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IGFM – In a recent article published by the Gambian daily The Point, Senegal and The Gambia are ranked among the poorest countries in the world. Is this correct?
"The Gambia and its neighbor Senegal are among the poorest countries in the world, according to a recent study [publishedby World Bank ] and consulted by The Point Newspaper. The study is conducted on the basis of general data of the World Bank and the Gross Domestic Product [PIB] per capita ", writes the journal in its online version, June 29, 2018.
A reader contacted us, via Whatsapp, to ask us to verify this information.
Africa Check contacted the author of the article, Alhagie Mbye, the newspaper correspondent in Britain.
"I am writing regularly articles on Senegal and The Gambia. I will send you the documents I have referred to, "he answered on the phone. Despite several reminders, Mr. Mbye did not act.
What does GDP per capita say?
Considered as an indicator to measure the wealth of a country in relation to its population, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) per capita is monitored by the World Bank. The latest data that it published date from 2017 and concern all countries.
The World Bank has based itself on criteria of the United Nations Organization (UN), in this area , which consider "countries that do not have a GDP per capita of more than $ 1,060 as the least developed in the world."
Indeed, in November 2017, the United Nations Organization for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) ranked 47 countries in the world as "least developed".
"This entitles them, among other benefits, to support, preferential access to markets and special technical assistance ", specifies the UNCTAD .
Africa Check found that 33 of the 47 countries are in Africa.
Human Development Index low
The Human Development Index (HDI) is an in dicator used by United Nations Development Program (UNDP) which classifies countries by level of education, health and standard of living. The closer the country's rating is to 1, the higher the country's HDI.
Africa Check viewed the latest list of 196 countries available online. Norway, the Faroe Islands and Australia are in the lead
Senegal is in the 170 e place with a score of 0.494 while The Gambia ranks 181 e with a score of 0, 452.
Countries that do not have a score equal to or greater than 0.497 / 1 are classified as "low HDI."
Conclusion: information is correct
A Gambian daily reports that Senegal and The Gambia are among the poorest countries in the world
The World Bank, through the GDP per capita of countries published in late 2017, considers that two neighbors are among the least developed countries in the world. In November 2017, the United Nations Organization for Trade and Development (UNCTAD) listed them in the list of 47 poor countries in need of assistance.
According to the Human Development Index, an indicator that enabled the UNDP to produce a list of 196 countries, Senegal ranks at 170 e and The Gambia at 181 e .
Ranks that put in the lot of the least developed countries of the planet. The information is correct
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