Heavily Indebted Poor Countries
42 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries as named by the World Bank
Angola
Benin
Bolivia
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo, Dem Rep
Congo Rep
Cote d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Honduras
Kenya
Lao, PDR
Liberia
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Nicaragua

Niger
Rwanda
Sao Tome & Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Uganda
Vietnam
Yemen, Rep
Zambia

Source: www.worldbank.org/hipc/about


Most of the poorest 1/5 of people in the world live in these heavily indebted poor countries.

Where are these countries?

How many are in Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle East?

There are other heavily indebted poor countries like Bangladesh, Ecuador, Haiti and Jamaica, but the IMF and World Bank have not included them in their Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative.