Global Data Storieshttps://globaldatastories.com/See the story behind the numbers.en-gbToyota sells 11.3 million vehicles. Who can catch it?https://globaldatastories.com/stories/world-carmakers-2025/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/world-carmakers-2025/Toyota leads the global volume race, while BYD has become a mass-market force. Company filings reveal the scale—and the limits—of the comparison.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTEconomyWhich economies lean hardest on tourism? Mexico and Iceland lead this comparison.https://globaldatastories.com/stories/tourism-dependence-oecd/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/tourism-dependence-oecd/Tourism contributes 8.7% in both countries in the OECD’s latest comparison. The full picture depends on what is counted—and on who does the travelling.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTEconomyThe world’s biggest cinema chain? It depends on what you count.https://globaldatastories.com/stories/largest-cinema-chains/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/largest-cinema-chains/Cinépolis leads a ten-chain comparison by locations. AMC has more screens. The difference reveals two very different ways to build a cinema business.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTSociety$926 billion sent across borders. Where did the money go?https://globaldatastories.com/stories/global-remittances-2025/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/global-remittances-2025/India received $150.7 billion in personal remittances in 2025. A worldwide breakdown shows why the biggest recipient and the most dependent economy are different stories.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTEconomyThree countries could produce half the world’s output by 2040https://globaldatastories.com/stories/world-economy-2040/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/world-economy-2040/Cebr projects a $227 trillion world economy, with the US, China and India accounting for about half. Here is what the forecast says—and what nominal GDP leaves out.Mon, 09 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTWorldClean power crossed 40%. Fossil output still rose.https://globaldatastories.com/stories/clean-power-2024/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/clean-power-2024/The 2024 electricity mix shows why a cleaner share does not automatically mean less fossil generation.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTEnergySolar did most of the heavy lifting in 2024's renewable buildouthttps://globaldatastories.com/stories/solar-capacity-2024/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/solar-capacity-2024/Solar supplied more than three-quarters of the renewable generating capacity added worldwide in 2024.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTEnergyEV sales passed 17 million. The fleet changed more slowly.https://globaldatastories.com/stories/electric-cars-2024/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/electric-cars-2024/Electric cars took more than a fifth of new sales in 2024 but remained a much smaller share of cars already on the road.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTTechnologyData centres could nearly double their electricity use by 2030https://globaldatastories.com/stories/data-centres-power-2030/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/data-centres-power-2030/The IEA's 2026 outlook puts data-centre electricity demand at around 950 TWh in 2030, up from 485 TWh in 2025.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTTechnologyWhat 2024's 1.55°C temperature reading actually meanshttps://globaldatastories.com/stories/temperature-2024/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/temperature-2024/A single warm year and a long-term climate threshold are different measures, even when both are expressed in degrees.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTClimateThe world is still growing. Its population peak is getting closer.https://globaldatastories.com/stories/world-population-peak/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/world-population-peak/The UN's 2024 projection puts the global peak at roughly 10.3 billion people in the mid-2080s.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTSocietyTwo billion people are still offlinehttps://globaldatastories.com/stories/two-billion-offline/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/two-billion-offline/Internet use reaches 76% of the world's population in ITU's 2026 estimates, leaving a substantial gap.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTTechnologyTourism recovered. Its map changed.https://globaldatastories.com/stories/tourism-recovery-map/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/tourism-recovery-map/By 2024, some regions had moved well beyond pre-pandemic visitor numbers while others were still catching up.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTWorldThe $685bn sent homehttps://globaldatastories.com/stories/money-sent-home/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/money-sent-home/The World Bank's end-2024 estimate shows how large officially recorded remittance flows had become.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTEconomyShipping travelled further than trade grewhttps://globaldatastories.com/stories/shipping-longer-routes/https://globaldatastories.com/stories/shipping-longer-routes/In 2024, the distance-adjusted work of seaborne trade grew much faster than the amount of cargo.Thu, 05 Nov 2026 12:00:00 GMTEconomy