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The Atlas of Global Development 2026 shows the world at a critical moment: it is developing at its slowest pace

The Atlas of Global Development 2026 shows the world at a critical moment: it is developing at its slowest pace

Understanding country income: World Bank Group income classifications for FY26 (July 1, 2025–June, 2026)

Understanding country income: World Bank Group income classifications for FY26 (July 1, 2025–June, 2026)

Fertilizer prices surge as Strait of Hormuz disruptions tighten supplies

Fertilizer prices surge as Strait of Hormuz disruptions tighten supplies

How should countries set realistic and ambitious development targets?

How should countries set realistic and ambitious development targets?

Liberia's private sector in focus: What the data reveal

Liberia's private sector in focus: What the data reveal

From satellite data to development finance: how Earth observation is scaling impact across World Bank operations

From satellite data to development finance: how Earth observation is scaling impact across World Bank operations

Strait of Hormuz disruption sends oil prices surging

Strait of Hormuz disruption sends oil prices surging

Commodity prices rose in April—Pink Sheet

Commodity prices rose in April—Pink Sheet

World Bank Group Country Classifications by Income Level

Understanding country income: World Bank Group income classifications for FY26

Understanding country income: World Bank Group income classifications for FY26

July 01, 2025

World Bank country classifications by income level for 2024-2025

World Bank country classifications by income level for 2024-2025

July 01, 2024

Income classification map

World Bank Group country classifications by income level for FY24 (July 1, 2023- June 30, 2024)

June 30, 2023

Map showing new country income classification

New World Bank country classifications by income level: 2022-2023

July 01, 2022

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New World Bank country classifications by income level: 2021-2022

July 01, 2021

New country income classification

New World Bank country classifications by income level: 2020-2021

July 01, 2020

Atlas of Global Development 2026

How should countries set realistic and ambitious development targets?

How should countries set realistic and ambitious development targets?

May 14, 2026

The Atlas of Global Development 2026 shows the world at a critical moment: it is developing at its slowest pace

The Atlas of Global Development 2026 shows the world at a critical moment: it is developing at its slowest pace

May 05, 2026

Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP)

March 2026 global poverty update from the World Bank: New data and updated poverty numbers

March 2026 global poverty update from the World Bank: New data and updated poverty numbers

March 26, 2026

September 2025 global poverty update from the World Bank: New data and regional classifications

September 2025 global poverty update from the World Bank: New data and regional classifications

September 30, 2025

A dashboard for aggregated poverty data for regional, income, fragile & in-conflict, and World Bank lending groups

A dashboard for aggregated poverty data for regional, income, fragile & in-conflict, and World Bank lending groups

September 30, 2025

June 2025 global poverty update from the World Bank: 2021 PPPs and new country-data

June 2025 global poverty update from the World Bank: 2021 PPPs and new country-data

June 05, 2025

September 2024 global poverty update from the World Bank: revised estimates up to 2024

September 2024 global poverty update from the World Bank: revised estimates up to 2024

September 20, 2024

March 2024 global poverty update from the World Bank: first estimates of global poverty until 2022 from survey data

March 2024 global poverty update from the World Bank: first estimates of global poverty until 2022 from survey data

March 26, 2024

Share of population living in poverty

Societal poverty measures in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP)

January 09, 2024

Poverty and emissions

Illustrating the gap between the global extreme poor and global emissions

October 17, 2023

Night market in Phuket, Thailand.

Updated estimates of the Prosperity Gap

October 26, 2023

Corona virus and Poverty

September 2023 global poverty update from the World Bank: new data on poverty during the pandemic in Asia

September 20, 2023

Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP) - using the Statistics Online (SOL) function

Using PIP’s Statistics Online (SOL) for your poverty and inequality analysis

July 26, 2022

screenshot of the Poverty and Inequality Platform's (PIP) API page

How to use PIP’s API

June 13, 2022

Poverty and Inequality Platform's (PIP) Statistics Online functionality

How to use PIP’s Statistics Online (SOL)

June 06, 2022

Screenshot of the Poverty and Inequality Platform's (PIP) Poverty Calculator page

How to use PIP’s Poverty Calculator page

May 31, 2022

screenshot of the Poverty and Inequality Platofrm's Country Profile Page

How to use PIP’s Country Profiles page

May 23, 2022

Screenshot of the Poverty and Inequality Platform's homepage

How to use the PIP Homepage

May 16, 2022

Commodity Markets Outlook 2026

Strait of Hormuz disruption sends oil prices surging

Strait of Hormuz disruption sends oil prices surging

May 07, 2026

Fertilizer prices surge as Strait of Hormuz disruptions tighten supplies

Fertilizer prices surge as Strait of Hormuz disruptions tighten supplies

May 14, 2026

Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report: Pathways Out of the Polycrisis

