b injecting and giving off one-sided comments.. Peace be to africa..
(p.s im not saying Mugabe is 100% right,he’s messed up too,but in this case its not entirely himself,more been the work of we you know who!bob should have retired long ago,but still it would’nt have concealed the fact on land ownership.. it was a time bomb waitin to happen and he just happened to pull the pin out first! we the people knew about it so whether or not he did anything about it in his time the people were still going to act! PEACE BE TO AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLE. GOD BLESS THE WORLD
A mind dead zombie, a Mugabe apologist, makes his ‘defence’ where there is no attack. I do believe that Zimbabwe, one of the richest nations in Africa ten years ago will appear on this years list.
I have written articles which are anti-Mugabe, but i guess the reader, simply seeing the headline, knowing what kind of life he is living in Zimbabwe assumed his nation had to make the list, and not even reading the article, begins his ‘defence.’
me too..it really hurts that this things happened…it makes me cry..hope this sufferings will end..and let us help each other..to make a better worl
Since August, 7 months ago, the ranking and inclusion has changed.
i think you have a wrong information there. please check with the lattest rank from the world bank and the CIA’s GDP. you are almost 70% wrong.
The CIA fact book and World Bank reports use 2005 statistics; although dated
2008. I have had to use more recent sources for the data. I advise you to
check the dates of the actual data retrieved, not the date the documents were published.
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May God help Africa by saving it from its selfish leaders
Africa is rich and wonderful, it is the leaders, the war lords hungry for power which have made it poor.
its so terrible happened in the poorest country.
The poverty in most of these nations is Man made.
what if in the begining when their own people sold thier people to slavery decided not to make that choice? Has the racies blacks ever thought of that, there would not of been NO famous Black people anywhere in the United States.
You always hear I’m african Im not satisfied how I;m being treated, I refuse to fight in a war to help protect the country I now live in because the white people hate me, I was sold and brought over to America to work an live.
Summary of this concept;
Yes your own creed sold you as slaves, face it its true.
Not satisfied were you satisfied in Africa?
60s 70s Vetnam war not wanting to serve the country you live in but you still wanted to live here, doesn;t make sence.
Theres always a way out of this for all blacks, If you hate the United States that much why not go back to Africa that you love so much.
Point with the poorest nations in the world is not just racial…it has a lot to do with politics…it has to do with
geography.
For example, in America you have some of the best
agricultural land in certain sections. In the poorest
states, the land isn’t that fertile.
You can’t expect a guy in West Virginia to grow
crops as they do in Wisconsin.
9 out of 10 of these are African. Africa is in a terrible state.
What we see with Africa are artificial nations at the convenience of the conquerors, where the populations maintain their ethnic tensions.
all africans are poor, because the world africa derived for a latin word wich means hungry,
WOW! SO COOL
how is it so cool?i\’m sure if u were a part of the continent Africa ..your comment would have been different!
I think Billy Bobby may be happy to find the listing in one place, up to date, instead of getting a 2005 listing from the CIA or a 2008 listing from somewhere else…at least, Hella, I hope that’s what he’s happy about.
all due to the wicked white enslavements…..go to hell all thw whites any country that want to be independence they cause problem with their wicked cnn and bbc news and documentries….it was zimbabwe and now is venezuela and iran….
Hey I am Happy that Malawi is not on the list GOD bless our country Malawi and its leadership. Why most of these counrties are in Africa God plaese naweya chomene tiwovwirani tawene Africa.
Most of the countries on the list were not created without resources. It is the political systems that make the country poor.
iwantdonate
i wuld heve thought Haiti is the poorest country. with its disater nd all. But after reading this i guess not.
Haiti is the poorest in the Western Hemisphere, but not the world. And these countries are so much worse off.
One must remember the ” wicked white enslavements” were fueled by moslem slave traders- after that true the whites were part of the bargain – yet it is a guit of eligion and avarice from both camps- your attitudes sonetimes attest to the stupidty and idiousy of mankind that was then and seemingly still is-
The situation in Africa today has to do with Africa today. Has to do with civil wars, ethnic hatred, greed, etc. What happened in Liberia or what is happening in the Congo is only blamed on ‘the past’ to avoid taking responsibility.
Yes the west and there negative way of leading this world will soon with time come to an end You need to be educated on Africa, our problems are not the Leadership, not the way were are thinking, not the land and the recourses please read little about history it will help you learn more but in History Africa was one day the most Developed land and the first civilisation this world had seen they were back Africans so that can proof all of you that it’s not the problem of the people they are the best it’s in there DNA But the problems are Western countries and there Nazi way of thinking, and please not believe everything you hear, i live in Somalia and i am not a warlord but yet am doing finically over $50,000 a year and so do almost 35% of my country people and to my African Brothers our Success here is just due to we don’t make them feel save here and only then you can be who you need to be out there help don’t believe theme they killed every pan Africanise men in History keep that in mind
Bullbull; if you read the article you would see that
Somalia, without infrastructure, proper health care, public water or electricity, still manages to maintain property rights, provide its city-dwellers with a cheap mobile phone network and internet coverage, keep open several DHL offices and has a Coca Cola bottling plant.
