# 5 IPE & the GS GS =Emerging Economies & Lesser Developed Countries Africa has poorest countries in the world US (GDP per capita=ranks 10th) at ~$46,500 Average GDP per capita of poorest at $750 Burundi, Congo, Somalia at $200 GDP per capital http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_%28nominal%29_per_capita