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2024 Key Development Challenges in Nine Charts

Discover the most pressing issues countries faced this year, and how we're working to overcome them.

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Watch the WBG Youth Summit Pitch Competition Launch

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The Balancing Act for AI Governance

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The Development Podcast: 2024 in Review

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Together we can create a world free of poverty on a livable planet

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Essential data to guide decisions, monitor progress, and evaluate impact.

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countries could remain poor, not progressing to middle-income status, through 2050 without course correction.

Source: World Bank (2025), Global Economic Prospects

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80+ percent

of the global population without access to electricity lives in Sub-Saharan Africa.

World Bank (2024), Tracking SDG7

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2.2 billion

people around the world lack access to safely managed drinking water services.

Source: World Bank Group (2024), Water for Shared Prosperity

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400 million

students have experienced school closures from extreme weather since 2022.

Source: World Bank (2024), Choosing Our Future: Education for Climate Action

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World Bank Group Annual Report 2024

World Bank Group Annual Report 2024

Responding to intertwined challenges and becoming a faster, simpler, and more efficient World Bank Group.

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International Debt Report 2024

International Debt Report 2024

Developing countries faced record debt costs as their interest payments climbed to a 20-year high in 2023.

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EMPOWERING PEOPLE & COUNTRIES TO MAKE PROGRESS

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Climate-Smart Agriculture: From Knowledge to Implementation

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Jordan: Economic Opportunities for Syrian Refugees and Host Communities

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Scaling Up Locally-Led Climate Action

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Measuring Our Impact and Progress

Tracking our projects and results is a cornerstone of our work to become more transparent, accountable, and deliver impact that changes lives.

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221.8 million

people directly benefited from social safety net operations

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123.2 million

people supported with enhanced resilience to climate risks

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142.4 million

people benefited from improved access to transportation

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2024 in Review and the Challenges Ahead

2024 in Review and the Challenges Ahead

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Glimmers of Hope: Haiti Navigates Lingering Crisis

Glimmers of Hope: Haiti Navigates Lingering Crisis

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Poverty, Prosperity and Planet: Where We Stand

Poverty, Prosperity and Planet: Where We Stand

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