Given the size of their populations, many people generally assume that the world's largest employers are Chinese or Indian. However, according to research published by the World Economic Forum ...

The World Economic Forum makes the point that one unifying theme of this year's research is that the globe's most competitive economies all have room for improvement.

The infographic shows 40 of the world’s largest economies, ... India accounts for 2.83 percent of the world economy, Brazil 2.39 percent, and Nigeria 0.65 percent.

COVID-19 has thrown the world economy off its growth trajectory and it is not expected to surpass pre-pandemic output before 2022.

But the U.S. has an economy so large that it will actually remain somewhat stable–albeit no longer in a position of leadership. That is, barring any economic meltdowns or wars. Cross your fingers!

A fabricated infographic illustrating the predicted diet in 2030 was not created by the World Economic Forum. A spokesperson said it's fake.

A new report from McKinsey Global Institute says that the top 600 global urban centers (based on GDP) account for more than half of the world's GDP. By 2025 that number is expected to jump to 60 ...

Controversy over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which will become the largest dam in Africa when it is completed in 2017, stems from a long history of disputes along the Nile River’s 10 ...

The piece was designed by Florian Kräutli, for Visualizing.org‘s World Water Day Challenge, a $5,000 prize offered by GE for the best visualization of the world’s water woes.(The winner will ...