Over the next decade,
#climate
change and its consequences will pose the greatest risk to the world. Thatβs according to more than 1,000 leaders from academia, business and politics, who were asked to evaluate 32 global risks over a 2-year and a 10-year horizon.
After seeing its share price drop 65% in 2022 and 37 percent in December alone,
#Tesla
reported record vehicle deliveries for the fourth quarter and the full year on Monday. The
#electric
vehicle maker delivered 405,278 cars in the last three months of 2022.
Israel has the cheapest mobile
#internet
in the world, with one gigabyte costing on average just $0.04 in 2022. Italy places second in the global ranking, with a low cost of $0.12 per 1GB.
In 1913, 412 million people lived under the control of the British Empire, 23 percent of the world's population at that time. It remains the largest empire in human history and at the peak of its power in 1920, it covered an astonishing 13.71 million square miles.
Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Ethiopia and the United Arab Emirates formally joined the
#BRICS
group of major emerging economies on January 1, 2024, expanding the blocβs footprint in the Global South and growing its economic and political clout on the world stage.
Out of all nine ongoing megaprojects identified by 1Build, International Construction Magazine and Construction Review to cost $100 billion or more, four were being built in Arab
#Gulf
States.
India is the country with the most domestically trained doctors working abroad in the OECD β an organization of mostly developed countries. This is despite the fact that the density of doctors in India is very low in an international comparison.
With footwear sales of $29 billion in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2022 (plus $2 billion from Converse), Nike is the clear number 1 in the global sneakers market.
We have deleted an infographic that contained information we could not verify regarding the number of employees at
@Twitter
. The accuracy of our data is our top priority, but in this case, we humbly apologize for this oversight.
Singapore has topped the latest world education ranking informally known as PISA. As the following chart shows, several other countries and places in Asia feature high on the list, with Macau, Taiwan, Japan and South Korea rounding off the top 5.
Since the upswing in violence on Monday night, 35 people have been killed in Gaza with 5 deaths in Israel.
@UN
Middle East envoy Tor Wennesland urged both sides to "stop the fire immediately...we're escalating towards a full-scale war".
#israel
#gaza
By 2050, 70% of the worldβs population will live in cities, up from 54% in 2020, according to a new report by the Institute for Economics & Peace. This increase is being driven by both population growth and a continued shift towards urbanization.
India had the most people living abroad of any country worldwide in 2020, according to the UNβs latest data published in the World Migration Report 2022. Just under 17.9 million born in the country were recorded as living overseas as of the mid-year.
We just can't get enough of instant noodles! π
According to the World Instant Noodles Association, demand for the quick and cheap meal reached 106 billion servings in 2019, with South Koreans consuming the most on average, at 75+ servings annually.
The
#bicycle
as we know it today, with two similarly sized wheels and a chain drive system, was originally commercialized by John Starley and William Sutton in 1885. And since then, nothing better has been invented in terms of
#energy
efficient travel.
As this chart based on the LexisNexis PatentSight directory shows,
#Tencent
and
#Baidu
became the largest patent owners in
#machine
learning and
#AI
in 2021, each holding more than 9,000 active patent families. A family is a set of patents covering the same technical content.
According to data from Cox Automotiveβs Kelley Blue Book, four of the six best-selling electric
#cars
in the U.S. in the first nine months of 2022 were Teslas, with the companyβs most popular Model Y and Model 3 towering head and shoulders above the competition.
Taiwan is on top of the world when it comes to fast internet, with an average download speed of 153.51 Mbps - slightly ahead of second-placed France with 152.45 Mbps.
While βMade in Chinaβ has become a staple of our lives, that hasnβt always been the case. Our
#racingbar
shows Chinaβs breathtaking rise to the top of the worldβs merchandise exporters, while showing who dominated before
#globalization
became the all-conquering force it is today.
Do you know your
#iphone13
's origin story?
@Apple
's latest smartphone is a remarkable feat of international cooperation with parts coming from all over the globe.
According to preliminary data from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the world has just experienced the hottest week on record (average July 1-7). This follows the hottest June on record. At a regional scale, absolute temperature records are being broken around theβ¦
Most people trust the opinion of their social circle when making purchasing decisions. As data from Statista Consumer Insights shows, many also trust the friendly people who freely share their lives with us on social media and at least feel like our acquaintances: influencers.
