Poorest Asian Countries 2025

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Per Capita (IMF '24)

$1K

$5K

$15K

$25K

$50K

$75K

5 Countries with the Lowest Per Capita GDP in Asia

$406

$1,201

$1,240

$1,492

Country
Per Capita (IMF '24)
Per Capita (UN '21)
PPP (int)
Year
Atlas Method
Year
Afghanistan$323$1,6902021$3902021
Nepal$1,492$1,330$4,7502022$1,3402022
Myanmar$1,240$1,189$4,7602022$1,2102022
Timor-Leste$1,404$2,259$4,7802022$1,9702022
Tajikistan$1,201$973$5,6802022$1,2102022
Kyrgyzstan$1,864$1,498$5,8302022$1,4102022
Pakistan$1,280$6,3502022$1,5802022
Bangladesh$2,591$2,463$7,6902022$2,8202022
Palestine$3,419$8,1702022$4,6102022
India$2,689$2,367$8,2102022$2,3802022
Laos$1,929$1,951$8,8102022$2,3602022
Uzbekistan$2,644$2,170$9,6402022$2,1902022
Philippines$4,037$3,462$10,7302022$3,9502022
Iraq$5,655$5,618$10,8202022$5,2702022
Jordan$4,650$4,119$10,8902022$4,2602022
Bhutan$3,904$3,638$11,3002021$3,0402021
Mongolia$6,239$4,875$12,4702022$4,2102022
Vietnam$4,585$4,024$12,8102022$4,0102022
Lebanon$6,719$13,4002021$4,9702021
Sri Lanka$3,280$14,0302022$3,6102022
Indonesia$5,165$4,617$14,2502022$4,5802022
Turkmenistan$10,749$8,795$15,4002019$7,0802019
Azerbaijan$7,574$7,571$16,5302022$5,6302022
Armenia$8,606$6,609$18,1202022$5,9602022
Iran$5,023$4,307$18,1302022$3,9002022
Georgia$8,634$6,464$18,8302022$5,6202022
Thailand$7,664$6,916$20,0702022$7,2302022
China$13,087$12,685$21,2502022$12,8502022
Maldives$13,591$11,650$22,5302022$11,0302022
Kazakhstan$14,236$10,818$27,0802022$9,4702022
Malaysia$12,383$11,293$32,2502022$11,7802022
Russia$14,284$15,559$35,7702022$12,8302022
Turkey$12,699$10,345$36,9202022$10,5902022
Oman$19,824$20,869$38,8902022$20,1502022
Japan$33,390$34,379$48,4702022$42,4402022
Israel$55,759$55,164$48,8202022$54,6502022
South Korea$34,083$32,398$50,7302022$35,9902022
Bahrain$28,473$27,008$57,3702022$27,1802022
Saudi Arabia$31,997$32,059$59,6602022$27,5902022
Kuwait$31,913$34,891$64,5902022$39,5702022
Brunei$33,260$35,772$67,7402022$31,4102022
Macau$75,729$33,299$70,9302021$44,9802021
Hong Kong$54,999$48,653$73,9402022$54,3702022
United Arab Emirates$46,518$44,691$87,3002022$48,9502022
Singapore$89,465$79,511$107,0302022$67,2002022
Qatar$78,528$76,094$110,6402022$70,5002022
Yemen$406$2632018$840
North Korea$571
Syria$7262020$760
Taiwan$34,741
Cambodia$2,530$1,6532022$1,700
  • GNI per capita is gross national income (GNI) divided by mid-year population. GNI is the gross domestic product (GDP) plus net primary income from abroad. GDP is the sum of the value of all goods and services rendered by a country’s residents.
  • PPP GNI is gross national income converted to international dollars using purchasing power parity rates. An international dollar is a theoretical monetary unit that has the same purchasing power over GNI as a U.S. dollar in the United States.