This 2025 Economic Update for Niger contains two chapters. The first chapter presents the
economic and poverty developments observed in the country in 2024 as well as the outlook
from 2025 to 2027. The...
Type: ReportReport#: 202215Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Disability results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and
environmental barriers that hinder their full and effective participation in society, on an equal
basis with...
Type: BriefReport#: 201066Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Between 2016 and 2019, Albania experienced strong economic growth, which significantly reduced poverty levels. By 2024, the employment rate averaged 68.6 percent, with male employment increasing by 2.0...
Type: BriefReport#: 200620Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Living conditions in Bolivia slightly improved in 2023, following the post-pandemic rebound in 2021. The poverty rate declined to 14.1 percent in 2023 ($6.85/day per capita 2017 PPP), down from 15.2 percent...
Type: BriefReport#: 200630Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
World Bank projections indicate that between 2023 and 2024, the poverty rate in Brazil declined from 21.7 to 20.9 percent (USD 6.85, 2017 PPP), marking the fourth year of poverty reduction, although its...
Type: BriefReport#: 200631Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Chile's poverty rate resumed its decline in 2022, reaching 4.72 percent (US$6.85/day 2017PPP) and 6.5 percent at national poverty lines, after a temporary spike in 2020 to 9.88 percent (US$6.85/day 2017PPP)...
Type: BriefReport#: 200637Date: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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: April 30, 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: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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: April 30, 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: April 30, 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: April 30, 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: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
Poverty reduction in Moldova is stagnating, with absolute poverty based on the national methodology rising from 25.2 percent in 2019 to 31.6 percent in 2023. Poverty remains particularly persistent in...
Type: BriefReport#: 200682Date: April 30, 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: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
The Tourism Watch is a quarterly report produced by the World Bank which monitors global and regional tourism sector performance, outlook, and highlights policies aimed at enhancing the sector’s economic,...
Type: NewsletterReport#: 201194Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Twining-Ward, Louise ;
Pio, Alex ;
Suris Coll Vinent, Alba ;
Bellas Suarez, Paula
The outlook for the Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) region has become
more uncertain as modest advances on the internal front are being compounded
by a more challenging external scenario. Progress...
Type: ReportReport#: 201632Date: April 30, 2025Author:
Maloney, William ;
Melendez Arjona, Marcela ;
Morales, Raul
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: April 30, 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: April 30, 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: April 30, 2025Author:
World Bank
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