Across much of the world, people are having fewer children than ever before. A new visual from World Visualised, using World Bank data, shows a striking pattern: between 2000 and 2023, fertility rates in the ten largest countries have fallen sharply, and in five of them, they’ve dropped below the replacement level of 2.1 births per woman.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its 2025 World Economic Outlook which spotlights the Global South as a crucial engine of global economic momentum.

Unemployment and job gap rates have fallen below pre-pandemic levels, and labor market participation has improved in recent years. However, the latest ILO World Employment and Social Outlook reveals that significant structural issues remain, including persistent inequality, rising working poverty, and slowing productivity growth.

According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), global growth will be 3.3% in 2025, with Asia expected to be a key growth driver.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has released its latest projections for the largest economies in Africa for 2024.