This is a list of top 100 poorest countries in the world as of 2019 according to the latest research by the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The ranking is based on the GDP per capita of the 187 countries, which is a measure of the total output of a country in a year divided by the number of people in that country.

South Sudan is the poorest country in the world with a GDP per capita of US $228 while Luxembourg is the richest country in the world with a GDP per capita of US $105,803. The figures below are in the current US dollars.

RankCountryUS$
1 South Sudan228
2 Burundi312
3 Malawi324
4 Central African Republic387
5 Mozambique429
6 Niger440
7 Madagascar448
8 Democratic Republic of the Congo478
9 Gambia480
10 Sierra Leone491
11 Yemen551
12 Afghanistan588
13 Togo611
14 Burkina Faso664
15 Uganda699
16 Liberia729
17 Guinea749
18 Rwanda772
19 Haiti784
20 Comoros788
21 Guinea-Bissau794
22 Chad810
23 Mali811
24 Tajikistan824
25 Benin830
26   Nepal834
27 Ethiopia873
28 Eritrea980
29 Tanzania1,034
30 Senegal1,038
31 Kyrgyzstan1,144
32 Zimbabwe1,176
33 Myanmar1,264
34 Mauritania1,318
35 Cambodia1,390
36 Cameroon1,401
37 Lesotho1,425
37 Sudan1,428
38 Zambia1,480
39 Uzbekistan1,491
40 Pakistan1,541
41 Bangladesh1,602
42 Côte d’Ivoire1,617
43 Ghana1,663
44 Kenya1,702
45 Kiribati1,721
46 São Tomé and Príncipe1,785
47 Republic of the Congo1,958
48 India1,983
49 Djibouti1,989
50 Nigeria1,994
51 Solomon Islands2,081
52 East Timor2,104
53 Nicaragua2,207
54 Moldova2,280
55 Vietnam2,354
56 Egypt2,501
57 Laos2,542
58 Ukraine2,583
59 Honduras2,766
60 Papua New Guinea2,861
61 Bhutan2,903
62 Philippines2,976
63 Vanuatu3,094
64 Morocco3,151
65 Micronesia3,200
66 Cape Verde3,238
67 Bolivia3,353
68 Tunisia3,496
69 Marshall Islands3,625
70 Tuvalu3,638
71 Mongolia3,640
72 Armenia3,861
73 Indonesia3,876
74 Kosovo3,880
75 Swaziland3,915
76 Sri Lanka4,085
77 Georgia4,099
78 Azerbaijan4,141
79 Tonga4,177
80 Samoa4,253
81 Paraguay4,260
82 Algeria4,292
83 El Salvador4,400
84 Angola4,408
85 Guatemala4,472
86 Albania4,583
87 Guyana4,710
88 Belize4,806
89 Libya4,859
90 Jamaica5,048
91 Iraq5,088
92 Bosnia and Herzegovina5,149
93 Iran5,305
94 Namibia5,413
95 Macedonia5,474
96 Jordan5,678
97 Fiji5,740
98 Suriname5,746
99 Belarus5,760
100 Serbia5,899