2024 Key Development Challenges in Nine Charts

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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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IDA21 Raises $100 Billion to Boost Development

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IDA21 Raises $100 Billion to Boost Development

Next 25 Years Could Prove Decisive for Poorest Economies

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Next 25 Years Could Prove Decisive for Poorest Economies

The Development Podcast: 2024 in Review

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The Development Podcast: 2024 in Review

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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

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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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