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If you look at the DRC…it’s not the land, it’s not the resources… The fact is that much of the problems are people created.
I live in a country that looks like a paradise, (Jamaca) but is now currently considered a failed narco state. Why?
The politics. The kind of people we elect as leaders.
I feel sorry to Africa but if africans want to work together i believe there will be some changes i am sure all will benefits from these changes, such makeing businesess within africa and work as 1 one nation will help africans.
I am african man but i didn’t see my country at all and i have never been to Africa
Not all African countries are listed here, because many are doing rather well. The problem is not lack of resources, the problem is the leadership. DRC is the best example.
Whatever bad things you speak of Africa, you will agree that the biggest population of the most poorest people in the world are not found in Africa but Asia. For example when you hear 40% of Rwandz are poor and 10% of Indians or Chinese are poor,what comes into your head? Of course Rwanda because of your prejudice and biases.
Continental Facts: The laggest number of the most poorest people are found in Asian Countries: Bangladesh, India, China, Burma, Indonesia, Philippines etc, basta
I don’t dispute the numbers, Hamarah, but Inda, and China etc are not considered ‘poor countries’.
Firstly, you make the usual error of assuming I live in a First World Country. I don’t. Second the fact is of all the nations in the world, talking about Nauru, Vanatu, Haiti, and Bangla Desh, these ten countries are the poorest as of the date.
I live in SOUTH AFRICA and sadly the truest reflection of a country are its people and I met so many people from these nations , people who are talented beyond measure and instead of working to improve their country they go to other countries only to live in worser poverty than they could’ve experienced at home.
In my country, people ‘flee’ because of the corruption and encroaching poverty. Right now, Jamaica is balancing on the rim of becoming a police state where the narco traffickers in government pretend they are ‘fighting crime’.
If you watch the descent of Jamaica from where it was five years ago to today, you can see the inexorable path to failure.
I dont agree that Congo DR is poor after low its the richest nation in Africa may be after angola . alot of EUROPEAN COUNTRIES do not even export any law material like Denmark. Very small countries and do not contribute much on the wprld economy.
It is the richest piece of ground in the world, but the social situation, war, disease, ethnic violence, etc. is why it ranks so low. It is also ranked as the worst place in the world to live.
According to reports about 45k people die every week, disease, war, violence and starvation.
If aliens were going to capture the richest piece of ground on Earth, it is def. DRC.
i tell you what people the media is and over the internet people exadurate toooo much yha we all know africa is poor but these crazy reports you see in here are very baised to the westerners only . we live in africa and we live not as good as those rich countries but but we also dont live like its mentioned above , honesly people the report you see about zembabwe its crazy i cant belive they will put the report these way , i have no idea why westernrs think of us africans as the only courapted people oin the world , couraption is a day to day prpocess in america or other developed countries but they do it in more systematic way so that others dont know.
really for all of you reading these dont judge by reading only these read many articels or come and see it your self at least you will then believe
xxx
I live in a third world nation. I can accept the fact that other nations, in same situation as mine are doing much better; i.e. Barbados, and a little worse, i.e. Haiti.
On the ground reports about DRC from DRC people confirm the figures, which I’ve checked…I didn’t just take Western stuff and cut and paste.
I was doing research on another island and we were testing the nutritional levels of children 0 – 2. And almost all the babies fell far below the standards.
(Checking blood, height, weight, etc.)
The island claimed that…”Oh those are white western standards, we have to have our own local standards.”
So they created their own criterion where what would be called anemic in New York would be normal there.
It doesn’t really work; it just accepts the lower standard.
That 45k people die every week in the DRC is not a joke.
i am happy Ethiopia that my country is not here ” seeing is beliving ” GoGo ethiopia u doing a beriliant hard work ..
Ethiopia was on the list when I first did the ranking in 2008. It began to slip down, until it was no longer on the list
It has really improved.
Can you give me positions of bangladesh, philippines and Tanzania am happy i do not see them on the top list.Thanks
The most recent raw figures out of 194 nations, set Tanzania at 169, Bangladesh at 161, and the Phillippines at 132…
u should belives only ur self its enough
ok take care all of u
THREE YEAR PROJECT: Guide the 15 – 25 poorest countries to eliminate their hunger, as well as generate their progress.
How? Just putting to work their circulatory function (like any other system) by means of the \”Assisted subsidy\” to disableds, unemployed and underemployed.
Why? The circulatory function carries in it all the human activity, motivations, purposes, and possitive attitudes of the population, enough to create progress on the Demand and on the Offer.
If you are intersted in the subject, just let me know it.
Thank you
I think you’re nuts Percy.
hiey pepsp\
i thought that the worlds poorest country was somalia because of its anarchy
The fact that they have no gov. doesn’t really effect them as much as one might think. Coca Cola has put a new factory there, as have other international companies as they all adhere to a form of law called Xeer.
when i read the poorest countries in the world….i feel hurts because it not easy to face, its very big problems…that very difficult to solved specially, the government are full of corruptions, injustice killings infact that’s not normally happens without procedure’s by solving their problems…specially they are poverty..
is it starting from least to worst?
