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Hello, welcome to your Sunday Digest.

This week, we visualized the 20 largest economies along with who owns U.S. debt. Enjoy these and all our other visuals from the last week.

- The VC Team

Ranked: Countries With the Fastest Mobile Internet Speeds

The UAE leads global mobile internet speeds at 179.6 Mbps, followed by Qatar and South Korea. While high-income countries have speeds 5x faster than low-income ones, the U.S. ranks 18th, lagging due to telecom monopolies and high costs. Here, we show the countries with the fastest internet in the world.

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Recording & Slides: Key Trends in 2025 Webinar

This week, the Visual Capitalist team kicked off the 2025 Global Forecast Series with a free webinar on key trends. In case you missed it, VC+ members get access to:

🎥 Webinar recording on trends
📊 Annotated slides with commentary and visuals
🔮 Upcoming 2025 Global Forecast Series once available

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Ranked: The World’s 20 Largest Economies, by GDP (PPP)

There’s two rival groups wrestling for influence within the 20 largest economies. Here’s who they are and how they compare.

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Charted: Here’s Who Owns U.S. Debt

This graphic shows a breakdown of U.S. debt composition, categorized by domestic and foreign investors as well as intragovernmental holdings.

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The Top Performing S&P 500 Stocks in the Last Two Decades

This infographic ranks the top performing S&P 500 stocks over four different time periods, providing unique historical insight.

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SPONSORED BY BRAZIL POTASH

Mapped: Food Insecurity By Country

In 2023, over 2.3 billion people worldwide faced moderate or severe food insecurity—a staggering 45% increase from 1.6 billion in 2015.

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The 20 Largest Digital Exporters in the World

Since 2005, digital service exports have grown by more than fourfold, outpacing services and goods exports by a wide margin.

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Online Shopping: Charting the Holiday Surge

Online shopping has risen steadily, spiking in the fourth quarter each year due to Black Friday and holiday spending.

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Visualizing the G7 Economies by GDP Size

Within this group of seven advanced economies, there’s one outperformer. Here’s a per country breakdown of the G7 economy.

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SPONSORED BY DEFIANCE ETS

Charted: Magnificent 7 Market Cap as a Share of the S&P 500

The Magnificent 7 accounts for nearly $16T of the S&P 500's $46T market cap. This creates potential concentration risk for investors.

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Charted: The Number of Deaths Every Hour, by Country

Half of the 7,000 deaths every hour worldwide occur in just six countries. Here’s which ones and how many happen in each.

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Where the Ultra-Rich Spend Their Holidays

Miami is the top seasonal vacation hotspot for the ultra-rich. To dive deeper, we look back at the cities that saw the biggest influx of seasonal centi-millionaire residents in 2022.