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Poorest Countries in the World 2023 [Updated December]
The world's poorest countries suffer from civil wars, ethnic and sectarian strife. COVID-19, soaring inflation and the war in Ukraine made their bad situations worse.
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Richest Countries in the World 2023 [Updated December]
Many of the world's richest countries are also the world's smallest: the pandemic and the global economic slowdown barely made a dent in their huge wealth.
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Top 100 Richest Countries In The World [updated November]
What does it mean for a nation to be rich at a time of global pandemic, high inflation and geopolitical tensions? GDP per capita adjusted for relative purchasing power gives us an idea, albeit an imperfect one.
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Countries With The Most Debt
Government debt is just part of a country's debt load; companies and households borrow too.
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Countries with Highest GDP Growth
Economic growth is a marathon, not a sprint and while some nations have made plans for long-term progress, others have squandered their good fortune and resources.
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Economic Freedom by Country 2023
Global economic freedom has taken a sustained hit thanks to the aftershocks of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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The World’s Biggest Bankruptcies 2023
The global pandemic pushed many shaky companies to the edge of bankruptcy, the energy crisis and steep rate hikes sealed their fate. But some of them will emerge stronger and more profitable as a result.
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The World’s Most Indebted Companies 2023
Loans and bonds can be used sensibly to invest but too much debtcan be catastrophic for a company, especially if the economy goes south.
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Unemployment Rates Around the World 2023
Unemployment is simple enough to understand: it isan economic condition in which individuals seeking jobs remain un-hired. Yet measuring how many people are unemployed at any given moment in any given country is rather complex.
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Largest Companies In The World
Global Finance ranks the ten largest companies in the world by market capitalization.
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Countries with Lowest GDP Growth 2022
Afterrecessions economies often bounce back more vigorously than ever—unless they stumble across new obstacles along their way.
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World’s GDP Growth By Region 2022
World economic growth is slowing down and could result in a synchronized recession.