Per capita income is only slightly above $3k compare that to Thailand at almost $19k, Philippines at $9.5k Indonesia $12k & Malaysia at a whopping $28k… (not even going to mention Singapore).
These kind of stats are a blunt tool to use but they do paint an interesting picture, particularly when you consider that former British colonies of Rhodesia and North Rhodesia were the bread baskets of Africa (or at least Southern Africa).
Poor structures from the colonial times set them up for failure? A book I’m reading by Andrew Sardanis suggests exactly that, or was it the transition period wasn’t long enough, or just that the Black man really wasn’t ready to rule?