Data discoveries of the week, presented in charts. We look at data on India’s credit card usage, wind power capacity and the Gov’s successful DBT scheme, world population visualised with 1000 people and more.
- India’s data center economy. ?
Data centers are facilities with storage systems that store, process & distribute large amounts of data. The Indian data center industry is expected to rise by US$ 8.0 bn by 2026. A look at where data centres are located in India ?? #ChartOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/uKgX2WmdGZ
— Kuvera (@Kuvera_In) December 15, 2023
2. India’s Nov 2023 GST numbers. ?
GST revenue collection for November 2023, at ₹1,67,929 lakh crore, records the highest growth rate of 15% year-over-year. #GST
1/2 pic.twitter.com/xPoLBytOL6— Kuvera (@Kuvera_In) December 14, 2023
3. Credit card spending hit a record high in October ’23. ?
Responding to industry calls for transparency, particularly after strikes, Netflix yesterday published viewership statistics for over 18,000 titles. Here are the most watched shows on Netflix from Jan – June 2023. 1/2 #netflix #ChartOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/vHNP4fBZTp
— Kuvera (@Kuvera_In) December 13, 2023
4. Retail data on India’s automobile industry.
November 2023 marks a historic feat in the history of the Indian Auto Retail Industry, with an impressive sale of 28.54 lakh vehicles recorded. Here's the breakdown of the sales across categories ?#ChartOfTheDay #vehicles pic.twitter.com/MTDrsCTeIQ
— Kuvera (@Kuvera_In) December 12, 2023
5. Latest data from AMFI on the mutual fund numbers.
https://x.com/Kuvera_In/status/1734128398400999790?s=20
6. In 2019-20, less than a fifth Of the millions of workers who worked in India’s factories were women. This share has remained largely unchanged for over two decades.
2 interesting facts:
– There are just 8mn people employed in India’s formal manufacturing. 19.7% of these are women.
– 72% of all women working in industry are employed in just 4 southern states: Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Kerala.https://t.co/2GsmQ14tPP— Gaurav Dalmia (@gdalmiathinks) November 26, 2023
7. Interesting data on global public debt.
With the Covid-19 pandemic and the measures taken to support the economy during the crisis, the level of public debt has significantly increased worldwide. However, with the return of growth, the average public debt has decreased globally. pic.twitter.com/u7uZcUg9qC
— Statista (@StatistaCharts) December 8, 2023
8. Percentage of world debt by country.
Visualizing $97 Trillion of Global Debt in 2023 ?https://t.co/VQzWRhelax pic.twitter.com/MMIRqoWxkL
— Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) December 6, 2023
9. India’s retail inflation went up in Nov. ??
Retail inflation in November was the fastest in three months, but there's a catch.
About half of #CPI basket items, with a combined weight of 55.6%, are now within the #RBI's inflation tolerance range of 2-6%, indicating moderation.Read here: https://t.co/xdi6Wgv3qE pic.twitter.com/JchdCY92Jb
— Manjul Paul (@ManjulPaul) December 15, 2023
10. Men to women ratio of Nobel laureates.
2023 has been a banner year for women at the #NobelPrize, as four female laureates stand opposite seven male honorees. Perhaps more importantly though, 3 women were honored in fields that have been heavily male-dominated since the Nobel Prize's inception in 1901. pic.twitter.com/d7AQNnMfxL
— Statista (@StatistaCharts) December 11, 2023
11. India rules over Emerging markets like a boss ? leading across indices like real GDP growth, PMI Manufacturing.
#MintEmergingMarketsTracker | Launched in Sept 2019, Mint's Emerging Markets Tracker provides a summary of economic activity across 10 large emerging markets based on seven high-frequency indicators. With a composite score of 79, India topped the EM league table in September pic.twitter.com/nMLLPlNvK5
— Mint (@livemint) November 27, 2023
12. By 2019, India overtook China in labour productivity.
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I'm thrilled to witness India's remarkable surge in productivity. Recent data paints a compelling picture, with India exceeding China's growth in both productivity levels and worker hours between 2011 and 2019.#India #Productivity #GlobalEconomy #EconomicGrowth #Investment pic.twitter.com/Yt20ECX3ZW— Preet Sonawala (@preetsonawala) December 12, 2023
13. Other than India and Japan, commercial property investments in most of Asia declined in 2023.
From Singapore to South Korea, commercial property deals falter
Japan and India are bright spots, although most real estate investors remain wary: https://t.co/OIFRJPoJuM pic.twitter.com/wuJCHO4nr6
— Nikkei Asia (@NikkeiAsia) December 15, 2023
14. Private equity firms have record cash reserves of $2.5T globally, which could lead to a significant uptick in M&A deals.
