Economic growth in 2025 has defied the gloomy expectations M. Ayhan KoseNikita PerevalovPeter SelcukShijie Shi December 02, 2025 This page in: English 中文

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/developmenttalk/economic-growth-in-2025-has-defied-the-gloomy-expectations?cid=ECR_E_NewsletterWeekly_EN_EXT&deliveryName=DM269745 2025 has been a year of steep ups and downs for the global economy—at least where growth forecasts have been concerned. The consensus forecasts of economists have swung from optimism to pessimism and back again. Yet actual economic activity has remained remarkably resilient. Forecasters now expect global growth of about 2.7 percent—broadly in line with expectations at the start of the year (figure 1A).