Gross National Income (GNI) per capita is the value of a country’s final income in a year, divided by its population. It reflects the average income before tax of a country’s citizens. Knowing a country’s GNI per capita is a good first step toward understanding the country’s economic strengths and needs, as well as the general standard of living enjoyed by the average citizen. A country’s GNI per capita tends to be closely linked with other indicators that measure the social, economic, and environmental well-being of the country and its people.
Here are the top 20 lowest income earning countries in the world.
| Rank | Country | GNI per capita |
| 1. | Somalia | $130 |
| 2. | Burundi | $280 |
| 3. | Malawi | $380 |
| 4. | Mozambique | $480 |
| 5. | Sierra Leone | $500 |
| 6. | Central African Republic | $520 |
| 7. | Democratic Republic of the Congo | $520 |
| 8. | Madagascar | $520 |
| 9. | Afghanistan | $540 |
| 10. | Niger | $560 |
| 11. | Liberia | $580 |
| 12. | Sudan | $590 |
| 13. | Eritrea | $600 |
| 14. | Togo | $690 |
| 15. | Chad | $700 |
| 16. | Gambia | $740 |
| 17. | Uganda | $780 |
| 18. | Burkina Faso | $790 |
| 19. | Haiti | $790 |
| 20. | Guinea-Bissau | $820 |
| Rwanda | $820 |
