Countries with the lowest estimated GDP per capita 2023

19 of the 20 countries with the lowest estimated GDP per capita in the world in 2023 are located in Sub-Saharan Africa. Burundi is believed to have a GDP per capita of just 324.9 U.S. dollars - for reference, Luxembourg has the highest GDP per capita in the world, at almost 130,000 U.S. dollars, which is around 400 times larger than that of Burundi (U.S. GDP per capita is over 250 times higher than Burundi's). Poverty in Sub-Saharan AfricaMany parts of Sub-Saharan Africa have been among the most impoverished in the world for over a century, due to lacking nutritional and sanitation infrastructures, persistent conflict, and political instability. These issues are also being exacerbated by climate change, where African nations are some of the most vulnerable in the world, as well as the population boom that will place over the 21st century. Of course, the entire population of Sub-Saharan Africa does not live in poverty, and countries in the southern part of the continent, as well as oil-producing states around the Gulf of Guinea, do have some pockets of significant wealth (especially in urban areas). However, while GDP per capita may be higher in these countries, wealth distribution is often very skewed, and GDP per capita figures are not representative of average living standards across the population. Outside of AfricaYemen is the only country outside of Africa to feature on the list, due to decades of civil war and instability. Yemen lags very far behind some of its neighboring Arab states, some of whom rank among the richest in the world due to their much larger energy sectors. Additionally, the IMF does not make estimates for Afghanistan, which would also likely feature on this list.

在全球2023年人均GDP估计值最低的20个国家中，有19个位于撒哈拉以南非洲。据信布隆迪的人均GDP仅为324.9美元——以卢森堡为例，该国的人均GDP为全球最高，高达约13万美元，是布隆迪的约400倍（美国的人均GDP比布隆迪高出250多倍）。撒哈拉以南非洲的贫困状况撒哈拉以南非洲的大部分地区在一百多年的时间里一直是世界上最贫困的地区之一，这主要归因于缺乏营养和卫生基础设施、持续的冲突以及政治不稳定。这些问题还因气候变化而加剧，非洲国家是世界上最为脆弱的群体之一，以及21世纪将面临的人口激增。当然，撒哈拉以南非洲的全体人口并不都生活在贫困之中，该大陆南部的国家以及几内亚湾周边的石油生产国在一些地区（尤其是城市地区）拥有一些显著的财富积累。然而，尽管这些国家的人均GDP可能较高，但财富分配往往极为不均，人均GDP的数据并不能代表整个人口的平均生活水平。非洲之外也门是唯一一个出现在非洲之外的国家，这主要归因于数十年的内战和动荡。也门在某些阿拉伯邻国中远远落后，这些邻国因其规模更大的能源部门而位列世界上最富有的国家之列。此外，国际货币基金组织不对阿富汗进行估计，但阿富汗很可能也会出现在这份名单上。