The poorest nations are getting further left behind as the wealthiest ones recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, a new U.N. report finds.
Almost 40% of global trade is concentrated in the richest three or four countries, while Amazon, Apple and Microsoft, the three largest technology companies in 2021, each had a stock market value greater than the GDP of more than 90% of the United Nations' 193 member nations that year, the U.N. Development Program reported on Wednesday.
Sustainable Development Goals — Africa — U.N. Development Program (UNDP) — Switzerland — Norway — Iceland — China — Denmark — Sweden — Germany — Ireland — Singapore — Australia — Netherlands — United States (U.S.) — Luxembourg — Sierra Leone — Burkina Faso — Yemen — Burundi — Mali — Chad — Niger — Central African Republic — South Sudan — Somalia