It is a very serious problem, esp. with a country like DR Congo which is probably the richest piece of real estate on the planet.
No ??? it is the very poorest working to the 10th poorest.
i feel sad for them its so bad
due 2 poorness all countries suffering from so many dangerous diseasess, and the reason behind this civil war, or any type of war in those countries, we all hv 2 thikn about this because we all thinking abt our country, our religion, community but no one thinking about humanity for which nation we ar belong it is not important but we hav2 think about humanity and if posible jst serve 4 humanity
The problem is that if one attempts to do anything from outside this is seen as ‘interference’ in internal affairs. Hence one must simply watch.
Susu Lou Poki, Valea.
You guys are stupid and childish if you are really taking offense to any of this.
Alu Ai So Kae.
All countries are suffering in some way, not just Africa.
Stop getting offensive on just one when there are many to worry about.
GET A LIFE! youu guys are so immature. go online & apply for walmart if youuu need a job!
Too many people don’t care.
somalia is richer than eritrea haahhahahahahah
The interesting thing about Somalia is that there is investment, there is no government but there is Xeer law, so that things work.
Things are looking up. The natives have gone from plucking a banana off a tree and calling it a day to actually earning a dollar or so a day. Even the black african nations not on this list can boast of 800 or even as much as1,400 equivalent in US dollars a year. Suprised ? Detect a common thread ? They create the same conditions in Haiti or East St. Louis. Sure, blame it on their leaders. That is a cop out. The morass is of their own making either way. Anyone really believe that these worthless ape-men will ever create any real wealth left to their own devices. Nope, no system of weights and measures, no time keeping. Nothing.
africa is not a poor country it because of wars and hate! because of money that why you wats CONGO IS A RICH COUNTRY IN THE WORLD you wats because the is lot of gold and silver and the coming to still it that the wars in congo that why i have been in congo for 7yeas in congo it is real sad people can do that in other people country
DR Congo is probably the richest nation…in re natural deposits in the world it has everything….the fact is the wars have made it poor along with corruption.
If aliens were coming to earth and wanted to capture the most resourse rich piece of ground…they’d pick the congo
this information is biased. im zimbabwean and i can tell u, most people in zimbabwe are living comfortably. there maybe hyper inflation and all that but the foreign currency currently in use has rapidly changed a lot. many people are driving expensive cars, there are many people with cars you dont usually see in africa like bentlys, rolls royce phantoms, but in zimbabwe these cars are nolonger the centre of attraction you see them everyday. and about the Mugabe issue, whoever posted that, dont write things you dont know about – you dont have a clue of whats really going on in zimbabwe unless if you live there !!!
What you need to do, Zimbabwean is write an article about your country. I will check my statistics.
Zimbabwe now is the 2nd poorest nation, moving down one place.
EMz
One thing for sure, Africa is destined to be the poorest…or the people living in there choose to be that way…and please to the west…if they really mean to help the Africa…I strongly believe then to stop the war in middle east or in any part that the west is occupying…HELP AFRICA not WAR IN IRAQ not WAR IN AFGHANISTAN
If all the rich nations gather their money to help…then AFRICA will be save, AFRICA will boom without any expectation…lets put greed away, lets love one another as brothers & sisters regardless of religious beliefs, we are all equal in the eyes of GOD. To the warlords of AFRICA…please have mercy to your land, have mercy to your fellow AFRICANS who are suffering from your greed…to super power nations, to G8 or G9 stop sending war, start sending peace and extend help…please feed and cure AFRICA from its bondaged of poverty, famine, suppression of rights, sickness…AFRICANS too have the right to live and share the world…give them chance to stand up..GO GO AFRICA
The probl with Africa is that it was a number of differnt groups which were shoved togethr by th Invaders and then, Independence was taken without the necessary ‘nation building’
a leader can make or can break do you thing the above mentioned nations are poor, what is poverity after all ? the above mentioned nationes are the wealthest nations but they are viod of leaders .period
Africa, on a whole, probably has more natural resources than anywhere in the world. It should be the richest continent. As you said, Jermia, the key are ‘leaders’. There are no ‘leaders’ who improve the standing of the nation, they mostly improve their own economic status, and whatever ‘infrastructure’ was there before independance is allowed to deteriorate.
It is remarkable to match statistics for the ‘Belgian Congo’ to that of DRC.
i am very sorry for these countries but we can help you
most of the poorest countries have a great deal of resources and their problem is leadership.
im fucking retarted!!!
no i’m not
The Total GDP for that country going fall day by day. One of the major thing these country are fully violets with politicians and there is so much political imbalance. The news published for the awareness not insulted the people of that country. Its the time to rise and should make the people conscious about their gdp. When most of the country try to overcoming their present condition then why these people go underground to hide them and become a slam.
This is true