World’s 10 Poorest Countries Based on Percentage of Population Below Poverty Line

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3. Madagascar

Poverty Rate: 70.7%

Madagascar suffers from an exceedingly high poverty rate due to a multitude of reasons. Some of these reasons include lack of infrastructure, deforestation, global rise in food prices, and economic colonialism. Due to the increasing poverty rate, many children in the country are forced into child labor.

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