The World Bank Group uses the latest data, evidence, and analysis to help countries develop policies to effectively tackle poverty and improve people's lives.
High economic inequality in a country can limit people’s ability to move up the socioeconomic ladder, and thereby slow progress toward broad-based growth and poverty eradication.
The World Bank updated the global poverty lines in June 2025. As standards of living worldwide have evolved over time, so has how we measure global poverty.
After a period of significant progress, a series of recent overlapping crises and shocks have caused a slowdown in global poverty reduction.
Today, one in ten people around the world still live in extreme poverty – deprived not only of an adequate income and livelihood, but also opportunity, dignity and hope.
Extreme poverty has become increasingly concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and places impacted by conflict and fragility.
This report offers the first post-pandemic assessment of global progress toward ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet, and explores potential pathways out of today's polycrisis.
After a period of significant progress, a series of overlapping crises and shocks have caused a slowdown today in global poverty reduction. Extreme poverty has become increasingly concentrated in Sub-Saharan Africa and places impacted by conflict and fragility.
The World Bank Group Academy empowers government officials and private sector leaders to deliver transformative development solutions to reduce poverty.
Stories of people in the Central African Republic who are saving lives, protecting the Congo basin forests, improving food security, and looking to the future.
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