The headquarters of the World Bank is located in :
Washington DC, USA
The World Bank was created at the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944 together with the International Monetary Fund. Its original institution, the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD), began operations in 1946.
The World Bank Group, and its sister institution the IMF, have their headquarters in Washington, D.C., United States, as of 2026.
New York hosts the United Nations headquarters, London hosts bodies such as the International Maritime Organization, and Geneva hosts the World Health Organization and the World Trade Organization, but none of them is the seat of the World Bank.
Washington DC, USA option is correct.
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