Private equity firms, which invest in companies that are not publicly-listed, are sitting on a record $2.5T in cash reserves ?️
Our sponsor @CFGCommercial shows the historic rise in cash reserves, and why this may spur a recovery in M&A deal activity.https://t.co/4XL06DGTzn pic.twitter.com/7iXXU3hCHh
— Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) December 11, 2023
15. Countries in China’s “debt trap”?
Developing Countries Receiving the Most Loans from China ?️https://t.co/8QQgRFQHqQ pic.twitter.com/E0Bp0JONH8
— Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) December 11, 2023
16. At 44%, the share of US govt. expenditure today as a percentage of GDP is higher than the times of Financial Crisis, and equal to what it spent during WW2.??
'Prudent' fiscal policy in one chart! pic.twitter.com/kKORAGSvEU
— jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) December 11, 2023
17. In the third quarter of 2023, FDI in China went negative (net outflows) for the first time in 25 years.?
Prize Global Markets： Data show that foreign direct investment in China turned negative for the first time in 25 years, indicating capital outflows. pic.twitter.com/wv1zwpTjmU
— prize_global (@prize_global) December 12, 2023
18. Moving to Ireland, where housing shortage and record real estate prices have meant that ~64% of adults (18y-34y) are still living with their parents.
Good Morning from #Ireland where the housing shortage is becoming a social problem. Due to rising rents, more & more young adults are living w/their parents. 64% of Irish adults aged between 18 and 34 were still living at home, up from 44% a decade ago. That is in sharp contrast… pic.twitter.com/rndC2v05k4
— Holger Zschaepitz (@Schuldensuehner) December 11, 2023
19. Meanwhile, Brazil’s economy seems to be waking up.
Brazil's on the move, current account's in surplus, hitting the best since '06 (black). Almost two decades later, it's a game-changer.#brazil #economy #data pic.twitter.com/TLl5BEqiLx
— julio (@ZilliJulio) December 12, 2023
20. Trends on the life expectancy gap between women and men in France, the US, Japan, China, Italy, Sweden, India and Nigeria over the last 270 years. Positive values mean higher life expectancy for women.?
Women tend to live longer than men — why?
What were the death tolls from pandemics in history?
Find answers to these and other questions in our Biweekly Digest!
Read here: https://t.co/7jNbAJewZf
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— Our World in Data (@OurWorldInData) December 9, 2023
21. The index of Australian business conditions fell by 4 points, the lowest level since January 2022.?
The survey from NAB showed its index of Australian business conditions fell by 4 points to +8.7 points in November 2023, the lowest level since January 2022. #ausecon #auspol @CommSec https://t.co/OIDw94rrR4 pic.twitter.com/ce2hrOFPND
— CommSec (@CommSec) December 12, 2023
22. Uranium prices are now at a 15-year high.
A uranium price rally has been sparked by a worldwide rush to secure nuclear fuel. Why is China leading the race in the uranium grab and what threats does it pose to western energy supply? https://t.co/WwQFiloMLz pic.twitter.com/skEAs98zEP
— Financial Times (@FT) December 11, 2023
23. Commodity prices are down to their lowest levels since Dec 2021.
It's not just the price of #oil that is declining. #Commodities are down to their lowest level since late 2021. Industrial #metals are also making new lows, and #gold is off its high. We keep hearing these stories about oil supply, but the ongoing #realestate #recession in #China… https://t.co/Mttf1JQN5t pic.twitter.com/lE9eRZbZih
— jeroen blokland (@jsblokland) December 13, 2023
24. In the fastest recovery from a yearly low to a yearly high in history, the Russell 2000 Index reached a new high for the year on 14 Dec, just 48 days after hitting its lowest point.?
The Russell 2,000 hit a new 52-week high today. That comes a mere 48 calendar days after its 52-week low. In the history of the index, there has never been a faster turnaround from a 52-week low to a 52-week high.
Read more in tonight's Closer: https://t.co/Ym3cerUcNd pic.twitter.com/8wS57IPiVc
— Bespoke (@bespokeinvest) December 14, 2023
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