Bulgaria has made significant progress in reducing absolute poverty since its EU accession, particularly between 2015 and 2022, when real median incomes rose substantially. In the fourth quarter of 2024,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200627Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty in Ghana fell considerably up until the COVID-19 pandemic. However, moderate growth due to larger fiscal adjustments, global economic and trade uncertainties, and persistent inflation will affect...
Type: BriefReport#: 200656Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
North Macedonia has made considerable gains in poverty reduction since the 2008 global financial crisis. However, post-pandemic poverty reduction has been constrained by decelerating growth and the erosion...
Type: BriefReport#: 200687Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2024, 28.4 percent of the population in Mauritania was living in poverty, measured at the international poverty line of $3.65 per day in PPP 2017, an increase from 26.3 percent in 2020. Over half of...
Type: BriefReport#: 200693Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Based on the most recent official household survey data from Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics, 30.9 percent of Nigerians lived below the international extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per...
Type: BriefReport#: 200719Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Papua New Guinea (PNG) does not have recent and reliable national poverty estimates, as the last Household and Income Survey (HIES) was completed in 2009-10, making the poverty estimates in this brief...
Type: BriefReport#: 200724Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Thailand Country Climate and Development Report (CCDR) identifies ways in which Thailand can achieve economic development that is greener and more climate resilient. This section provides a structured,...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 204871Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Austria on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184653Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Croatia on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173335Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Guyana on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173333Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Honduras on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173334Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Guatemala on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173332Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Kiribati was conducted from April 2019 to March 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic did not have a large impact on economic...
Type: BriefReport#: 200674Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
In 2016, 50.9 percent of Liberia's population lived below the national poverty line. Since 2022, poverty has begun to decline but is expected to remain above pre-COVID-19 levels until 2026. The recovery...
Type: BriefReport#: 200677Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Togo saw modest poverty reduction between 2018 and 2021, with notable urban-rural disparities. Despite economic resilience after enduring a series of shocks since the COVID-19 pandemic, with an average...
Type: BriefReport#: 200743Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Tuvalu was conducted in 2015-16. However, the data presented in this brief refer to the previous HIES in 2010, as substantial...
Type: BriefReport#: 200750Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Togo on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes...
Type: BriefReport#: 173493Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This brief showcases the gender landscape in Sweden on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains, minimizes...
Type: BriefReport#: 184722Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in St. Kitts and Nevis on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 173411Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Papua New Guinea on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity...
Type: BriefReport#: 173484Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
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