Infographic: How Does the U.S. Stack Up to World in Executions?
U.S. execution rates are at a historic low, but still higher than almost everybody else.
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Infographic: How Does U.S. Health Care Stack Up to the Developed World?
Spoiler alert: Not well.
Watch: The Global Flow of Asylum-Seekers In One Interactive Map
Visualizing one of history’s biggest global crises.
Infographic: Here’s How the Global GDP Is Divvied Up
Spoiler alert: The United States gets the biggest slice of the pie.
Here’s What Russia’s Military Build-Up in the Arctic Looks Like
While lawmakers and outgoing U.S. officials urge Trump not to let the ‘orphaned’ Arctic slip through the cracks.
Mapping the Spread of the ISIS Plague
The Islamic State keeps morphing, and the United States and its allies are struggling to keep up.
Mapped: What Each EU Country Impacted by New Quota Plan Thinks About Refugees
This map shows how many refugees each participating country would take under a recent EU proposal, and how those countries feel about it.
Workers of the World, Divided!
Estonian parents get two years of paid leave, U.S. prisoners make $.12 an hour, and other statistics to consider this Labor Day.
Europe’s Migrant Crisis By the Numbers
These four charts show the scale of the continent's humanitarian situation.
Follow the Roads, Railways, and Pipelines on China's New Silk Road
Beijing's multi-billion dollar integration project aims to connect China to Europe with a network of roads, railways, pipelines.
Mapping Boko Haram’s Growing Insurgency
The militant group's rise is leaving a trail of destruction across Nigeria's northeast.
Another Chinese Website Bites the Dust
Crowdsourced translation site Cenci gets "erased from the planet."
There Are as Many Refugees in the World as Justin Bieber Twitter Followers
For the first time since the end of World War II, the total number of refugees in the world has risen above 50 million, according ...
Did the Arab Spring Really Spark a Wave of Global Protests?
The world may look like it's roiling now, but the 1980s were far worse.
Where to Invest Around the World, 2014 Edition
Welcome to this year’s Baseline Profitability Index.
Is China the Fastest-Rising Power in History?
Four graphs show how China stacks up against the powers of yesterday.
It’s Not Just Kiev
Using Big Data to map Ukraine's protest violence.
Half a Billion Clicks Can’t Be Wrong
What big data tells us about next year’s crisis zones.
So Much for Exporting Democracy: Afghanistan Is as Corrupt as North Korea
After 12 years, nearly $700 billion, and more than 2,000 dead U.S. soldiers, here's what the United States has to show for its efforts in ...
One Starship to Rule Them All
What can we learn from the ultimate sci-fi geek chart of warships?
What Can You Buy for $24 Billion?
Here's what the U.S. government shutdown cost.
Mapped: Every Protest on the Planet Since 1979
From Cairo to Wall Street to the West Bank, plotting a world of upheaval.
4 Charts That Explain Why the Post-Recession Eurozone Is Still in Trouble
On Wednesday, Eurostat released statistics showing that the eurozone economy has finally exited its 18-month recession, growing by o.3 percent in the second quarter of ...
Is Australia really the happiest country in the world?
Slow down, Aussies: Australia certainly has plenty to be happy about, but the OECD's new Better Life Index didn't just declare living in the Land ...
Charts: Some countries are more unequal than others
The OECD is out with its latest data on income inequality in member countries and it's a pretty grim picture. "In the first three years ...
The Future of Food
Leading experts tell us what they think is coming next.
Megacities
FP's guide to the coming urban age.
Measuring Globalization: The Days of our Lives
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