3 Poorest Muslim Majority Countries in the World, GDP Only IDR 7.34 Million

Jakarta, CNN Indonesia —

Islam is one of the religions with the most followers in the world. However, the Muslim population is not evenly distributed, but only concentrated in a few areas country like as well poor.

Various countries with a Muslim majority have diverse geographical and demographic conditions. Some were able to take advantage of these conditions, so that they succeeded in becoming a prosperous country.

Just look at Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates, which are often in the spotlight because they are able to manage their natural wealth. Not surprisingly, they can excel economically compared to other Muslim countries.

On the other hand, there are still some countries with a Muslim majority population that are categorized as poor. This can be seen from the gross domestic product (GDP) of each country.

Here are the three poorest Muslim-majority countries in the world:

1. Sierra Leone

Sierra Leone is a country in West Africa, precisely on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. The country is bordered by Guinea to the north, Liberia to the southeast, and the Atlantic Ocean to the southwest.

The country has a total population of 8,692,606, of which 77.1 percent are Muslim.

Sierra Leone is extremely poor and nearly half of the working age population is engaged in subsistence farming. The country actually has substantial mineral, agricultural and fishery resources.

However, they are still recovering from the civil war that destroyed most of the institutions before ending in the early 2000s.

Nearly two decades after the war ended, Sierra Leone is still struggling to recover its economy. Sierra recorded a GDP per capita of US$509.3 or Rp.7.34 million (assuming an exchange rate of Rp.14,422 per US dollar) in 2020.

In recent years, the country’s economic growth has been driven by the mining sector. Sierra Leone’s main exports are iron ore, diamonds and rutile.

However, the economic prices of these commodities are vulnerable to fluctuations in international prices.

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