1. South Sudan
South Sudan is ranked 1st on our list of countries with the highest poverty rates in the world in 2017. As the report provided by the UNDP suggests, much of the population of South Sudan live in rural areas. At least 80% of the population lives on the income less than 1 USD per day. These staggering data make South Sudan the poorest country in the world in 2017.

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This was Insider Monkey’s list of 31 countries with the highest poverty rates in the world in 2017.