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What world regions are the happiest?

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What world regions are the happiest?

As already expected – western regions (including North America and Oceania which consist only of Australia and New Zealand in this dataset) tend to be happier than the rest of the world, and Africa and most of Asia are least happy. What is interesting, that the world average seems quite low – this is due to a large number of countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, and really small numbers of countries in the happiest regions.

What: Happiness score from the World Happiness Report. Not weighted averages by country. For most regions, maximum and minimum values were removed from the calculation.
When: Published 2019
Where: World regions modified from WB classification.
Source: WHR

What countries are the happiest?

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What countries are the happiest?

The answer is simple – Scandinavian countries. General trends are seen quite clearly – western countries (including Australia and New Zealand) take the lead, those from the far east are rare, and Africa is not present at the top at all.

What: Happiness score from the World Happiness Report. I am aware that this measure of happiness is disputed.
When: They say it’s 2019, but it’s the date of publishing.
Where: Top 30 countries of the world.
Source: WHR

Does investment correlate with growth?

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Does investment correlate with growth?

I dare to say some very general upward trend is visible by a naked eye. The correlation coefficient is only 24%, but positive after all.

What: Investment or gross capital formation as a percent of GDP in current local currency, GDP per capita growth.
When: Investment in 2017, and GDP growth in 2018 (because there should be a lag before the investment kicks in and GDP starts to grow)
Where: Countries that have both statistics.
Source: IMF for Investment and WB for GDP

What countries invest the most?

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What countries invest the most?

Behold these exotic countries! It seems that out of often mentioned countries only China is at the top of this list.
The graph makes sense – the less developed the country, the more investment it needs.

What: Investment or gross capital formation as a percent of GDP in current local currency. It is measured by the total value of the gross fixed capital formation and changes in inventories and acquisitions less disposals of valuables for a unit or sector.
When: 2018
Where: World
Source: IMF WEO report April 2019

How related are government debt and GDP per capita?

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How related are government debt and GDP per capita?

This graph is for you to observe the nonexistence of any relationship. The correlation between these two datasets is only 9%. Every region has values across a wide range of debt values, however, each regions’ GDP variation is specific to that region. Conclusion – debt does not mean a better life. I guess – ways of using it do.

What: General government gross debt as a percent of GDP and GDP per capita at constant prices of 2010 in USD.
When: 2018
Where: Countries that have both statistics.
Source: IMF and WB

What governments are the most indebted in the world?

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What governments are the most indebted in the world?

As expected – overdeveloped Japan and troublesome Greece lead, however, the following positions are really versatile, there are absolutely no clues to support the idea that more developed countries are indebted more.

* I have read rumours that China is hiding their actual debt via various schemes with government-owned banks. Their debt might be larger. It’s 50% according to the data I have.

What: General government gross debt as a percent of GDP. I wanted to use net debt, but it was not available for most countries.
When: mostly estimates for 2018
Where: World
Source: IMF WEO report April 2019

How indebted are governments around the world?

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How indebted are governments around the world?

Seems like the more advanced the economy the more indebted it is. Is debt a fuel for growth? Or is it a by-product of it?

What: General government gross debt as a percent of GDP. I wanted to use net debt, but it was not available for most regions.
When: estimates for 2018
Where: regions provided by IMF
Source: IMF WEO report April 2019

Which market is the biggest?

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Which market is the biggest?

I tried to find which market is the biggest in terms of average daily trading volume. Seems that the one we talk least about is the biggest one – it’s derivatives market. What are they? Many people don’t even know!

What: Daily turnover, USD billion
When: Indicated on the graph
Where: World
Source: WFE, BIS, CMC

P.S. The use of a 3D chart requires additional justification: I wanted to show that Cryptocurrencies do exist – they would be invisible without 3D.

Which currency has the biggest value of coins and banknotes in the world if we include cryptocurrencies?

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Which currency has the biggest value of coins and banknotes in the world if we include cryptocurrencies?

I assume cryptocurrencies are coins. At the end of 2017, there were 3 cryptocurrenciens among top 15.

What: Total banknotes and coins in circulation for normal currencies, market capitalization for cryptocurrencies, USD billion
When: 2017, end of year
Where: 21 major world currency + cryptocurrencies
Source: BIS and CMC

Which currency has the biggest value of coins and banknotes in the world?

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Which currency has the biggest value of coins and banknotes in the world?

Bank of International Settlements has some statistics for this. The dollar is leading, but not as much as in reserves!

What: Total banknotes and coins in circulation, USD billion
When: 2017, end of year
Where: 21 major world currency
Source: BIS

P.S. The use of the donut chart requires additional justification. All the currencies together make 100%. I’m curious how much 2 biggest, 3 biggest, 4 biggest currencies make up together.

Do the development of a country cause higher suicide rates? Or is it culture?

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Do the development of a country cause higher suicide rates? Or is it culture?

After quickly analyzing the most developed countries (HDI >0,8), I noticed that grouping countries according to some culture related patterns is quite easy. More analysis should be done (by someone else), but seems, that suicides have more to do with culture than development. Some cultures are able to handle development better, some – worse.

What: Suicide rate vs human development index
When: Suicide rate – 2016, HDI – 2017
Where: Countries with HDI > 0,8
Source: Suicide rate – WHO, HDI – UNDP