The World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing is prepared by the Global Economic Monitoring Branch of UN DESA’s Economic Analysis and Policy Division.

The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2021 warns that the COVID-19 pandemic, which has delivered a heavy blow to economic activities worldwide, may exert devastating long-run socio ...

Based on IMF projections for 2021, India is the fifth fastest growing economy, and the fastest-growing trillion-dollar economy in the world. With a population of more than 1.2 billion, India is ...

World Economic Outlook Update, January 2021: Policy Support and Vaccines Expected to Lift Activity January 20, 2021 Description: Although recent vaccine approvals have raised hopes of a turnaround in ...

The global economy will grow 5.6% — the most in 80 years — in 2021, the World Bank said Tuesday. Yet emerging economies will largely fall behind due to debt pressures and slow vaccination ...

The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year.

Overall current account deficits and surpluses widened in 2020 to 3.2 percent of world GDP. The IMF’s multilateral approach suggests that global excessive imbalances were broadly unchanged in 2020 at ...

China’s gross domestic product (GDP) for 2021 was over half a trillion yuan more than initially calculated, official data revealed Tuesday. The update comes at a time the world’s second ...

The United States is the richest country in the world with the highest GDP, as of 2021. China is the second richest country in the world with a $17.734 trillion GDP. Monaco is the richest country ...

China sets 2021 GDP growth target at over 6% Premier Li Keqiang says nation aims to create more than 11 million new jobs this year ...