Holiday Queues
Youth unemployment 🇫🇷🇯🇵
Youth unemployment 🇫🇷🇯🇵
| # | Country | Youth unemployment (% of the labor force ages 15–24) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇫🇷 France | 18.6 | 2024 |
| 2 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 14.3 | 2024 |
| 3 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 6.3 | 2024 |
| 4 | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 5.8 | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 4.7 | 2024 |
| 6 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 3.9 | 2024 |
France leads this card at 18.6, with Japan at 3.9. The gap is 14.7. France is 4.77 times Japan.
France is 18.6% and Japan is 3.9%, among countries people visit. The rate is unemployed young people divided by young people in the labor force. Students who are not looking for work are not in the denominator, so a holiday destination can still post a high rate.
Source: World Bank / ILO, unemployment ages 15–24 (SL.UEM.1524.ZS), 2024. See the source.
Coffee Consumption
🇻🇳 Vietnam has a coffee consumption of 3.86 kg per person per year. What is 🇸🇪 Sweden's?
| Country | Coffee consumption (kg/yr per person) |
|---|---|
| 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 3.86 |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | 10.9 |
Sweden is 10.9 and Vietnam is 3.86. Vietnam is a major grower. Sweden's supply per person is higher.
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.
Far East
Easternmost capitals of sovereign countries
| # | Country | Longitude of the capital (° longitude) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 179.12 |
| 2 | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 178.43 |
| 3 | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 174.78 |
| 4 | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 172.97 |
| 5 | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 171.38 |
| 6 | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 168.32 |
Funafuti is the easternmost capital of a sovereign country on this scale. Suva is next, 0.69 degrees west of it. Wellington is east of Tarawa. Nuku'alofa in Tonga is at -175.2 degrees, across the date line, so it ranks as far west here, not far east. Nuuk is not in the table.
Source: Wikidata coordinate location (P625), rounded to 0.01 degree. Longitude is degrees east from -180 to 180, with no wrap past the antimeridian. The capital is the one named in country_info.csv. See the source.