#Samsung
,
#Apple
,
#Huawei
and
#Xiaomi
are among the largest smartphone manufacturers in the world, together reaching a global market share of more than 50 percent. While these brands are bought and used all over the world, they have still retained certain home turf advantages.
As this chart shows, thanks chiefly to the β¬77.1 billion in pledged financial aid, European Union institutions are the largest aid donors to Ukraine.
The United States is by far the worldβs biggest producer of
#oil
, having produced around 16.6 million barrels of oil on average per day in 2021. Saudi Arabia and Russia follow head to head in second and third place, According to data compiled by BP.
As the following chart shows, Asia is at the forefront of this trend, with Hong Kong, South Korea and Japan expected to have the highest share of people aged 65 and older by 2050.
The
#tourism
industry is slowly recovering from the
#pandemic
after having experienced its deepest shock in history, according to a newly published UN World Tourism Organization report.
According to the report, reasons for the countriesβ changes in performance include theβ¦
Out of all countries on the planet, Sweden has the most islands with 267,570, the majority of which are uninhabited. Even the capital of Stockholm is built across a 14-island archipelago with more than 50 bridges.
As
#Russia
continues its invasion of
#Ukraine
, Europe is at risk of sliding into an energy crisis due to a heavy reliance on Russian gas. Here's a look at the countries most at risk in the case of a gas freeze or embargo.
According to the Forbes Global 2000, Saudi state oil enterprise Saudi
#Aramco
is once again the world's most profitable company - this time with a big lead over second-placed
#Apple
as oil and gas prices skyrocketed as part of the global
#energy
crisis in the aftermath of theβ¦
The electric car manufacturer BYD sold more than 500,000 battery electric vehicles (BEV) worldwide in the fourth quarter of 2023 - elevating the Chinese company above the deliveries of its U.S. competitor Tesla for the first time.
Did you know that the richest man in the world, Bernard Arnault, could start spending a dollar each second (without accumulating further wealth and the dollar not inflating or deflating) and his current riches would still last him more than 5,000 years?
The latest edition of the study conducted by the NGO Germanwatch, the NewClimate Institute and the Climate Action Network stated that Denmark, Sweden and Chile were the countries faring the best in the βhighβ performance category, followed by Morocco and India.
According to United Nationsβ latest projections of global population, India surpassed China as the worldβs most populous country in April 2023. Having gradually closed the gap to China from more than 200 million people in 2000 to little more than 10 million in 2022, the UNβ¦
According to a list published today by Forbes, the biggest private
#companies
in the United States β and in the world β are Cargill and Koch Industries with 2022/23 revenues of around $177 billion and $125 billion, respectively. Somewhat behind are Publix Super Markets and Marsβ¦
Bernard Arnault (74) has been named the worldβs richest man of 2023 with an estimated fortune of $211 billion, according to Forbesβ 37th annual
#billionaires
list, released Tuesday.
#2023
has been eventful, to say the least, and a look at the biggest trending
@Google
searches can serve as a reminder for some of the events and situations that have shaped our world over the last 12 months.
Even with the share of
#renewables
in electricity production rising continuously over the past years,
#oil
remains the world's most important
#energy
source when factoring in transport and heating. 29 percent of the world's energy supply in 2020 came from oil, according to anβ¦
Developments in AI as well as the need for a greener future are disrupting jobs across an array of sectors, with many positions dwindling, as other areas grow.
Cigarette sales have declined more or less continuously over the past 40 years, dropping more than 50% since 2000 and almost 70% since smoking's heyday in the early 1980s.
According to data from the IMF, four out of the top 6 countries in the world by size of PPP
#GDP
in 2028 will be in Asia, relegating European
#economies
to lower ranks.
#Apple
made history on Friday by becoming the first company to reach a market capitalization of $3 trillion. Having briefly breached the milestone before in early 2022, the tech giant never closed above the three-trillion mark until now.
To the camera and photo equipment industry, the rise of
#smartphone
photography has had devastating effects. According to CIPA, a Japan-based industry group with members such as OM Digital Solutions (formerly Olympus), Canon and Nikon, worldwide camera shipments dropped by 93β¦
China and India had sent the most highly skilled
#migrants
abroad as of the latest available date. Yet, compared to the size of their populations, the numbers are comparably low.
China, Russia and Norway are the countries in the world which export much more than they import (in monetary terms) as the list was reshuffled following the Ukraine war energy crisis.
