South Africa has made significant strides in reducing poverty since 1994, but progress stalled after 2011. The lack of progress in reducing poverty and inequality since 2011 can be attributed to slow economic...
At the national level, poverty incidence in Chad increased by 2.5 percentage points between the most recent survey years, rising from 42.3 percent in 2018 to 44.8 percent in 2022. The country continues...
More than a decade of conflict compounded by external economic shocks has led to a dramatic deterioration in the welfare of Syrian households. Return movements have increased since the fall of the Assad...
Nicaragua's poverty rate was estimated at 14.4 percent in 2014, measured at US$3.65/day (2017 PPP). The economy is expected to grow by 3.6 percent in 2024 and stabilize in the medium term, with poverty...
The proportion of the population living below the national poverty line in Eswatini fell moderately from 63.0 percent in 2009/10 to 58.9 percent in 2016/17, driven by improvements in educational attainment...
Seychelles has made notable strides in reducing poverty, as recent data shows. In the second quarter of 2024, the overall unemployment rate was 3.2 percent, remaining the same as in the second quarter...
Timor-Leste made significant strides in reducing poverty from 2007 to 2014, but the lack of recent data makes it difficult to assess current progress. Findings from the 2021 Labor Force Survey, however...
Panama's economic growth has led to strong job creation and a sharp reduction in poverty, from 48.1 percent in 1991 to 13.6 percent in 2024 at $6.85/day per capita, 2017 PPP. To achieve more inclusive...
Over the last decade, Serbia has successfully reduced poverty in the country. Economic growth with broad-based job creation has benefited the less well-off. A positive shared prosperity premium for the...
From 2017 to 2019, robust economic growth significantly reduced poverty rates: consumption-based poverty, defined as living on less than $6.85 PPP per day, decreased from 34.2 percent in 2017 to an estimated...
Poland entered the 2020s from a position of strength, following 28 years of growth that elevated household incomes and reduced poverty. The percentage of the population living on less than US$6.85 a day...
Despite making considerable progress in reducing poverty, Rwanda has relatively higher poverty rates than African peers with similar income per capita, and poverty reduction has become less responsive...
Viet Nam’s transformation from a war-scarred, impoverished nation to a vibrant, modern economy ranks among the most striking development stories of recent decades. Strong GDP growth, easing inflation...
Over the last decade, poverty has been steadily on the rise in Sudan. Since the split and independence of South Sudan in 2011, Sudan's economy has contracted, with an average per capita GDP growth of -4.6...
The latest Household Income and Expenditure Survey (HIES) used to estimate poverty in Solomon Islands was conducted in 2012-2013. Frequent natural disasters threaten people’s livelihoods and well-being...
Between 2011 and 2018, Sierra Leone made significant strides in reducing poverty, with the national poverty rate dropping from 62.4 percent to 56.8 percent, reflecting an annual average decrease of approximately...
The latest available poverty estimates from the Uganda National Household Survey (UNHS) 2019/20 showed a poverty rate of 20.3 percent as measured by the national poverty line. Though the economy is projected...
Peru has made significant progress in reducing poverty over the past two decades, but recent challenges have reversed many of these gains. While modest poverty reduction is projected through 2026, Peru...
The national poverty rate in Yemen was last reported in 2014 and was estimated to be 48.6 percent of the population, marking an increase of 13.4 percentage points from the poverty rate reported in 2005...