Data Blog

Official development assistance (ODA) is increasing, but not at the rate it needs to

November 08, 2023

Violence across societies: What does data show about peace and security from a gender perspective?

November 01, 2023

Deforestation: Accelerating climate change and threatening biodiversity

October 25, 2023

From climate science to global action: Who contributes most to global greenhouse gas emissions?

October 11, 2023

Ending overfishing: An urgent need to protect our oceans

October 18, 2023

Responsible use of natural resources: Essential for sustainable growth

September 28, 2023

No time to waste: A sustainability challenge for cities

September 27, 2023

Progress and setbacks in reducing income inequalities

September 20, 2023

Sustainable transport for a livable future

September 13, 2023

Rebuilding economies after COVID-19: Will countries recover?

September 06, 2023

Access to universal and sustainable electricity: Meeting the challenge

August 30, 2023

Strains on freshwater resources: The impact of food production on water consumption

August 23, 2023

Realizing gender equality: The remaining challenge of child marriage

August 15, 2023

Rebuilding education systems after COVID-19: How the pandemic has impacted schooling and learning

August 02, 2023

The impact of COVID-19 on global health

July 26, 2023

Beyond hunger: A healthy diet for a healthy life

July 19, 2023

Progress, challenges in ending extreme poverty

July 12, 2023

Visualizing Development: the 2023 Atlas of Sustainable Development Goals

June 21, 2023

Understanding country income: World Bank Group income classifications for FY26

July 01, 2025

World Bank country classifications by income level for 2024-2025

July 01, 2024

World Bank Group country classifications by income level for FY24 (July 1, 2023- June 30, 2024)

June 30, 2023

New World Bank country classifications by income level: 2022-2023

July 01, 2022

New World Bank country classifications by income level: 2021-2022

July 01, 2021

New World Bank country classifications by income level: 2020-2021

July 01, 2020

Declining trends in national inequality

January 29, 2025

Three ways to use the Prosperity Gap index

January 22, 2025

The Prosperity Gap incorporates a penalty for high inequality

January 15, 2025

Global Prosperity Gap: the World Bank’s new measure for shared prosperity

January 08, 2025

The demographic profile of the global poor: Who are the poor and where do they live?

December 11, 2024

The geography of high inequality: monitoring the World Bank’s new indicator

December 04, 2024

Filling the gaps in survey data for a world free of poverty on a livable planet

November 27, 2024

Getting to zero: Focusing on IDA countries for ending poverty

November 21, 2024

The disconnect between regions at risk from climate-related hazards and those that contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions

November 15, 2024

Global poverty and climate goals will remain out of reach with business-as-usual policies

November 06, 2024

A higher standard of poverty in a changing world: The World Bank’s poverty line of $6.85

October 31, 2024

The polycrisis behind a lost decade of poverty reduction

October 24, 2024

Blueprint for Change: Ending Poverty on a livable planet is possible

October 17, 2024

Efficient metadata enhancement with AI for better data discoverability

December 13, 2024

Beyond keywords: AI-driven approaches to improve data discoverability

May 22, 2024

Monitoring food prices in fragile contexts: Can AI and crowdsourcing of data bridge data gaps?

April 29, 2024

The transformative role of AI for development data

April 03, 2024

New International Comparison Program data sheds light on global economy and living standards

May 30, 2024

Demystifying ICP purchasing power parity calculations using Python: Global results

March 23, 2023

Demystifying ICP purchasing power parity calculations using Python: Regional results

April 07, 2021

How much do countries spend on education, and how do the price levels of education compare? Three charts from the International Comparison Program.

January 24, 2023

From local prices to the global economy: how data from the International Comparison Program help us monitor progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals

March 17, 2022

The size of the Asia and the Pacific economy based on purchasing power parities: results from the International Comparison Program

April 08, 2021

Purchasing Power Parities for Policy Making: a Visual Guide to Using Data from the International Comparison Program

June 17, 2021

Finding data needle in a data haystack: transforming “α-ßΩτ” with Microsoft AI Language Services

January 16, 2025

Uncovering trade data gaps: Lessons from Madagascar and France

November 08, 2024

Understanding trade data quality with the Discrepancy Index

June 26, 2024

Strategic insights: Leveraging World Trade Organization databases for effective trade policy

June 11, 2024

April 30, 2024

The (essential) role of UN's Comtrade in trade data

April 12, 2024

Navigating tariffs: Unraveling the global trade web

March 15, 2024

Beyond exports and imports: A glossary for understanding global trade

March 01, 2024

How is trade data collected?

