Sunday Digest | Featuring 'The World’s 20 Largest Economies, by GDP (PPP)' 📊

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Hello, welcome to your Sunday Digest.

This week, we visualized public debt by country along with America's top 20 billionaires. Enjoy these and all our other visuals from the last week.

- The VC Team

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

The G7, once dominant, now faces competition from BRICS, led by China ($33.1T) and India ($16.0T). Together, the G20 accounts for 70-85% of the global economy, depending on whether nominal or purchasing power parity (PPP) GDP is used. Here, we show the 2024 GDP values of each G20 member, adjusted for PPP.

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Looking Back at 2024's Prediction Consensus

What predictions did experts get right or wrong in 2024? In specific:

📈 Global & U.S. Growth
💊 Weight Loss Drugs
🤖 AI Progress & Challenges

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Visualizing $102 Trillion of Global Debt in 2024

Over the past decade, global government debt has surged by $42 trillion. This graphic shows public debt by country in the post-pandemic era.

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Breaking Down the Wealth of America’s Top 20 Billionaires

America's top 20 billionaires have a combined wealth of $2.7 trillion, as of December 2024. See how it all breaks down in this infographic.

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Mapped: America’s Happiest States in 2024

We show the nation's happiest states based on factors such as life satisfaction, number of hours worked, life expectancy, and ideal weather.

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Visualized: Food Inflation in the U.S. (2015-2025F)

U.S. food inflation hit 9.9% in 2022 but is now declining. Find out what the U.S. Department of Agriculture is expecting for 2024 and 2025.

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The $115 Trillion World Economy in One Chart

There’s changes coming to the top ranked economies. Here’s each country’s share of the world economy visualized.

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Mapped: Share of College Graduates in Each U.S. State

Which states have the highest share of college graduates? And what patterns can be identified? We find out.

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The Countries With the Highest Food Inflation in 2024

This bar chart, sponsored by Brazil Potash, uses data from Trading Economics to show which countries have the highest food inflation in 2024.

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Mapped: GDP per Capita in the Middle East by Country

With 50% of global oil reserves, the Middle East's vast resources have led countries like Qatar and the UAE to be among the world's richest.

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Visualizing the Growth of the Weight-Loss Drug Market

The weight-loss drug market still has a lot of room to grow, driven by the broadening utility and appeal of appetite suppressant drugs.

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Tesla’s Market Cap Nears Half of Global Auto Industry

Tesla shares reached a record high, setting a new valuation milestone. This graphic highlights the world’s most valuable automakers by market cap.

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Where Do Your Christmas Decorations Come From?

The city of Yiwu in China is the world’s largest hub for manufacturing Christmas decorations, producing nearly 80% of the Christmas products exported from China. Here, we look back at the world's top exporters of Christmas decor by country in 2021.