Monitoring progress on poverty and inequality in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is complicated due to the lack of recent data. The poverty rate measured by the international poverty line of $2.15...
The national poverty headcount rate fell by 10.7 percentage points from 2015 to 2023, reaching 24.8 percent in 2023, down from 35.5 percent in 2015, according to INE’s official estimates relying on a SWIFT...
Over the past twenty years, Ethiopia has made significant strides in reducing poverty; however, it has recently encountered a series of external and internal challenges that have adversely affected living...
Despite being rich in mineral and other natural resources, the Central African Republic (CAR) is among the ten poorest countries in the world. Reforms are required to address poverty in CAR, focusing on...
Despite two decades of economic growth, Cameroon’s progress in reducing poverty has been slow. Real per capita growth is projected to be insufficient to alleviate poverty over the next three years, resulting...
In 2017, around 21.1 percent of the population in Djibouti lived below the national poverty line. Djibouti is also among the most unequal countries in the Middle East and North Africa region, with a Gini...
Estimates based on the national poverty measurement methodology show that 33.5 percent of the Egyptian population was poor in 2021. In February 2025, the government announced the sixth social mitigation...
In early 2021, the government of China announced the elimination of poverty in rural areas, as measured using the official poverty standard equivalent to $2.30 per day (2017 PPP). Addressing inequality...
Since the abatement of the effects of the COVID-19 crisis, poverty has been on a downward trend. However, poverty reduction is expected to be limited in 2025, declining to an estimated 30.8 percent ($6.85/day)...
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...
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...
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)...
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...
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...
Energy shortages from climatic shocks and ongoing crime led to Ecuador's 2.5 percent economic contraction in 2024. Despite these economic shocks, multidimensional poverty remained relatively stable. However...
The Republic of Congo, home to 6.1 million people, is a lower-middle-income nation characterized by a youthful demographic, with 47.2 percent under 18, and significant urbanization, with 58.1 percent of...
This report aims to provide a comprehensive assessment of how European Union (EU) member states monitor poverty and social exclusion at the subnational level, while also offering practical guidance to...
Ethiopia has seen many changes since 2016, which until now, has been the reference year for data about the level and pattern of poverty in the country. The narrative around poverty was that years of high...
The World Bank has set a clear mission: ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet. This report offers the first postpandemic assessment of global progress on this agenda...
Monitoring progress on poverty and inequality in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is complicated due to the lack of recent data. Between 2011 and 2022, the DRC experienced an average annual per-capita...