Long Livers
Life Expectancy 🇨🇳🇺🇸
Life Expectancy 🇨🇳🇺🇸
| # | Country | Life expectancy at birth (years) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇨🇱 Chile | 81.4 | 2024 |
| 2 | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 81 | 2024 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸 United States | 78.9 | 2024 |
| 4 | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 78.3 | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇨🇳 China | 78 | 2024 |
Chile leads this card at 81.4, with China at 78. The gap is 3.4 years. Chile is 1.04 times China.
Babies in Chile and Costa Rica can expect about two more years than babies in the US. The US shortfall clusters in guns, obesity and uneven care.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators (UN Population Division) See the source.
Coffee Consumption
🇪🇸 Spain has a coffee consumption of 3.64 kg per person per year. What is 🇵🇹 Portugal's?
| Country | Coffee consumption (kg/yr per person) |
|---|---|
| 🇪🇸 Spain | 3.64 |
| 🇵🇹 Portugal | 5.6 |
Portugal is 5.6 and Spain is 3.64. Portugal is above Spain. The Iberian neighbor people skip is the higher supply.
Source: FAOSTAT Food Balance Sheets, 2023: Coffee and products, food supply quantity (kg/capita/yr), in primary equivalent. FAO flag E (estimated). This is supply available for food, not cups drunk. A trading port can sit far above a country that actually drinks the coffee. The game uses this food-supply figure as a proxy for consumption. See the source.
She Grew
Where did 19-year-old women grow the most taller?
| # | Country | Change in mean height of 19-year-old girls, 1985 to 2019 (cm taller since 1985) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 6.2 | 2019 |
| 2 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 6.1 | 2019 |
| 3 | 🇹🇷 Turkey | 5.7 | 2019 |
| 4 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 5.4 | 2019 |
| 5 | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 2.1 | 2019 |
| 6 | 🇺🇸 United States | 0.4 | 2019 |
Saudi Arabia's 19-year-old women gained 6.2 cm from 1985 to 2019, more than anywhere else. South Korea gained 6.1 cm. The Netherlands, where women are tall, gained only 2.1 cm (#99), and US women gained 0.4 cm (#162). The Dutch were already tall in 1985. NCD-RisC mean height of 19-year-old girls.
Source: NCD-RisC, Lancet 2020;396:1511-24 See the source.