For this report, we grouped countries into high-income and middle-income categories based on definitions from the World Bank. Fresh data delivered Saturday mornings Thank you for subscribing! Topics ...

Over the past three decades, cancer mortality rates in higher-income countries fell approximately 30%, while rates in lower-income countries climbed about 15%, according to the most recent Global ...

The US maternal mortality rate is higher than most high-income countries, with significant racial disparities, particularly among Black and Native American women. Effective policies include expanding ...

India is set to transition to an 'upper-middle income' country in the next four years, in 2030, joining the ranks of China and Indonesia, and become the third largest economy even earlier in 2028, an ...

AI innovation remains highly uneven—driven largely by a few high-income countries, while most middle and low-income countries play a marginal role.