Exporters of now very expensive fossil fuels saw shifts in their trade balances towards moreβ¦
In an unprecedented year for elections, false information is one of the major
#threats
that people around the world will face according to experts surveyed for the World Economic Forumβs 2024 Global Risk Report.
Air
#pollution
is the greatest environmental health hazard to humankind, leading to over six million deaths a year and an economic cost that equates to over $8 trillion dollars. Thatβs according to the World Air Quality Report 2022 released by IQAir.
Finland leads the ranking of the world's happiest countries for the sixth year in a row, according to the 2023 World Happiness Report released on Monday.
The list of countries with the biggest share of the native-born population living in the
#diaspora
reveals stories of
#war
and displacement but also of
#economic
stagnation and a lack of perspectives.
According to estimates from Synergy Research Group,
#Amazon
βs market share in the worldwide cloud infrastructure market amounted to 34% in the third quarter of 2022, still exceeding the combined market share of its two largest competitors,
#Microsoft
Azure and
#Google
Cloud.
The Swiss are by far the largest savers among OECD countries. According to data from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the average savings rate for Swiss households is around 19 percent (data from 2022).
With a market share of 27 percent in the network infrastructure segment,
#Huawei
beat its European and U.S. competitors by margins of ten percent or more in 2020.
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This infographic, using data from The Institute for Economics and Peace's report 'Global Terrorism Index 2023', gives an overview of how the globe is currently impacted by
#terrorism
. Afghanistan is rated as the worst impacted nation in the world.
The arrest of former prime minister in Pakistan has led to nationwide uproar and protests. As this
#infographic
shows,
#Pakistan
is one of many countries around the world whose government has taken the step to disrupt internet services in response to some kind of civil unrest.
In times of high prices and high interest rates, the βBuy Now, Pay Laterβ model has emerged as a popular alternative to credit cards or other digital payment methods. PayPal with its interest-free βPay in 4β option is the most popular BNPL provider in the U.S. right now.
China is the global leader in digital payments, whether for online shopping or transactions in physical shops. Data from Statista's Consumer Insights shows that Alipay and WeChat Pay are the most popular digital payment platforms.
According to the latest World Robotics report, a record number of 553,000 industrial robots were newly installed last year. China alone accounted for more than half of new installations in 2022, making it by far the largest market in the world.
#ChatGPT
marked a turning point for artificial intelligence, allowing millions of users to experiment with generative AI. So, it may come as no surprise that the topic has become the most visited English
#Wikipedia
article this year.
As the following map shows, the most common blood group worldwide is O positive. Europe tells a slightly different story, however, with the majority of its countriesβ populations having A positive blood.
Happy
#BeerDay
π» A mini π§΅Over the past two decades, companies such as
@AnheuserBusch
@abinbev
,
@Heineken
or
@carlsberg
have consolidated hundreds of beer brands under their roofs, creating an illusion of choice for consumers around the world.
According to analysis by the U.S. Geological Survey, around 44 million tons of REO (rare earth oxides) lie dormant in the Chinese soil. The second largest stockpile is in Vietnam, but according to geologists' estimates, it is only half as large as China's, at 22 million REO tons.
Thousands of Russians took to the streets in protest in several cities since the invasion of Ukraine, and were met with heavy police presence.
As of Feb 28, almost 6,000 protestors were detained, according to group OVD-Info, with most people taken into police custody in Moscow.
Which countries eat the most meat? According to UN Food and Agriculture Organization
#data
reported by website Our World in data, the United States and Australia are the top of the global meat-eating league with more than 120 kg consumed per capita in 2020.
Nvidiaβs market capitalization jumped by nearly $200 billion on the morning of May 25. At the end of the trading day,
#Nvidia
βs market cap had increased by $184 billion to around $940 billion, making it one of the biggest-ever single-day gains in U.S.
#market
history.
The UK was the second biggest producer of
#oil
and
#gas
in Europe in 2021, according to data from the BP Statistical Review of World Energy 2022. As the following chart shows, only Norway surpassed the UK.
The Middle East and North Africa account for some 48 percent of the worldβs daily production of desalinated water, according to a report by BNC Intelligence. The following chart looks at some of the countries investing heavily in the industry, as water stress continues to rise.
