Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024: Overview Figures

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Progress: Global poverty reduction and improvements in shared prosperity have stalled

Global poverty reduction has slowed to a near standstill, raising concerns that 2020–30 will be a lost decade.

Figure 1a: Progress in reducing extreme poverty has come to a halt

Figure 1b: Number of people living on less than $6.85 per day has remained unchanged since 1990

Figure 2: Projections of poverty until 2050 under different scenarios

Figure 2a: Poverty rate at $2.15

Figure 2b: Poverty rate at $6.85

Figure 3: Poverty is still above prepandemic levels in the poorest countries

Figure 3a: Poverty rate at $2.15 relative to 2019 levels

Figure 3b: Poverty rate at $6.85 relative to 2019 levels

Figure 4a: Progress in reducing the Global Prosperity Gap

Figure 4b: The poorest regions are furthest behind and contribute more to the Global Prosperity Gap relative to their population in 2024

Figure 5: Limited gains in the Global Gap due to a slowdown of global growth and an increase of global Inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic

Map 1: Within-country inequality across the world

Figure 6: Poorer and conflict-affected economies tend to be more unequal

Figure 6a: Income Group

Figure 6b: FCS Group

Figure 7a: Income levels in the world have grown between 1990 and 2024, but many people remain vulnerable to falling back into poverty

Figure 7b: Income levels in the world have grown between 1990 and 2024, but many people remain vulnerable to falling back into poverty

Pathways: Eradicating poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet requires managing trade-offs

Ending extreme poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet requires action in two areas: delivering faster and inclusive growth (that is, growing labor incomes by delivering more and better jobs and investing in the productive capacity of the poor) and protecting people from climate shocks (that is, enhancing risk management and accelerating climate change mitigation).

Map 2 (static): Percentage of people at high risk of climate-related hazards globally

Map 2 (animated story)

Figure 8: A large share of the population in Sub-Saharan Africa does not have access to social protection or a financial account

Figure 9: Projections of emissions and temperatures to 2050

Figure 9a: Emission scenarios

Figure 9b: Temperature scenarios

Figure 10: Additional emissions associated with poverty alleviation

Figure 11: Lower emissions from poverty alleviation projected with energy efficiency and decarbonization

Figure 11a: Poverty at $2.15

Figure 11b: Poverty at $6.85

Figure 13: Increased concentration of extreme poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa and FCS

Figure 14: Rates of multidimensional poverty and increase risks from extreme weather in IDA countries compared with other countries

Figure 14a: Deprivation rates in dimensions of multidimensional poverty (circa 2021)

Figure 14b: Change in exposure to and risk from extreme weather events in IDA and non-IDA

Figure 15a: Ten economies produce two-thirds of global emissions

Figure 15b: Emissions per capita are converging between high- and upper-middle-income countries

Figure 15c: High-income and upper-middle-income countries are responsible for 90 percent of historical emissions

Priorities: Doing what matters, where it matters most

Acting on multiple fronts requires fundamental changes in how countries approach their national development strategies and their contributions to global public goods. However, there are no simple solutions. The pathways presented in the report involve difficult trade-offs across objectives and transition costs.

Figure 12: Priorities to advance on interlinked goals

Poverty, Prosperity, and Planet Report 2024: Overview Figures

Progress: Global poverty reduction and improvements in shared prosperity have stalled

Pathways: Eradicating poverty and boosting shared prosperity on a livable planet requires managing trade-offs

Priorities: Doing what matters, where it matters most

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