Over the next decade, 1.2 billion young people in developing countries will reach working age, but under the current trajectory, only a fraction are expected to be employed—leaving millions neither in education nor employment. To leverage the demographic dividend of young nations and meet the aspirations of their youth, countries must unlock economic growth that creates more jobs. And to achieve that, countries need high-quality data and analysis that can inform more effective policies.
The Country Growth and Jobs Report aims to help meet this challenge. A World Bank core diagnostics tool launched in early 2025, the Report puts jobs at the center of country-specific analyses and recommendations that can be used by governments to identify constraints not only to faster growth but also—and more importantly—pinpoint what can drive employment and quality of jobs.
Findings from the Country Growth and Jobs Report also inform World Bank Group’s engagements with client countries and ensure that our broader portfolio is aligned and mobilized to create jobs at scale.
A Smarter, More Actionable Approach
Here's what's new:
The Country Growth and Jobs Report fully integrates jobs into the growth story, making it easier to see both the constraints to faster growth and the drivers of employment and job quality.
A new toolbox, built on the latest global research, helps countries test reforms and sequence them more effectively. It makes growth and jobs analysis more practical and easier to act on.
The report delivers sharper, evidence-based actions. Each report concludes with a policy matrix that guides reforms and supports World Bank operations such as Development Policy Operations.
The report uses policy-impact modeling tools to estimate how reforms may affect job creation and economic growth, allowing governments to weigh trade-offs before implementation.
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