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Poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Poverty is widespread and unchecked across the 26 provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Despite being the second-largest country in Africa, with an approximate area of 2.3 million square kilometres (890,000 sq mi), and being endowed with rich natural resources, the DRC is the second-poorest country in the world.[1] The average annual income is only $449 US dollars.[2] In 2019, the United Nations (UN) Human Development Index (HDI) ranked the DRC as the 175th least-developed country out of 189 countries with an HDI of 0.480.[3] In 2023, almost 75% of Congolese people live on less than $2.15 a day, defined as the threshold for extreme poverty.[a]
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- ^ Sen Nag, Oishimaya. "Poorest Countries In Africa". Worldatlas. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
- ^ Human Development Report 2020 The Next Frontier: Human Development and the Anthropocene (PDF). United Nations Development Programme. 15 December 2020. pp. 343–346. ISBN 978-92-1-126442-5. Retrieved 16 December 2020.
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