What is the least powerful continent?
What is the least powerful continent? Africa is the poorest continent according to GDP per capita. Most of the top ten poorest countries are in Africa with the majority having a per capita GDP of less than $1,500. Africa has an average GDP per capita of 1,809, the lowest of the six continents.
Is South America richer than Africa?
Sub-Saharan Africa is, by nearly every measure, behind Latin America in regard to socio-economic development. It is much poorer; by most measures, Latin America's combined GDP is between two and three times greater than that of sub-Saharan Africa, and it's as much as seven times per capita.