Global Economic Prospects, June 2025
The global economy is set for its weakest run since 2008 outside of recessions.
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Prosperity
40 percent
of adults in developing economies saved in a financial account in 2024.
Source: World Bank Group (2025), Global Findex Database
People
67 percent
of the health workforce globally is made up of women.
Source: World Health Organization (2024)
Infrastructure
66
countries have adopted at least one instrument from the World Bank's Crisis Toolkit.
Source: World Bank (2025)
Prosperity
40 percent
of those in fragile and conflict-affected economies face extreme poverty.
World Bank Group (2025), Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations: Intertwined Crises, Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Global Economic Prospects, June 2025
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