自然与生物多样性
Which foods need the most water to produce?
We're all by now familiar with the term 'carbon footprint', but what about our water footprint? While most people have their upcoming bill in mind when taking a long shower or watering th...
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工作与未来
These countries are most invested in professional development
Globalization, digitization and now the Covid crisis: the world of work is constantly changing. That's why many people in the workforce are investing in professional training, such as lan...
健康与医疗系统
Rent or buy? These countries have the most renters vs. homeowners
Location is famously everything when it comes to real estate, but as data from the Statista Global Consumer Survey shows, it's not just the price which is affected by where property is lo...
公平、多样性和包容性
It will take another 136 years to close the global gender gap
Based on 2020 trends, the global gender gap was not expected to be closed for another 100 years. Already a mammoth prospect, but according to the latest WEF estimates for 2021, the world ...
韧性、和平与安全
These countries host the most refugees
In the latest UNHCR report on forced displacement, the agency warned that: "Despite an urgent appeal from the U.N. Secretary-General on 23 March 2020 calling for a global ceasefire to add...
These are the world's top 10 postal services
In a new report, the Universal Postal Union looks at the postal services of 170 countries and ranks them based on four main components - reliability, reach, relevance and resilience. Top ...
气候行动
This chart shows the spiralling costs of California's wildfires
By around this time last year, 118 thousand acres had been burned by 4,927 wildfires in California. So far in 2020 this figure is at an astounding 2.3 million acres caused by 7,606 fires....
健康与医疗系统
EU growth forecasts have been downgraded - here's what it means
In its Summer Forecast published on the 7th of July, the European Commission downgraded its own projection from earlier in the year, making for an even grimmer outlook for the EU economy ...
健康与医疗系统
How coronavirus is spreading around the globe - an infographic
At the time of writing, the United States had reported 76 cases of COVID-19 with two deaths, both in Washington state. The number of infected people is still very small though, with the d...
健康与医疗系统
How many confirmed cases of coronavirus are there?
The spread of the coronavirus from the Chinese city of Wuhan continues at a fast pace, with almost 80,000 confirmed cases globally as of 13:30 GMT on 24 February. The virus, officially na...
自然与生物多样性
This is the staggering cost of California's wildfires
Starting in July last year and continuing into November, California suffered its largest wildfire ever (accurately) recorded. The Mendocino Complex Fire engulfed 459 thousand acres and ca...
How many websites do you think exist? Your guess won't come close
On 6 August 1991, British physicist Tim Berners-Lee at CERN in Switzerland published the first ever website, the WorldWideWeb (W3). By the end of 1992 there were ten websites online and, ...
循环经济
The mobile industry contributes nearly $4 trillion to the global economy. It's more important than ever
The mobile revolution has completely changed our lives, and as data from GSMA shows, it has had the same effect on the global economy. Last year, 4.6 percent of global GDP came from the m...
工作与未来
These are the most hated bits of office jargon
Most people working in an office have come across at least one of these at some point, and most will have cringed inside upon encountering them. It might be a British thing, but hearing t...
新兴技术
This is how much time your children are spending staring at screens
Do you have the feeling your child spends most of its life glued to a screen? The good news is, you're not alone in thinking this, the bad news - your assumption is probably correct. Acco...