Although we live in a time in which modernity and new technological resources have led society towards new processes of globalization and advances in many ways, there are countries that today find themselves in extreme poverty. Know here the poorest countries in the world.
What are the poorest countries in the world?
Before beginning to develop the list of countries that are today in extreme poverty worldwide, it is important to highlight some causes that position them as the poorest countries in the world. Among them we can highlight the following:
- Lack of basic services
- Water
- Luz
- Gas
- Bus Routes
- Internet
- homelessness
- Lack of educational facilities
Africa
Perhaps Africa is widely known for the level of extreme poverty in which its inhabitants find themselves. This represents a continent that is constantly in controversy due to the low resources that the population has.
Although it is a continent that has great lands provided with tropical riches, and a multiplicity and diversity of endemic species that are only usually found in said territory, the resources are not enough for a population that today is lacking the main resources to achieve survive.
The United Nations program, every year consecutively, issues a study that reflects the rate of human development, the birth and mortality rates as well as the study of the gross domestic product that reflects impressive data about said continent.
It is no secret to anyone that he African continent would be heading the list that contains the poorest countries in the world. There are approximately ten countries that appear on our list, of which we will be offering some data in the following sections. Among these countries are:
Niger
It is currently considered the country with the fewest resources in the entire continent. In addition to dealing with the economic and social problems that it must face, it also has strong diseases that become epidemics, which in turn become much more serious due to the degree of malnutrition that the population presents. This disease is known as malaria. The weather conditions do not help at all with regard to the great periods of drought that occur, increasing the lack of vital liquid, as well as the lack of food resources.
Central African Republic
Many of the infants in this African zone must submit to great efforts that violate childhood and the optimal and satisfactory growth that every child should have. Because they do not have enough resources, many of the girls are prostituted, while in the case of boys they are recruits and count as soldiers.
Due to the constant war conditions, families have been forced to flee from certain places provided with violence since the constant wars affect the survival of the residents. These events are common in the lands thanks to clashes over territory or other determining factors.
Chad
It is located in the center of Africa and in turn is divided into three dimensions, to the north it is made up of desert, in the center it is surrounded by an arid belt, and finally to the south it has a very fertile savannah. Although it is endowed with all these natural resources, unfortunately it counts as one of the poorest countries in the world thanks to the political corruption present in these lands.
South Sudan
This African country, long before the war, had economic sources such as agricultural activity, planting and other activities that produced certain items, however, after the war that took place in said territory, all commercial activity declined, today Today Sudan is maintained at the expense of the help offered by the countries surrounding its territory.
Burundi
Thanks to political problems, this territory has been constantly involved in riots since 2015. A considerable amount of its population was killed, women and girls were kidnapped for rape. In the case of men they were recruited. The reason for these events is carried out thanks to the support of the population towards the opposition parties, this with the aim of applying domination.
The levels of poverty and the lack of economic resources are part of the elements that add to the list of scarcity and need that make up this nation. Its main source of income is based on agriculture, but due to the changes produced by the Continental weather many of the processes fail to be carried out successfully, so the quality of the products is very low and unstable.
Mali
Unfortunately, this is a country that could not be missing from our list of the poorest countries in the world. Despite being a nation that has some natural resources such as gold, this is one of the countries that has a fairly serious level of poverty.
Part of their conflicts have to do with insecurity and lack of resources, in addition to the diseases that circulate among the population. Together with Niger, Mali is considered to have a population with a level of acute malnutrition.
eritrea
It represents a country that not only counts for its poverty, but also for the level of inaccessibility to its territory. The reason why there is no access to this nation is thanks to the regime in the form of a dictatorship to which the population is subjected. This fact causes its inhabitants to not be able to leave the territory, for which they are cut off in all its forms, to the point that they do not know what is happening beyond their borders.
However, many inhabitants try to escape from the territory, thanks to the extreme living conditions in which they find themselves living. Many of these inhabitants manage to flee, while others unfortunately do not have the luck. Ethiopia is one of the countries that welcomes emigrants with open doors, in addition to providing them with a source of work in the field.
Burkina Faso
It is a country with a strong political imbalance. It has a fairly large population. However, poverty levels are high. As for the commercial activity, it carries out livestock and agriculture. Most of the inhabitants work on these lands. In general, the gross domestic product of this nation depends on such commercial activity.
Mozambique
This is one of the countries provided and endowed with natural and mineral riches. However, its population has extreme levels of poverty. The reason why this poverty has spread over the population is thanks to the exploitation of resources by the most influential people in the territory, who consume all goods for their own satisfaction and well-being and of course that of their families. .
This fact brings with it great levels of economic inequality. The lack of resources is completely effective. One of the main resources such as water is the biggest problem of this population. Many of the infants do not attend daily in schools thanks to the fact that they must move to distant areas to be able to carry water.
Democratic Republic of Congo
Some deadly diseases such as Ebola are still alive in this area. Many of its inhabitants have been greatly affected by this disease, currently it has a fairly exorbitant mortality rate. This represents one of the countries with the largest population in the entire continent, in addition to having great poverty and high levels of corruption. These are some of the countries that are at the top of the list of the world's poorest countries. Since many of these do not even have a level of development.
Conclusions
Not only on the African continent are there countries with levels of poverty, although in various parts of the world some countries with very few resources for their population can also be mentioned, none of these manages to overcome the rate of extreme poverty that African countries present. The circumstances under which the African population is living are truly unfortunate. A population that does not have the basic resources for the vital support of health lacks a full state of well-being.
The reasons for poverty present great variability with respect to the factors that contribute to its development. Among the big problems are:
- lack of salary
- Lack of academic training
- Political and military conflicts
- Lack of basic resources
The problem goes much further, since they do not have a house, these populations do not have access to housing, as well as to the main source of water supply. Electricity is another determining factor that is not fully supplied in these countries.
The lack of the vital liquid for the consumption of the population is one of the factors that spreads with greater speed and effectiveness the diseases that constantly threaten the population in general, reaching higher levels of mortality in said population lacking the main resource that Allows constant hygiene.
Many of the rulers of these nations do not have a vision that allows them to take the nations they govern to new levels, since dictatorship and oppression of the population are their main objectives. Fact that aggravates the situation of poverty to the point that globally these countries are considered the poorest.
Finally the vulnerability of rights in such poor countries is quite overwhelming.
Taking into account that most of the facts that affect the levels of poverty in these countries are generated by high corruption and the lack of economic opportunities that occur in these places devoid of resources.