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Poorest Asian Countries 2024

Snapshot

  • Afghanistan, burdened by ongoing conflict, corruption, and inequality, consistently ranks as the poorest country in Asia by nearly any measure.

  • Ongoing conflicts, poor governance, and corruption are three common factors contributing to poverty in nations like Afghanistan, North Korea, and Yemen which consistently rank among the poorest in Asia.

  • Several Asian nations, including Nepal, Kyrgyzstan, and Myanmar, struggle with poverty despite having abundant natural resources, hindered by poor planning and corruption.

Source

Two main sources of data used in this article - International Monetary Fund and the World Bank - provide comprehensive yet not exhaustive or definitive data on Asian countries. Thus, reports on some countries, such as North Korea and Turkmenistan, must rely on expert estimates.

  • 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.

49 countries

Country
PPP (int)
Year
Atlas Method
Year
Afghanistan$1,6902021$3902021
Nepal$4,7502022$1,3402022
Myanmar$4,7602022$1,2102022
Timor Leste$4,7802022$1,9702022
Tajikistan$5,6802022$1,2102022
Kyrgyzstan$5,8302022$1,4102022
Pakistan$6,3502022$1,5802022
Bangladesh$7,6902022$2,8202022
Palestine$8,1702022$4,6102022
India$8,2102022$2,3802022
Laos$8,8102022$2,3602022
Uzbekistan$9,6402022$2,1902022
Philippines$10,7302022$3,9502022
Iraq$10,8202022$5,2702022
Jordan$10,8902022$4,2602022
Bhutan$11,3002021$3,0402021
Mongolia$12,4702022$4,2102022
Vietnam$12,8102022$4,0102022
Lebanon$13,4002021$4,9702021
Sri Lanka$14,0302022$3,6102022
Indonesia$14,2502022$4,5802022
Turkmenistan$15,4002019$7,0802019
Azerbaijan$16,5302022$5,6302022
Armenia$18,1202022$5,9602022
Iran$18,1302022$3,9002022
Georgia$18,8302022$5,6202022
Thailand$20,0702022$7,2302022
China$21,2502022$12,8502022
Maldives$22,5302022$11,0302022
Kazakhstan$27,0802022$9,4702022
Malaysia$32,2502022$11,7802022
Russia$35,7702022$12,8302022
Turkey$36,9202022$10,5902022
Oman$38,8902022$20,1502022
Japan$48,4702022$42,4402022
Israel$48,8202022$54,6502022
South Korea$50,7302022$35,9902022
Bahrain$57,3702022$27,1802022
Saudi Arabia$59,6602022$27,5902022
Kuwait$64,5902022$39,5702022
Brunei$67,7402022$31,4102022
Macau$70,9302021$44,9802021
Hong Kong$73,9402022$54,3702022
United Arab Emirates$87,3002022$48,9502022
Singapore$107,0302022$67,2002022
Qatar$110,6402022$70,5002022
Yemen2018$840
Syria2020$760
Cambodia2022$1,700

What is the poorest country in Asia?

Afghanistan Afghanistan is Asia's poorest country, with a GNI(PPP) of $1,690.

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