World Bank Group Annual Report 2024
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Data for Development
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Prosperity
20 of 26
countries could remain poor, not progressing to middle-income status, through 2050 without course correction.
Source: World Bank (2025), Global Economic Prospects
Infrastructure
80+ percent
of the global population without access to electricity lives in Sub-Saharan Africa.
World Bank (2024), Tracking SDG7
Planet
2.2 billion
people around the world lack access to safely managed drinking water services.
Source: World Bank Group (2024), Water for Shared Prosperity
People
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
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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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