Data discoveries of the week, presented in charts. This week we look at interesting data about India leading global aviation industry on gender equality, historical cost of computer storage and memory, countries buying Russian oil, bestselling car models in India and more.
1. Indian female pilots are ruling the skies ?✈️?
India boasts the global highest of 15% female pilots, with 12.4% in commercial aviation, which is thrice the global average of 5%. As demand for pilots soars, these numbers are set to soar higher! ✈️?✈️#WomenInAviation #ChartOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/49BIkaLmhk
— Kuvera (@Kuvera_In) July 5, 2023
2. Historical cost of computer storage and memory ??
From unattainable to essential: Here's how computer storage and memory cost have come down ?#ChartOfTheDay #MooresLaw pic.twitter.com/IGYTtK10CT
— Kuvera (@Kuvera_In) July 6, 2023
3. HDFC joins the coveted world’s largest bank list. ?
@HDFC_Bank's $40B mega merger with Housing Development Finance Corp propels it to the ranks of the largest global banks by market cap. These are the other banks on the list. ?? #banks #largestbanks #HDFCMerger pic.twitter.com/aOqthkyVEP
— Kuvera (@Kuvera_In) July 7, 2023
4. How much do we walk? Here are the daily step counts across countries ?
As per a study published in the Nature Journal, these countries have the highest step counts ? per day. What's yours? ??♀️????♀️??#ChartOfTheDay pic.twitter.com/GimgCRXuDw
— Kuvera (@Kuvera_In) July 4, 2023
5. Sale of passenger car across countries ?
Passenger vehicle sales faced setbacks globally in 2020 due to Covid. While there has been a gradual recovery in 2021 and 2022, pre-pandemic levels remain unreached.#ChartOftheDay #AutoIndustry #COVID19Effects pic.twitter.com/DvZYpX7Z62
— Kuvera (@Kuvera_In) July 3, 2023
6. After the European sanctions, which countries are buying Russian oil?
Who’s Still Buying Russian Fossil Fuels in 2023? ??https://t.co/Cd5vrfqqAF https://t.co/8EkggVefre
— Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) July 6, 2023
7. The bestselling car models in India in May 2023 ?
Today's Infographic: 8 Top Selling Car Models in India in May'23
? Maruti Baleno – 18,733 Units
? Maruti Swift – 17,346 Units
? Maruti WagonR – 16,258 Units
? Hyundai Creta – 14,449 Units
? Tata Nexon – 14,423 Units pic.twitter.com/CorkEXgNso— FinMedium.com – Investing Made Easy (@FinMedium) July 6, 2023
8. Interesting data on India’s fruit export ???
Here's the interesting part:
Despite India being the world's second largest fruit producer, its reliance on imports in the sector is high—and much greater than we see in overall trade.#MintPlainFacts #AskBetterQuestions @livemint @sruthijith pic.twitter.com/uaGV3zxW2E
— Tanay Sukumar (@TanaySukumar) July 6, 2023
9. Not everything is going up ??
"Although the Nasdaq is only 14% from all-time highs, lots of stocks are still deeply underwater" –SocGen pic.twitter.com/yO6tz7Eyj8
— Gunjan Banerji (@GunjanJS) July 5, 2023
10. Companies paying the most Dividend in 2023.
Today's Infographic: Top Dividend Paying Companies in FY23
? TCS – 42,090 Cr
? Vedanta – 37,758 Cr
? Hindustan Zinc – 31,899 Cr
? Coal India – 20,491 Cr
? ITC – 15,846 Cr pic.twitter.com/NHquZPgF4f— FinMedium.com – Investing Made Easy (@FinMedium) July 4, 2023
11. Households savings in the US are depleting fast.
Households’ excess savings could run out as soon as September per @bcaresearch @SoberLook pic.twitter.com/LEPLnObAqL
— Liz Ann Sonders (@LizAnnSonders) July 5, 2023
12. This data shows the scale of the crude oil market comparing it to the top 10 metal markets.
How Big is the Market for Crude Oil? ?️https://t.co/QLGf8MWEmQ pic.twitter.com/C3SUl2Mmnl
— Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) July 4, 2023
13. The cost of plastic pollution visualised ?
The world's oceans, seas, and rivers contain a combined 139M tons of plastic pollution—including the most littered item: cigarette filters ?
While we know plastic has a massive environmental impact, our sponsor @greenbutts maps the economic costs.https://t.co/gSMZLvHRkw pic.twitter.com/x66LSUAvr4
— Visual Capitalist (@VisualCap) July 5, 2023
14. The benchmark German yield curve is inverted, most since 1992. ?? ?
A benchmark German yield curve is the most inverted since 1992 as ECB members deliver hawkish messages, regardless of recent data pointing to economic softening. German 2-year yields are now nearly 0.8 percentage point higher than 10-year yields. pic.twitter.com/Tnt2NoRmbV
— Lisa Abramowicz (@lisaabramowicz1) June 27, 2023
15. US treasury bill is ⬆️
That's the highest 2-year Treasury yield since June 2007. https://t.co/rkxUIcH20T
— Charlie Bilello (@charliebilello) July 6, 2023
16. Atmospheric methane is increasing year on year.
Here are the latest observations for global methane (CH₄), which is a potent greenhouse gas…
March 2023 – 1920.74 ppb
March 2022 – 1908.97 ppb+ Data (@NOAA_ESRL): https://t.co/lBobVqZpue
+ More info on trends: https://t.co/UneYKobDt6 pic.twitter.com/gu3yg3UxRg— Zack Labe (@ZLabe) July 7, 2023
17) Notebook shipments predicted to surge from Q2.
Weak demand for consumer electronics across the globe has impacted notebook shipments, with a rebound expected in Q2 after six quarters of decline. TrendForce highlights two models spearheading this recovery.https://t.co/eWhEYRAW2y
— TrendForce (@trendforce) July 4, 2023
18) Inversion on the ?? US yield curve (10yr-3m rates).
This chart shows 100 years of Chair Powell's preferred US yield curve (10yr-3m rates). Whatever your view about the accuracy of the yield curve as a recession predictor, the curve has only been this inverted three times before – 1929, 1973 and 1979-80. None of those ended well. pic.twitter.com/BKy8y33yV2
— Ian Harnett (@IanRHarnett) July 5, 2023
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