Top 12 Poorest Countries in Africa right now – Guess which is number 1?? (+Photos)

9. ERITREA

GDP Per Capita: $544 

Affected by the Italian colonizers of the 19th century. Eritrea’s advantage of controlling the sea route through the Suez Canal made the italians to colonized it just a year after the opening of the canal in 1869 and same reason the British conquered it in 1941. Ethiopia’s annexation of Eritrea as a province sparked a 30-year struggle for independence that ended in 1991 with Eritrean rebels defeating the government forces. The present Eritrea’s economy has been growing at a millipede speed, conditions have not improved.