February 16, 2024

How the World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS) is helping understand global commerce

February 02, 2024

Fertilizer prices stabilize amid lower input costs and trade shifts

January 15, 2025

Cocoa and coffee prices rebound on renewed supply concerns

January 07, 2025

Global natural gas market outlook: European supply challenges and regional demand dynamics

December 17, 2024

Precious metals surge to all-time highs

December 10, 2024

International coal price: higher-for-longer

December 03, 2024

Declining food prices stabilizing at higher than pre-COVID levels

November 26, 2024

Metal prices slide amid weak industrial activity

November 19, 2024

Agricultural raw material market outlook: Moderate price rebound amid stable production prospects

November 12, 2024

Growing oil supplies amid moderating demand and geopolitical uncertainty: What lies ahead for oil?

November 05, 2024

Fertilizer prices edge lower amid lower input costs and improved production prospects

July 08, 2024

Natural gas market developments: prices bouncing back from the cold

June 28, 2024

Coal market developments: Falling prices amid record-high output

June 21, 2024

Oil market dynamics: The calm after the storm

June 14, 2024

Agricultural raw material markets: Diverging trends amid supply shifts

June 07, 2024

Beverage prices ease amid signs of improved supply conditions

May 31, 2024

Lower food prices amid improved supply outlooks

May 24, 2024

Gold shines amid geopolitical uncertainties

May 15, 2024

Metal prices set to remain high in 2024-25

May 07, 2024

Beverage prices surge amid supply shortfalls

March 11, 2024

Raw material commodity prices expected to rise as demand recovers

February 27, 2024

Food prices mirroring past peaks despite continuous drop

January 30, 2024

Metal prices to ease with softening demand

January 17, 2024

Oil prices remain volatile amid uncertainty arising from geopolitical conflict

January 04, 2024

Falling food prices, yet much higher than pre-covid

August 16, 2023

Strong demand spurs precious metals rally

June 26, 2023

Short-term risks and long-term challenges in global food markets

May 31, 2023

Metal prices forecast to decline as supply improves

May 23, 2023

Commodity Markets Outlook in eight charts

May 05, 2023

September 2024 global poverty update from the World Bank: revised estimates up to 2024

September 20, 2024

March 2024 global poverty update from the World Bank: first estimates of global poverty until 2022 from survey data

March 26, 2024

Societal poverty measures in the Poverty and Inequality Platform (PIP)

January 09, 2024

Illustrating the gap between the global extreme poor and global emissions

October 17, 2023

Updated estimates of the Prosperity Gap

October 26, 2023

September 2023 global poverty update from the World Bank: new data on poverty during the pandemic in Asia

September 20, 2023

Using PIP’s Statistics Online (SOL) for your poverty and inequality analysis

July 26, 2022

How to use PIP’s API

June 13, 2022

How to use PIP’s Statistics Online (SOL)

June 06, 2022

How to use PIP’s Poverty Calculator page

May 31, 2022

How to use PIP’s Country Profiles page

May 23, 2022

How to use the PIP Homepage

May 16, 2022

Introducing the new guide to the International Debt Statistics (IDS) database

December 16, 2024

International Debt Report 2024: Low- and middle-income countries’ debt stock increased by US$205.9 billion in 2023

December 03, 2024

The data behind the International Debt Report 2023

April 23, 2024

Celebrating 50 years of the International Debt Report

December 13, 2023

International Debt Statistics 2022: Multilateral institutions paved the way for the highest level of net inflows raised in a decade

October 11, 2021

International Debt Statistics 2021: Debt accumulation of low- and middle-income countries surpassed $8 trillion at end-2019

October 12, 2020

International Debt Statistics 2020: Promoting debt transparency through newly published debtor classifications

November 14, 2019

International Debt Statistics 2019: External debt stocks at end-2017 stood at over $7 trillion

November 13, 2018