So far, this year has been marked by significant global shifts, including increased geopolitical instability, the accelerating impact of AI and a changing labour market. Economic factors like new US tariffs are redrawing trade maps, while the energy transition shows progress and gender gaps persist. These seven charts from World Economic Forum reports help illustrate the inflection points this ...
This year’s edition of the Global Gender Gap Report arrives at a decisive moment, with the world in flux. Technological breakthroughs, geopolitical conflict and economic uncertainty are creating unprecedented challenges as well as bringing new opportunities. Amid such change, gender parity is both a principle and a strategy. Diversity of thought, knowledge and experience often lie at the ...
Global health gains are at risk. New funding models, regional systems and delivery innovation are vital to build resilient, equitable healthcare worldwide.
The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (subindexes): Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment. Since launching in 2006, it is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time.
The Global Energy Review found that global energy demand grew by 2.2% last year, which was considerably faster than the average annual demand increase of 1.3% over the previous 10 years. Emerging and developing economies accounted for over 80% of the increase in 2024 and, after several years of declines, advanced economies returned to growth.
The Global Gender Gap Index was first introduced by the World Economic Forum in 2006 to benchmark progress towards gender parity across four dimensions: economic opportunities, education, health and political leadership (Figure 1.1).
Countries need to find ways of achieving global cooperation or risk the damaging effects of fragmentation in challenging economic times. Poverty, desperation and inequality do not respect borders and ensuring that all countries grow and prosper benefits everyone across the world. Working together to fix our global economic ship so it benefits more people is not a charitable act; it is a wise ...
Global cooperation levels have flatlined, according to a World Economic Forum report. We asked three experts to detail the paths forward to deepen collaboration in the year ahead.
