I just stumbled across statistics on GDP per capita—wow, how shocking. Do you know which country is the poorest in the world right now? South Sudan, with $251 per person. Those are just crazy numbers.

In general, if you look at the list of the poorest, it’s mostly—almost all—African countries. Yemen is in second place with $417, then come Burundi, the Central African Republic, and Malawi. Next are Madagascar, Sudan, Mozambique, the DRC, and Niger—all at $600–$800 per person.

What’s interesting is that which country is the poorest in this list depends on the year and the calculation method, but South Sudan and Yemen are constantly near the top. Also there’s Nigeria with $807, along with Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Mali—all in this same range.

If you go farther down the list, you start seeing Asian countries—Nepal, Myanmar, Tajikistan, and Laos. Bangladesh and India are also in the lower part, at $2,600–$2,900. That’s an enormous difference from developed countries, where GDP per capita is $40,000–$60,000.

It’s just astonishing how the poorest country in the world—South Sudan—is the result of wars, instability, and a lack of investment. People there live on $250 a year. This really shows how unevenly wealth is distributed across the planet.