Who is the worlds poorest person ?

[Dom Tuk]

We see reports on a yearly basis as to who is the worlds richest person. Is there any information on who is the worlds poorest individual. (just publishing his name will delete him from the list i guess)

[ems27]

I belive its the dad from the Miller family off Eastenders

[Quizmonster]

Depending on which list one accepts, the world's poorest country might be Afghanistan, Sierra Leone, Somalia or East Timor. So, the guy you're looking for is probably a beggar in the most down-and-out village in one of these!

[Lillabet]

In terms of personal wealth it is not uncommon for people entering religious orders such as monasteries or nunneries to give up all personal possessions. As such whilst their quality of life might be vastly better than the poorest beggar in the poorest country they will not actually own any shelter, clothing, food or money at all.

[Bangkok]

In pure monetary terms, you are probably looking for the largest undischarged bankrupt, as in the one with the greatest negative wealth after assets are taken into consideration.  However, a lot of undischarged bankrupts seem to have wealthy relatives who recently acquired their good fortune. 

[mindbullets]

vladimir smicer is very poor.

[Dom Tuk]

It is a sad but it will boil down to who owns a rusty spoon and who does not when it comes to deciding the worlds poorest person. Elgroucho you may find this question stupid but i want to know if anyone has made any attempt to find the poorest person in the world. Or would you only prefer to know who is the richest person in the world.

[magicdice]

it's a skewed distribution, with far more people at the Nothing end than at the Incredibly Rich end of the spectrum. it's possible to get richer & richer & richer (apparently!) but once you have nothing, you can't get much poorer, and so there will not be one individual who has less than any other person, rather a lot of people who have nothing.

[tartanwiz]

There is no one poorest person, but there of course poorest groups. In Britain the poorest group are the homeless, but in the Third World there are people dying of starvation through want of food and basic necessities.