Wikipedia has a useful page with a lot of statistics about Switzerland. The chart above shows the number of live births per year. Very relevant information today.
Unemployment Rate in Europe
Eurostat updated its unemployment rate figures. Iceland has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe (followed by Czechia and Germany), while Greece still has the highest, followed by Spain.
CO2 Emissions per country
The European Union EDGAR database contains useful information about CO2 emissions per country and worldwide. The graph above shows the countries with the highest CO2 emissions (USA and China) and the total emissions worldwide. It's striking to see the spike the world has experienced since 2000.
Snowy Tree in Basel
The last couple of days have been particularly cold in Basel, but a nice gift that you get with that type of day is snow. Yesterday I saw this beautiful snowy tree, with snow on top of its leaves.
Income Inequality
One of the many controversies of the incoming US presidential administration is the cabinet composed of very wealthy individuals. It's interesting to note that the US is not a very equal country compared to the other Western democracies. Even its northern neighbor is much more equal when comparing the Gini index.
It should be noted that this inequality is even worse in the south. The comparison between South America and Europe is striking:
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