World Social Report 2025

On 24th April 2025, the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) released the World Social Report, 2025.

  • The 2025 report is the first to be co-produced with the United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER).
  • It serves as a background document for discussion and policy analysis of socio-economic matters at the intergovernmental level.
  • It identifies emerging social trends of global concern and analyzes relationships among major development issues with international and national dimensions.

Key Highlights

Growing Economic Insecurity

  • 60% of the global population faces economic insecurity.
  • Over 690 million people still live in extreme poverty.

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