Nigeria is among the top 100 poorest countries in the world. The 2020 list of poorest countries in the world ranking is based on the GDP per capita of the countries in the world. This 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, a lot of African countries made this list.

List Of Top 100 Poorest Countries in the World 2020

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Rank	Country	GDP (US$)
1	South Sudan	228
2	Burundi	312
3	Malawi	324
4	Central African Republic	387
5	Mozambique	429
6	Niger	440
7	Madagascar	448
8	Democratic Republic of the Congo	478
9	Gambia	480
10	Sierra Leone	491
11	Yemen	551
12	Afghanistan	588
13	Togo	611
14	Burkina Faso	664
15	Uganda	699
16	Liberia	729
17	Guinea	749
18	Rwanda	772
19	Haiti	784
20	Comoros	788
21	Guinea-Bissau	794
22	Chad	810
23	Mali	811
24	Tajikistan	824
25	Benin	830
26	Nepal	834
27	Ethiopia	873
28	Eritrea	980
29	Tanzania	1,034
30	Senegal	1,038
31	Kyrgyzstan	1,144
32	Zimbabwe	1,176
33	Myanmar	1,264
34	Mauritania	1,318
35	Cambodia	1,390
36	Cameroon	1,401
37	Lesotho	1,425
37	Sudan	1,428
38	Zambia	1,480
39	Uzbekistan	1,491
40	Pakistan	1,541
41	Bangladesh	1,602
42	Côte d’Ivoire	1,617
43	Ghana	1,663
44	Kenya	1,702
45	Kiribati	1,721
46	São Tomé and Príncipe	1,785
47	Republic of the Congo	1,958
48	India	1,983
49	Djibouti	1,989
50	Nigeria	1,994
51	Solomon Islands	2,081
52	East Timor	2,104
53	Nicaragua	2,207
54	Moldova	2,280
55	Vietnam	2,354
56	Egypt	2,501
57	Laos	2,542
58	Ukraine	2,583
59	Honduras	2,766
60	Papua New Guinea	2,861
61	Bhutan	2,903
62	Philippines	2,976
63	Vanuatu	3,094
64	Morocco	3,151
65	Micronesia	3,200
66	Cape Verde	3,238
67	Bolivia	3,353
68	Tunisia	3,496
69	Marshall Islands	3,625
70	Tuvalu	3,638
71	Mongolia	3,640
72	Armenia	3,861
73	Indonesia	3,876
74	Kosovo	3,880
75	Swaziland	3,915
76	Sri Lanka	4,085
77	Georgia	4,099
78	Azerbaijan	4,141
79	Tonga	4,177
80	Samoa	4,253
81	Paraguay	4,260
82	Algeria	4,292
83	El Salvador	4,400
84	Angola	4,408
85	Guatemala	4,472
86	Albania	4,583
87	Guyana	4,710
88	Belize	4,806
89	Libya	4,859
90	Jamaica	5,048
91	Iraq	5,088
92	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5,149
93	Iran	5,305
94	Namibia	5,413
95	Macedonia	5,474
96	Jordan	5,678
97	Fiji	5,740
98	Suriname	5,746
99	Belarus	5,760
100	Serbia	5,899

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