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Aug 7, 2017 · The heady days of 2001 – when Venezuela was the richest country on the continent – are long gone. The economy shrank by 18.6% last year. In 2017, it’s 35% smaller than it was in 2013, at least in terms of GDP, and 40% lower in GDP-per-capita terms. Inflation stood at an eye-watering 800% last year and there have been predictions it could ...
Accordingly, the recent rise in EV adoption has sent lithium production to new highs. The below infographic charts more than 25 years of lithium production by country from 1995 to 2021, based on data from BP’s Statistical Review of World Energy. Global lithium production has quadrupled since 2010. Image: Visual Capitalist.
Dec 10, 2021 · On average, an individual from the top 10% will earn $122,100, but an individual from the bottom half will earn just $3,920. And, when it comes to wealth (valuable assets and items over and above income), the gap is even wider. The poorest half of the global population owns just 2% of the global total, while the richest 10% own 76% of all wealth.
Oct 13, 2020 · This chart from Howmuch.net is based on World Bank data for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) for 2019. Only 16 economies had a GDP higher than $1 trillion, with the US by far the biggest economy at more than $21 trillion – making up just under a quarter of the global total of almost $88 trillion. China was the second largest at more than $14 ...
Nov 20, 2018 · Image: OECD. “In many countries, the depth as well as breadth of poverty has increased in recent years,” the OECD says in its report. “The income of children in low-income families has dropped, with the largest declines for children in families with the smallest incomes.”. November 20 is UNICEF’s World Children’s Day, which aims to ...
Oct 23, 2019 · 3. China has the most people in the top 10%: 100 million. In the 21st century, total household wealth in China has risen from $3.7 trillion to $63.8 trillion and it’s second only to the United States for total household wealth. It now has 4.4 million millionaires and reached a landmark this year, overtaking the US for the first time to become ...
Sep 12, 2017 · By 1950, as the rest of the world was struggling to recover from World War II, Venezuela had the fourth-richest GDP per capita on Earth. The country was 2x richer than Chile, 4x richer than Japan, and 12x richer than China! Image: Visual Capitalist. Unfortunately for Venezuela, this wealth wouldn’t last – and an over-reliance on oil would ...
Mar 8, 2017 · The GDP per capita listed represents the amount of wealth produced in 2016 and is expressed in international dollars. 30. Japan — GDP per capita: $38,893 (£31,732) 29. Finland — GDP per capita: $41,812 (£34,114) 28. France — GDP per capita: $42,384 (£34,581) 27. United Kingdom — GDP per capita: $42,513 (£34,686)
Apr 18, 2018 · The United States has the largest economy in the world at $20.4 trillion, according to data from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which shows the US economy increased from around $19.4 trillion last year. China follows, with $14 trillion, which is an increase of more than $2 trillion in comparison to 2017.
Feb 12, 2021 · Katharina Buchholz. The Norwegian Government Pension Fund is the largest of any sovereign wealth fund in the world, containing $1.1 trillion to date. Second is China's Investment Cooperation fund, which also manages a similarly large amount of assets of just above $1 trillion. Other sovereign wealth funds in the top eight are not nearly as big.
