Ethiopia has a population of about 113 million, according to the Human Development Report 2021/2022. The country in northeastern Africa faces various challenges such as rapid population growth, locust infestations, droughts, progressive soil erosion and resource shortages. The Tigray conflict...

The People's Republic of Bangladesh has a population of about 165 million, according to the Human Development Report 2021/2022. Although the poverty rate is declining, about 24 % of the population lived in poverty in 2018, according to the World Bank. Cox's Bazar in the south of the country is home...

According to the Human Development Report 2021/2022, twelve million people live in the Republic of Burundi. More than half of the population are Christians. A civil war raged from 1993 to 2005. To date, the country has barely recovered from its consequences. In addition, the people are struggling...

After the Hutu genocide of the Tutsi in 1994, the human rights situation in Rwanda has improved for its more than 13 million inhabitants, according to the Human Development Report 2021/2022. However, restrictions on freedom of expression, media freedom and freedom of association remain problematic...

Poverty and hunger are widespread in Uganda despite economic growth. Climate change threatens the country's development. Extreme droughts are affecting the country's population of around 46 million, according to the Human Development Report 2021/2022. Crop failures are occurring. Only just under...

According to the Human Development Report 2021/2022, eleven million people live in Haiti. The island nation has not yet recovered from the consequences of the severe earthquake in 2010 and the renewed quakes in 2021. Poverty, a high illiteracy rate and a deficient health care system determine the...

According to the Human Development Report 2021/2022, Kenya is home to around 55 million people from more than 40 ethnic groups. Conditions in the country are characterised by great regional differences. Serious human rights violations, high infant and maternal mortality rates, ethnic conflicts and...

According to the Human Development Report 2021/2022, the majority of Malawi's nearly 20 million inhabitants live from agriculture. Large parts of the country are regularly hit by weather extremes such as droughts. Harvests fail, straining the nutritional situation of many smallholder farmers.

With over 17 million inhabitants according to the Human Development Report 2021/2022, Guatemala is the most populous state in Central America. The country has experienced dictatorships and prolonged civil wars in the 20th century. Gang crime, environmental problems caused by rigid mining, great...