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Data for Development

Essential data to guide decisions, monitor progress, and evaluate impact.

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Planet

2 out of 5

people globally still lack access to safe sanitation.

Source: World Bank (2025), The Global Sanitation Crisis: Pathways to Urgent Action

Prosperity

412 million

children around the world survive on less than $3 a day.

Source: World Bank Group and UNICEF (2025), Global, Regional, and Select National Trends in the Progress against Child Poverty

Planet

90 percent

of the world is exposed to poor air quality, degraded land or water stress.

Source: World Bank (2025), Reboot Development: The Economics of a Livable Planet

People

$4.46

per person per day was the global average cost of a healthy diet in 2024, in PPP dollars.

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and World Bank (2025), Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet

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The Global Findex Database 2025

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