Declining trends in national inequality

Declining trends in national inequality

January 29, 2025

Three ways to use the Prosperity Gap index

Three ways to use the Prosperity Gap index

January 22, 2025

The Prosperity Gap incorporates a penalty for high inequality

The Prosperity Gap incorporates a penalty for high inequality

January 15, 2025

Global Prosperity Gap: the World Bank’s new measure for shared prosperity

Global Prosperity Gap: the World Bank’s new measure for shared prosperity

January 08, 2025

The demographic profile of the global poor: Who are the poor and where do they live?

The demographic profile of the global poor: Who are the poor and where do they live?

December 11, 2024

The geography of high inequality: monitoring the World Bank’s new indicator

The geography of high inequality: monitoring the World Bank’s new indicator

December 04, 2024

Filling the gaps in survey data for a world free of poverty on a livable planet

Filling the gaps in survey data for a world free of poverty on a livable planet

November 27, 2024

Getting to zero: Focusing on IDA countries for ending poverty

Getting to zero: Focusing on IDA countries for ending poverty

November 21, 2024

The disconnect between regions at risk from climate-related hazards and those that contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions

The disconnect between regions at risk from climate-related hazards and those that contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions

November 15, 2024

Global poverty and climate goals will remain out of reach with business-as-usual policies

Global poverty and climate goals will remain out of reach with business-as-usual policies

November 06, 2024

A higher standard of poverty in a changing world: The World Bank’s poverty line of $6.85

A higher standard of poverty in a changing world: The World Bank’s poverty line of $6.85

October 31, 2024

The polycrisis behind a lost decade of poverty reduction

The polycrisis behind a lost decade of poverty reduction

October 24, 2024

Blueprint for Change: Ending Poverty on a livable planet is possible

Blueprint for Change: Ending Poverty on a livable planet is possible

October 17, 2024

International Comparison Program

New International Comparison Program data sheds light on global economy and living standards

New International Comparison Program data sheds light on global economy and living standards

May 30, 2024

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Demystifying ICP purchasing power parity calculations using Python: Global results

March 23, 2023

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Demystifying ICP purchasing power parity calculations using Python: Regional results

April 07, 2021

chart showing Expenditure per person on Education

How much do countries spend on education, and how do the price levels of education compare? Three charts from the International Comparison Program.

January 24, 2023

Report: PPPs for policy making: a visual guide to using data from the ICP

From local prices to the global economy: how data from the International Comparison Program help us monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

March 17, 2022

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The size of the Asia and the Pacific economy based on purchasing power parities: results from the International Comparison Program

April 08, 2021

Purchasing Power Parities for Policy Making publication cover

Purchasing Power Parities for Policy Making: a Visual Guide to Using Data from the International Comparison Program

June 17, 2021

International Debt Report

International Debt Report 2025: When relief isn’t enough – LMICs face their largest external debt outflows in 50 years

International Debt Report 2025: When relief isn’t enough – LMICs face their largest external debt outflows in 50 years

December 03, 2025

Introducing the new guide to the International Debt Statistics (IDS) database

Introducing the new guide to the International Debt Statistics (IDS) database

December 16, 2024

International Debt Report 2024: Low- and middle-income countries’ debt stock increased by US$205.9 billion in 2023

International Debt Report 2024: Low- and middle-income countries’ debt stock increased by US$205.9 billion in 2023

December 03, 2024

The data behind the International Debt Report 2023

The data behind the International Debt Report 2023

April 23, 2024

International Debt Report 2023

Celebrating 50 years of the International Debt Report

December 13, 2023

Cover image of International Debt Statistics publication

International Debt Statistics 2022: Multilateral institutions paved the way for the highest level of net inflows raised in a decade

October 11, 2021

IDS 2021 publication cover

International Debt Statistics 2021: Debt accumulation of low- and middle-income countries surpassed $8 trillion at end-2019

October 12, 2020

Chart: General Government External Debt Stock by Creditor Type

International Debt Statistics 2020: Promoting debt transparency through newly published debtor classifications

November 14, 2019

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International Debt Statistics 2019: External debt stocks at end-2017 stood at over $7 trillion

November 13, 2018

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