World's happiest countries for those aged under 30. 1. ๐ฑ๐น Lithuania 2. ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel 3. ๐ท๐ธ Serbia 4. ๐ฎ๐ธ Iceland 5. ๐ฉ๐ฐ Denmark 6. ๐ฑ๐บ Luxembourg 7. ๐ซ๐ฎ Finland 8. ๐ท๐ด Romania 9. ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands 10. ๐จ๐ฟ Czech Republic (Gallup)
Share of global arms exports between 2019-23. ๐บ๐ธ US: 42% ๐ซ๐ท France: 11% ๐ท๐บ Russia: 11% ๐จ๐ณ China: 5.8% ๐ฉ๐ช Germany: 5.6% ๐ฎ๐น Italy: 4.3% ๐ฌ๐ง UK: 3.7% ๐ช๐ธ Spain: 2.7% ๐ฎ๐ฑ Israel: 2.4% ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea: 2% ๐น๐ท Turkey: 1.6% ๐ณ๐ฑ Netherlands: 1.2% ๐ธ๐ช Sweden: 0.8% ๐ต๐ฑ Poland: 0.7% (SIPRI)
World's happiest cities, 2025. 1. ๐ฆ๐ช Abu Dhabi, UAE 2. ๐จ๐ด Medellรญn, Colombia 3. ๐ฟ๐ฆ Cape Town, South Africa 4. ๐ฒ๐ฝ Mexico City, Mexico 5. ๐ฎ๐ณ Mumbai, India 6. ๐จ๐ณ Beijing, China 7. ๐จ๐ณ Shanghai, China 8. ๐บ๐ธ Chicago, US 9. ๐ช๐ธ Seville, Spain 10. ๐ฆ๐บ Melbourne, Australia 11. ๐ฌ๐ง Brighton, UK 12. ๐ต๐น Porto, Portugal 13. ๐ฆ๐บ Sydney, Australia 14. ๐น๐ญ Chiang Mai, Thailand 15. ๐ฒ๐ฆ Marrakech, Morocco 16. ๐ฆ๐ช Dubai, UAE 17. ๐ป๐ณ Hanoi, Vietnam 18. ๐ฎ๐ฉ Jakarta, Indonesia 19. ๐ช๐ธ Valencia, Spain 20. ๐ฌ๐ง Glasgow, UK (TimeOut)
GDP growth, 2025. ๐ต๐ญ Philippines: 5.4% ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia: 4.9% ๐ฐ๐ญ Cambodia: 4.8% ๐จ๐ณ China: 4.8% ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia: 4.5% ๐ธ๐ฌ Singapore: 2.2% ๐น๐ญ Thailand: 2% ๐ฏ๐ต Japan: 1.1% ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea: 0.9% ๐ฒ๐ฒ Myanmar: -2.7% (IMF projection)
Government debt as a share of GDP ๐ฏ๐ต Japan: 234% ๐จ๐ณ China: 96% ๐ฎ๐ณ India: 80% ๐ต๐ฐ Pakistan: 73% ๐ฒ๐พ Malaysia: 70% ๐น๐ญ Thailand: 64% ๐ต๐ญ Philippines: 58% ๐ฐ๐ท South Korea: 54% ๐ฆ๐บ Australia: 50% ๐ฎ๐ฉ Indonesia: 41% ๐ง๐ฉ Bangladesh: 40% ๐ป๐ณ Vietnam: 33%
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