Post-pandemic trends in extreme poverty around the world Luis Felipe López-CalvaCameron Nadim HaddadGabriel Lara IbarraDaniel Gerszon Mahler January 07, 2026 This page in: English © 2026 The World Bank Group,

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/post-pandemic-trends-in-extreme-poverty-around-the-world- Years of shocks and imbalanced recoveries have significantly impacted longstanding global poverty trends. In just the last five years, the economic pressures induced by the crises of the COVID-19 pandemic, inflation, conflict, and extreme weather have hampered efforts to reduce poverty. While some countries rebounded quickly after the pandemic, others struggled to improve their economic situation. Against this backdrop, the latest Macro Poverty Outlook (MPO) provides insights into the recent and future path of poverty alleviation for low and middle-income countries. The poverty projections are derived by combining the most recent household survey data available with country-level growth and inflation forecasts and other relevant information such as the coverage and generosity of social assistance programs. These projections use a range of tools including microsimulation models and reflect the World Bank’s most up-to-date information on international poverty trends for 115 countries. © 2026 The World Bank Group,