As data from Statista Market Insights shows,
#Grok
, a name inspired by the science fiction comedy 'A Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy', will be entering an already crowded market.
#ChatGPT
is the current leader in terms of estimated user numbers, and has already been able toβ¦
International students make up 5.6 percent of the total U.S. student population. China remained the largest source country for international students with a grand total of 289,526 enrolled in undergraduate, graduate, non-degree and optional practicing training programs.
The United States'
#space
budget is far and away the largest on earth. With 62 billion dollars of expenditure on its space programs last year, U.S. government spending outweighed that of all other governments combined ($41 billion).
The rise of e-commerce has helped the concept of Black Friday discounts become a global phenomenon over the past decade. Black Friday has been getting bigger every year in terms of consumer interest, until the pandemic hit.
Did you know that King Louis XIV of France was the world's longest reigning
#monarch
? With seven decades in power,
#QueenElizabethII
was the second longest ruling monarch of a state that was internationally recognized as sovereign.
Every employee probably knows the difference between productive work and what a new report by software company Slack calls performative work - merely looking but not actually being busy. The data in the release shows that workers in some Asian countries - namely India, Japan andβ¦
π° The Bloomberg Billionaires IndexΒ shows that the world's most exclusive club is almost entirely an American affair at the moment. Among the ten people with net worths upwards of $100 billion as of Aug. 4, 2023, nine are American. The only exception is Frenchman Bernard Arnault.
According to the Anchor Change Election Cycle Tracker and additional research from Statista, 2024 is seeing national elections in more than 60 countries worldwide.
The legend of
#RafaelNadal
π΅ continues to grow after the Spaniard won
#RollandGarros
title
#14
and extended his lead over Djokovic and Federer for most Grand Slam titles. Will he go down as the GOAT?
More than half of the sunniest cities in
#Europe
are
#Spanish
, according to a report published by Holidu with data from World Weather Online. The best destination for catching daylight rays is Alicante, which receives an average of 349 hours of sunshine per month.
According to the CB Insights unicorn list, Chinese
#AI
and media company ByteBance is the highest-valued
#startup
β currently private, up-and-coming company β in the world. The parent company of TikTok is valued at $225 billion. ByteDance also runs content platform Toutiao inβ¦
Did you know that
#China
is now the top supplier of goods for over 30 nations in
#Africa
? According to our research expert, Julia Faria, "The value of Chinese exports to African countries jumped from five billion U.S. dollars to 110 billion."
#Africa
is the continent visited least by sitting U.S. presidents, with only 16 out of 54 African nations ever to receive a presidential visit. More uncharted territory for U.S. presidents can be found in Central Asia, where no president has ever ventured.
Democratic watchdog organization Freedom House has released its annual ranking of the world's most free and most suppressed nations. The report is considered a key barometer for global democracy and found that global freedom has declined for the 18th year straight.
This infographic shows countries in which there have been reports of armed clashes involving state forces and/or rebel groups in 2023. Even as early as April 28, and using this simplified definition, the presence of war across the world is extensive.
In a rivalry dating back to the pioneering days of personal computers, including parentsβ garages, scruffy beards and nerdy glasses,
#Microsoft
once again pulled ahead of
#Apple
, re-claiming the title of the worldβs most valuable public company.
#WhatsApp
is down around the globe, and this chart gives you an idea of just how many people this impacts. It seems
#MarkZuckerberg
can't catch a break lately.
According to a ranking published by Bloomberg last week, the Ambanis remain the wealthiest among Asiaβs families despite recent losses, owing their riches to the Reliance Industries conglomerate headquartered in Mumbai.
Tesla ended Q4 2023 with a net income of $7.9 billion and the full year with $15 billion in profits. While Elon Musk's company more than doubled its earnings between 2021 and 2022, this past year's growth was limited partly due to price reductions.
In 2023, mobile gaming revenue will amount to $92.6 billion worldwide with video games. With revenues of $1.8 billion in 2022 alone, Honor of Kings is the most successful game available for smartphones and tablets,, followed by PUBG Mobile and Genshin Impact.
Are you surprised by any of the world's highest-grossing companies? We thought there would be more
#tech
businesses represented on this list using data from our Company DB.
Google has been the market leader in online search for decades. To βGoogleβ something has even become a commonly accepted term. As our chart shows, when it comes to search engines, the product of parent company
#Alphabet
is hard to beat, especially in the mobile segment.