Economy

Every country drawn to scale by Everything Econ. Germany's rectangle in the treemap sits fractionally larger than America's — by roughly $100 million across a combined total of more than $55 billion. That visual near-tie, barely distinguishable to the eye, marks the first time in the recorded history of Official Development Assistance that the United

Every country drawn to scale by Everything Econ. China generated 10,583 TWh of electricity in 2025, accounting for 35.75% of all electricity produced on Earth. Add up the United States (4,520 TWh), India (2,082 TWh), Russia (1,193 TWh), and Japan (1,030 TWh), and the total still falls short of China alone. The treemap accompanying this

Every country drawn to scale by Everything Econ. The treemap accompanying this article makes one fact impossible to ignore before you read a single label: one cell occupies roughly three-fifths of the entire chart. That cell is China, which held 44 million electric vehicles on its roads at the end of 2025, equal to 59.83%

Every country drawn to scale by Everything Econ. The treemap accompanying this article makes the central fact of global container shipping impossible to ignore: China's rectangle occupies roughly a third of the entire chart, and the gap between it and the United States is itself larger than the entire European continent's combined throughput. China moved

Which Countries Have the World’s Strongest Currencies? Exchange rates tell you how far a unit of one country's money goes when converted into US dollars. A rate above 1.00 means a single unit of that currency buys more than one dollar — a sign of strength. Below 1.00, and you need many units to match

The Countries Where the Most — and Fewest — Babies Are Born Every year, the World Bank counts how many babies are born for every 1,000 people living in a country. That single number, known as the crude birth rate, reveals a great deal about a society: its healthcare, its economy, the choices available to

Which Countries Are Betting the Most on Their Own Future? Every year, countries make a choice: spend what they have today, or invest it in something that will pay off tomorrow. Gross fixed capital formation — in plain terms, the share of a country's total output that goes into buildings, machinery, roads, and infrastructure —

The Countries Where Most People Still Farm for a Living In much of the world, farming has quietly faded into the background — a shrinking slice of how people earn a living. But in dozens of countries, it remains the dominant way of life. This ranking measures the share of each country's workforce employed in

What Share of a Country’s Budget Goes to Soldiers, Not Schools? Every government carves up its spending between things like healthcare, education, pensions and defence. This ranking looks at that last slice: the percentage of total government spending that goes to the military, rather than anything else. It's a different question from simply asking how

Which Country Is Pouring Almost Everything It Earns Into Its Army? Military spending as a share of GDP measures how much of a country's total economic output goes towards its armed forces, rather than schools, hospitals, roads or anything else. It's a better gauge of national priorities than raw dollar figures, because a small, poor