Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

As of October 2025, the World Economic Outlook database and supporting documents will be accessible through the IMF Data portal. The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the ...