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SocietyTop 10
The countries with the tallest people
The average height of 19-year-old women and men in 191 countries, in 2019, estimated by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration from population studies. Ranked by the average of the two.
MoneyRanking race
The biggest economies in the world, 1870 to 2022
Which countries produce the most? Every country's GDP since 1870, adjusted for prices and the cost of living (purchasing power parity), from the Maddison Project Database of the University of Groningen.
HistoryWorld map
The end of leaded gasoline, 1986 to 2021
The year each country banned leaded gasoline (petrol) for cars and trucks. Japan first, in 1986; Algeria last, in July 2021.
TechOut of 100
Out of 100 web searches, which engine?
Out of 100 web searches in 2025, how many went to Google, Bing, Yandex, Yahoo! or DuckDuckGo? And in which countries does another engine come first?
GeographyRoad trip
How long to visit every Tim Hortons in Canada?
The 3,569 Tim Hortons in OpenStreetMap that a road reaches (3,886 according to the company), one coffee in each, by car: the real trip by road, worked out leg by leg.
ScienceTo scale
From the coldest to the hottest: every temperature
From the coldest temperature ever made in a lab (38 pK) to the hottest, at the LHC: every temperature on a log scale in kelvins.
ScienceLive counters
Earth is racing through space
The Earth spins (465 m/s at the equator), circles the Sun (29.78 km/s), the Sun circles the Galaxy (251.5 km/s) and the Galaxy races through the Universe (about 565 km/s). Each speed has its own frame of reference.
TechLine race
Who uses the Internet around the world, 2005 to 2025
The share of people who used the Internet in the last three months. Worldwide, it went from 15.6% in 2005 to 73.6% in 2025. By region in 2025, from 95.6% (North America) to 35.7% (Sub-Saharan Africa).
ScienceMap of events
Fireballs exploding in the sky, on the map
The fireballs seen by US government sensors from 1988 to 2026 (NASA/JPL CNEOS): 888 have a position and are on the map, 186 more have none. Dot size follows the energy of the blast, in kilotons of TNT.
MoneyTop 10
Where a Big Mac costs the most
The price of a Big Mac converted to US dollars at market exchange rates: The Economist's Big Mac index, July 2026 edition.
ScienceRanking race
The space race, 1957 to 2025
How many objects has each country launched into space? Satellites, probes, landers, crewed spacecraft and station modules, from 1957 to 2025, from the United Nations register (UNOOSA).
SocietyWorld map
The abolition of the death penalty, 1840 to 2025
The year each country abolished the death penalty, according to Amnesty International. At the end of 2025, 145 countries out of 199 had abolished it in law or practice.
TechOut of 100
Out of 100 smartphones sold, which brand?
Out of 100 smartphones shipped in the world in 2025, how many Apple, Samsung, Xiaomi? Total: 1.26 billion devices according to IDC.
SocietyLine race
Life expectancy around the world, 1950 to 2023
How many years a baby born that year would live on average, country by country. Worldwide, it went from 46 to 73 years since 1950.
ClimateRanking race
The countries emitting the most CO₂, 1850 to 2024
Who polluted the planet the most, year after year? Every country's yearly CO₂ emissions since 1850, from Global Carbon Project data.
ScienceLive counters
Nature, live
Lightning, rain and trees lost, at their real speed: every counter is worked out from published yearly averages.
ScienceMap of events
Every earthquake of 2025, on the map
All 8,558 earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 or more recorded worldwide in 2025 by the USGS, at their date and place: 23.4 a day.
HistoryWorld map
When women got the right to vote, 1890 to 2025
The year virtually all women citizens of each country could vote in national elections, whatever their wealth, education or race. 190 countries out of 195 today.
GeographyRoad trip
How long to visit every bakery in France?
The 29,207 bakeries mapped in OpenStreetMap (about 34,000 in France), one baguette in each, by car: the real trip by road, worked out leg by leg.
ScienceTo scale
How deep does the ocean go? At real scale
From the surface to the bottom of the Mariana Trench (10,935 m): records, animals, wrecks and ocean zones at their real depth.
SocietyTop 10
The countries that drink the most alcohol
How much pure alcohol each person aged 15 and over drinks in a year, on average, in 188 countries: beer, wine, spirits and unrecorded alcohol. WHO estimate for 2023.
ClimateOut of 100
Where the world's electricity comes from
Out of 100 kWh made in the world in 2025, how many come from coal, gas, the sun or the wind? Total generation: 31,772 TWh.