Toyota sells 11.3 million vehicles. Who can catch it?
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.
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Which economies lean hardest on tourism? Mexico and Iceland lead this comparison.
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.
The world’s biggest cinema chain? It depends on what you count.
Cinépolis leads a ten-chain comparison by locations. AMC has more screens. The difference reveals two very different ways to build a cinema business.
$926 billion sent across borders. Where did the money go?
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.
Three countries could produce half the world’s output by 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.
Clean power crossed 40%. Fossil output still rose.
The 2024 electricity mix shows why a cleaner share does not automatically mean less fossil generation.
Solar did most of the heavy lifting in 2024's renewable buildout
Solar supplied more than three-quarters of the renewable generating capacity added worldwide in 2024.
EV sales passed 17 million. The fleet changed more slowly.
Electric cars took more than a fifth of new sales in 2024 but remained a much smaller share of cars already on the road.
Data centres could nearly double their electricity use by 2030
The IEA's 2026 outlook puts data-centre electricity demand at around 950 TWh in 2030, up from 485 TWh in 2025.
What 2024's 1.55°C temperature reading actually means
A single warm year and a long-term climate threshold are different measures, even when both are expressed in degrees.
The world is still growing. Its population peak is getting closer.
The UN's 2024 projection puts the global peak at roughly 10.3 billion people in the mid-2080s.
Two billion people are still offline
Internet use reaches 76% of the world's population in ITU's 2026 estimates, leaving a substantial gap.
Tourism recovered. Its map changed.
By 2024, some regions had moved well beyond pre-pandemic visitor numbers while others were still catching up.
The $685bn sent home
The World Bank's end-2024 estimate shows how large officially recorded remittance flows had become.
Shipping travelled further than trade grew
In 2024, the distance-adjusted work of seaborne trade grew much faster than the amount of cargo.
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