The COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, rapidly spreading across countries, is becoming a global phenomenon, having a strong impact on the human existence of specific countries and the entire world community. The study of the tools and specifics of the actions of various states to overcome the coronavirus and reduce its economic results allows us to identify common and specific difficulties for all countries, to assess forecasts for overcoming the crisis. Relevance of the research topic. The author considers the world experience of business development in the conditions of recovery from the economic crisis. Subject of research: anti-crisis measures, state instruments used in countries with different levels of development. Object of research: foreign and domestic experience of individual states in overcoming the crisis caused by the COVID-19 coronavirus infection. The purpose of the study. Identification of the features of the current global crisis caused by the pandemic, consideration of anti-crisis measures taken by the governments of individual states to overcome the crisis. The method or methodology of the work: general scientific, description, method of expert assessments, etc. The scientific novelty of this work lies in the review of the directions of measures-support for business, the population and the need to concentrate the efforts of state governments to support entrepreneurship for the rapid recovery of countries from the crisis. Results: the article establishes the patterns of the global economy’s recovery from the crisis caused by the epidemic on the example of groups of countries. The difference between the crisis caused by the pandemic and the previous ones, which occurs mainly in the areas of production and consumption, is established. Scope of application of the results: the results obtained should be used in the development of strategies and tactics for states ‘ recovery from the global crisis. The conclusions are formulated that the COVID-19 pandemic is developing into a large-scale economic crisis and can lead to significant changes in the modern world economy.