Aligned with its economic and environmental success, Costa Rica’s poverty rate is among the lowest in the region. Poverty, measured against the World Bank’s US$6.85 (2017 PPP) line for upper-middle-income...
Type: BriefReport#: 200646Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Over the past decade, the Dominican Republic's economy has grown steadily, averaging an annual growth rate of 4.5 percent from 2016 to 2023, surpassing the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) average of...
Type: BriefReport#: 200648Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty in Guinea-Bissau remains widespread, with 50.5 percent of the population, or 886 thousand individuals, living below the national poverty threshold in 2021. Despite a moderate decline in inequality...
Type: BriefReport#: 200659Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Guatemala has significant potential to achieve prosperity across its population, but it faces several challenges. The country has non-monetary well-being indicators similar to poorer countries, with human...
Type: BriefReport#: 200662Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The official multidimensional poverty rate in Mexico, which considers both monetary poverty and six indicators of social deprivation, decreased from 43.2 percent in 2016 to 36.3 percent in 2022. The labor...
Type: BriefReport#: 200685Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The poverty rate in Mozambique experienced a marked increase, with the proportion of individuals living below the global poverty threshold of US$2.15 daily (2017 PPP) reaching 74.5 percent in 2019/20,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200692Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
In Tunisia, the most recent official poverty and inequality figures have been calculated by the National Institute of Statistics (INS) using consumption data from the 2021 National Survey on the Budget,...
Type: BriefReport#: 200748Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
The poverty headcount rate in Vanuatu was estimated to be 34.9 percent in 2019, based on the latest household income expenditure survey (HIES) and the lower middle-income poverty line of $3.65 (2017 PPP...
Type: BriefReport#: 200757Date: 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.
Type: Country Climate and Development ReportReport#: 204871Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
Beyond its own decarbonization efforts, Thailand could emerge as a supplier of low-carbon solutions to the world. At the same time as its carbon-intensive exports face risks from declining demand, Thailand...
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
Between 2011 and 2017, extreme poverty in Zimbabwe - calculated using the national food poverty line rose from 23 to 30 percent of the population, and increased further to 38 percent in April-May 2019....
Type: BriefReport#: 200763Date: 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
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
Fueled by its hydropower sector, Bhutan has achieved robust economic growth over the past decade, contributing to its poverty reduction. However, progress remains uneven and vulnerable to economic and...
Type: BriefReport#: 200633Date: October 1, 2025Author:
World Bank
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