Snapshots 2024

^{HIGHLY EDUCATED}

^{Countries with the largest share of the population holding at least a bachelor’s degree}

^{1. United Arab Emirates - 46.6%}

^{2. Lithuania - 38.1%}

^{3. United States - 37.5%}

^{4. United Kingdom - 37.3%}

^{5. Iceland - 36.6%}

^{6. Belgium - 35.3%}

^{7. Australia - 35.0%}

^{8. Netherlands - 34.8%}

^{9. Kazakhstan - 34.1%}

^{10. Georgia - 33.7%}

^{Source: World Bank, 2020}

^{RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD} 

^{Adherents as a percentage of global population}

^{Christianity 32.2%}

^{Islam 24.7%}

^{Hinduism 13.5%}

^{Nonreligious 11.2%}

^{Buddhism 6.9%}

^{Chinese Folk Religions 6.0%}

^{Ethnic Religions 3.5%}

^{New Religions 0.8%}

^{Other 0.6%}

^{Sikhism 0.4%}

^{Judaism 0.2%}

^{Source: World Religion Database, 2022}

^{HOW MUCH FOR THAT PHONE?} 

^{Percentage of average annual salary needed to buy an iPhone 14 (selected countries)} 

^{Nigeria - 69%}

^{Bangladesh - 59%}

^{Egypt - 50%}

^{India - 42%}

^{Indonesia - 39%}

^{Brazil - 28%}

^{Türkiye - 26%}

^{Mexico - 18%}

^{China - 12%}

^{United States - 1.8%}

^{Source: World of Statistics, 2023}

^{OFF THE GRID}

^{Number of internet shutdowns by country in 2022} 

^{(Most of the shutdowns were carried out intentionally by the government to stop the spread of information.)}

^{India - 84}

^{Ukraine - 22}

^{Iran - 18}

^{Myanmar - 7}

^{Bangladesh - 6}

^{Jordan - 4}

^{Libya - 4}

^{Sudan - 4}

^{Turkmenistan - 4}

^{Source: Access Now}

^{DRIVING AROUND} 

^{Number of motor vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants (selected countries)} 

^{COUNTRY / MOTOR VEHICLES PER 1,000 PEOPLE}

^{San Marino / 1,300}

^{Liechtenstein / 1,193}

^{United States / 890}

^{New Zealand / 884}

^{Canada / 790}

^{Australia / 782}

^{France / 668}

^{South Korea / 485}

^{China / 221}

^{North Korea / 1}

^{Source: World of Statistics, 2022}

^{BIG TALKERS} 

^{World’s most spoken languages} 

^{(both native and non-native worldwide speakers, in millions)}

^{1. English - 1,452}

^{2. Mandarin Chinese - 1,118}

^{3. Hindi - 602}

^{4. Spanish - 548}

^{5. French - 274}

^{6. Standard Arabic - 273.9}

^{7. Bengali - 272}

^{8. Russian - 258}

^{9. Portuguese - 257.6}

^{10. Urdu - 231}

^{Source: Ethnologue.com, 2022; Figures Rounded}