The infographic contains a table listing country names and poverty rates. Zimbabwe is ranked first with a score of 84.2 ...

From the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi to Niger and Liberia below are 10 of the poorest countries in the world. The economy of Central African Republic is largely dependent on the export of ...

Extreme weather fuelled by the climate crisis has cost some of the world’s poorest countries $156 billion (£116bn) across the past two decades, the Independent can reveal. Intense drought, flooding, ...

While global economics can sometimes seem boring, at its core lies the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita. This figure represents the total income earned by a country’s people and businesses, ...

Since 1990, the World Bank has reported estimates of the number of people worldwide that live in extreme poverty. This poverty standard is based on how the poorest countries in the world define ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Somali family wades through flood waters as they flee after overnight rains destroyed their home, in Wadajir district of ...