The world is home to a handful of remarkably tiny nations, sovereign countries so small in area or population that they can be easy to overlook, yet each possesses its…
Every year, well over a billion people cross an international border for a trip, and the pattern of where they go is one of the more revealing snapshots of the…
How much paid vacation you get depends enormously on which country you happen to work in. Across most of the world, governments legally require employers to provide a minimum number…
How many days a country stops working says a lot about it — its religious makeup, its history, its attitude toward rest, and how many different traditions it formally recognizes.…
Life expectancy — the average number of years a person born today can expect to live — is one of the most revealing statistics about a country, reflecting its healthcare,…
Tea is the most consumed drink on Earth after water, but the appetite for it is wildly uneven — and the per-person rankings scramble almost every assumption. China and India…