10 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries

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2. Ghana

External Debt Stocks: $36.182 billion 

GNI Per Capita: $6380

Below $2.15 Poverty Rate: 25.2%

Composite Ranking: 2

Mining constitutes 5% of Ghana’s $78 billion GDP, with gold mining being predominant. Despite being the world’s sixth-largest gold producer, the country’s mining towns are steeped in poverty, primarily due to illegal or largely unregulated mining.

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