Africa is the poorest continent, by far, with only a few percent of the World's GDP created by it's 53 countries. The biggest economy on the continent belongs to South Africa, but on a global scale they only rank at number 32 in the rich-list of nations. In fact only the top four African economies mentioned below actually make it into the World's top 50 economies based on GDP. Even though South Africa is the continent's financial leader, by 2001 only 85% of homes in the country had access to clean water, 70% had electricity and just 50% had toilets which flush, and these statistics are presumed to have remained at a similar level to this day.