This note presents the 10th edition of the World Bank’s Multidimensional Poverty Measure (MPM) database, drawing on the latest country data from the Global Monitoring Database (GMD) as of October 2025...
The European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) introduces a transformative shift in global trade governance by mandating due diligence for commodities linked to deforestation. While the regulation...
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) in Fiji was conducted in 2019-2020. During the COVID-19 pandemic, poverty was estimated to rise sharply, reaching 67.2 percent in 2021 (US$6.85...
Over the last decade, Serbia has successfully reduced poverty in the country. Economic growth with broad-based job creation has benefited the less well-off. A positive shared prosperity premium for the...
Haiti has endured recurrent shocks, with the effects of natural disasters, including the 2010 earthquake and multiple hurricanes, compounded by conflict and social unrest. The lack of productive jobs and...
Nepal has achieved a remarkable reduction in poverty over the past decade. However, progress on poverty reduction remains threatened by economic downturns and climate disasters. This vulnerability stems...
Poverty levels in Niger have remained nearly stagnant, with the national poverty rate hovering around 41 percent from 2018 to 2021. Tackling inequalities and closing gender gaps is essential in the battle...
Between 2000 and 2019, El Salvador made significant progress in poverty reduction, with the percentage of households living below the official poverty line dropping from 38.7 percent to 22.8 percent. However...
Following decades of remarkable declines in poverty and inequality, progress in Thailand has slowed since 2015. Headline labor market indicators have stabilized, with total employment declining by just...
Uzbekistan has made notable progress in reducing poverty since 2021. Another round of tariff increases in electricity and gas is scheduled for May 2025. While energy prices surged after the May 2024 tariff...
The national poverty rate in Burkina Faso increased by 1.8 percentage points from 41.4 percent in 2018/19 to 43.2 percent in 2021/22, with a dramatic rise in the Sahel region. The conflict in Burkina Faso...
Namibia experienced significant welfare improvements between 2003/04 and 2015/16, with national official poverty declining by more than half from 37.5 to 17.4 percent. However, falling commodity prices...
Romania experienced the largest poverty reduction and income growth among the bottom 40 percent in the EU, with the poverty rate (<$6.85/day) dropping from 21.8 to 7.3 percent between 2016 and 2022. Romania’s...
Since the start of the Russian Federation’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the war has caused civilian casualties and hardship, damage to infrastructure and productive assets, and disruption to...
In 2020, the national poverty headcount in Comoros was 44.8 percent, based on the latest budget survey conducted before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Ongoing investments in the Galawa Hotel and El-Maarouf...
Paraguay has made significant progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, with the national poverty rate falling from 51.4 percent in 2003 to 20.1 percent in 2024. However, four main structural...
In 2024, despite persistent regional security challenges spreading across the northern part of Benin along with trade uncertainties, economic activity grew by 7.5 percent (4.9 percent per capita), up from...
After a decade among the fastest-growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa, the combined impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine slowed economic growth in Côte d’Ivoire in 2020...
Kazakhstan has achieved significant reductions in poverty over the past two decades, with both national poverty estimates and internationally comparable poverty rates declining sharply. Inequality, as...
Over the past decade, Türkiye has made significant progress in reducing poverty, with the share of the total population below the international upper-middle-income country (UMC) poverty line of $6.85 at...
