Global Risks Report 2025

Global Risks Report 2025, World Economic Forum, January 2025

Instability and low-growth

According to the World Economic Forum, the world faces a set of risks that feel both wholly new and eerily familiar.

The Global Risks Report 2025 explores some of the most severe risks we may face over the next decade. As we stand on the edge of a low-growth and low-cooperation era, tougher trade-offs risk eroding climate action, human development and future resilience.