World Social Report 2025:
The United Nations released the World Social Report 2025, highlighting the urgent need for a new global policy consensus focused on equity, economic security, and solidarity amid rising insecurity, inequality, and declining trust worldwide.
World Social Report 2025:
- 60% of the global population experiences economic insecurity, with over 690 million people still in extreme poverty.
- Despite poverty reduction gains, income inequality widened in two-thirds of countries; the richest 1% hold more wealth than 95% of humanity.
- Informal and precarious employment remains dominant, especially in Africa and South Asia, leading to unstable incomes and vulnerability.
- More than 50% of people globally report low or no trust in governments, driven by economic distress, misinformation, and governance failures.
- One in five people faced climate shocks and one in seven endured conflicts in 2024, reversing development gains and fuelling insecurity.
- Over 1 billion people lifted out of extreme poverty since 1995; improvements noted in literacy, life expectancy, and access to basic services.
- Weak social protection, unfair taxation, and underinvestment in public goods continue to widen the gap between rich and poor nations.
- The report urges building inclusive, equitable, and resilient societies through fair taxation, universal social protection, and renewed multilateralism
