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🇺🇸 US Presidential Election poll

Trump: 46%
Biden: 44%

(NBC News)

Tesla share price

1st of January, 2024: $248

Now: $142

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Increase in GDP per capita (PPP) between 2003-2023.

🇨🇴 Colombia: 159%
🇦🇷 Argentina: 138%
🇨🇱 Chile: 134%
🇺🇸 United States: 104%
🇧🇷 Brazil: 100%
🇨🇦 Canada: 82%
🇲🇽 Mexico: 78%
🇻🇪 Venezuela: -22%

(IMF)

Increase in GDP per capita (PPP) between 2003-2023.

🇹🇷 Turkey: 257%
🇵🇱 Poland: 242%
🇷🇺 Russia: 161%
🇩🇪 Germany: 110%
🇳🇱 Netherlands: 105%
🇫🇷 France: 90%
🇪🇸 Spain: 88%
🇬🇧 UK: 85%
🇮🇹 Italy: 72%

(IMF)

Which country is in most rapid decline?

🇫🇷 France's government debt as share of GDP.

1982: 25%

1992: 40%

2002: 60%

2012: 90%

2022: 111%

Price for three-course meal for two people at mid-range restaurant (US Dollars)

🇮🇱 Tel Aviv: $96
🇦🇪 Dubai: $81
🇦🇪 Abu Dhabi: $72
🇰🇼 Kuwait City: $65
🇶🇦 Doha: $54
🇸🇦 Riyadh: $53
🇧🇭 Manama: $53
🇱🇧 Beirut: $50
🇯🇴 Amman: $42
🇹🇷 Istanbul: $38
🇴🇲 Muscat: $38
🇪🇬 Cairo: $25

(Numbeo)

Share of 🇮🇳 India's population living under international poverty line

1987: 50%

2004: 39%

2018: 11%

(World Bank)