As of the 2018-2019 period, 43.7 percent of Guineans lived below the national poverty line, which is equivalent to approximately 5.8 million people. Inflation is expected to slow to an average of 7.0 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 200657Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Lao People's Democratic Republic made significant progress in poverty reduction between 2007 and 2018, reflecting strong economic growth. Despite recent improvements, macroeconomic imbalances persist...
Type: BriefReport#: 200675Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
According to the latest Household Budget Survey (2022), 80 percent of the population in South Sudan lives below the national poverty line, making the country one of the poorest in the world. Nowcasts suggest...
Type: BriefReport#: 200736Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The national poverty rate in Tajikistan declined from 55 percent in 2010 to just over 20 percent in 2023, an impressive achievement by regional and global standards. This reduction has been driven by private...
Type: BriefReport#: 200745Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the past decade, India has significantly reduced poverty, with extreme poverty (living on less than $2.15 per day) falling from 16.2 percent in 2011-12 to 2.3 percent in 2022-23, lifting 171 million...
Type: BriefReport#: 200766Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This edition of the Macro Poverty Outlooks periodical contains country-by-country forecasts and overviews for GDP, fiscal, debt and poverty indicators for the developing countries of East Asia and the...
Type: ReportReport#: 204960Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Timor-Leste on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173538Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Ukraine on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173545Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Switzerland on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184723Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This briefing showcases the gender landscape in Panama on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 173480Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
This brief showcases the gender landscape in Portugal on key indicators helpful for monitoring gender equality and designing effective policy interventions. Gender equality fosters productivity gains,...
Type: BriefReport#: 184712Date: 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. Despite several decades of development...
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 204871Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
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
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