Top 10 poorest countries in the world in 2024 List:Despite abundant global wealth, African countries continue to face extreme poverty. (source: Canva)/indianexpress In 2025, 19 of the world’s 20 ...

Burkina Faso, which means “land of honest men,” is a small, very poor, landlocked country in Western Africa, home to over 20 million people. A former French colony, it gained independence as Upper ...

Interestingly, all bar one of the countries are also landlocked. Andorra Andorra is the largest country not to have an airport, by both population and land area. The landlocked country is found on ...

A UN report in 2023 ranked Niger among the world's poorest countries. Its development is hindered by numerous factors, including its landlocked location, desert landscape, low literacy rates ...