Poverty in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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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] More than 80% of Congolese people live on less than $1.25 a day, defined as the threshold for extreme poverty.[lower-alpha 1]