World Statistics

World Statistics (they rate Singapore the most expensive city to live in & Least emotional country in the world)

The world's hottest place: Death Valley National Park The highest air temperature ever recorded on Earth was 134 degrees Fahrenheit, at Death Valley National Park on July 10, 1913. The world's coldest place: East Antarctic Plateau On the high ridge of the East Antarctic Plateau, the temperature can drop to as low as -135.8 degrees Fahrenheit, Recorded in August, 2010. World's most populated city: Shanghai At a whopping 24,150,000 permanent inhabitants, Shanghai is the single city that is home to the most people in the world. World's least populated city: Vatican City With a paltry population of 842, the city-state of Vatican City is the smallest city and state in the world. World's wealthiest city: Tokyo That tower might as well be made of gold, since Tokyo tops the charts with a GDP of $1,520 billion (only beating New York by a mere $310 billion). World's poorest city: Kinshasa Kinshasa is probably the poorest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the poorest country in the world, at a GDP of $55 billion. Many of its residents live on less $1 a day. BUT THEY STILL CHOSE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE ICE BUCKET CHALLENGE! Highest point in the world: Mount Everest Towering 29,029 feet in the air, the top of Mount Everest is the closest you can get to touching space, while still standing on Earth. Lowest point in the world: Challenger Deep The lowest known natural point in the world is Challenger Deep, 35,797 ft below sea level at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Only three people have ever made it to the bottom, one of which was filmmaker James Cameron. Most photographed place: The Guggenheim Photos have always told stories, but in today's world of cell phone cameras and social media, that story is relayed as data to companies who monitor everything we do. Geotagged data was culled by Sights map using a Google-based image sharing software, and can now show us the most photographed places in the world, right down to the landmark. The Winner? The Guggenheim in New York. The world's most popular country: Germany The results of the annual BBC World Country Rating Poll are in, and Germany came out on top as the most positively viewed country in the world among people probably under the age of 85 (at a 59% positivity rating). The wettest spot on Earth: Mawsynram, India Rainwise, anyway. In Mawsynram, India, it rains an average of 467.35 inches per year, and with a record of 1000 inches in 1985. The driest spot on Earth: The Atacama Desert The 600 miles of South America's Atacama desert is the driest place on Earth, no contest. The Desert sees an average of 4 inches of rain every thousand years. Yes, you read that right. Sunniest Place on Earth: Yuma, Arizona In Yuma, Arizona, the sun shines for an average of 11 hours a day. Its forecast is sun for 90 percent of the year, averaging a total of 4015 daylight hours a year. Most expensive city to live in: Singapore The new champion of the world, Singapore has recently beat out Tokyo for the title of "most expensive city" for 2014. Cars can cost between 4-6 times in Singapore what they cost in the US or UK (for example, a Toyota Prius actually costs about $150,000.00 there). Least expensive city to live in: Mumbai, India At the other end of the spectrum, Mumbai, India, is the cheapest place to live in the world, according to the Worldwide Cost of Living Index 2014. For some perspective, a loaf of bread that would cost $3.36 in Singapore, would only cost $0.91 in Mumbai. Country that consumes the most food: United States I suppose there must be a reason why Americans have a food-related reputation when it comes to other countries: we eat an average of 3,770 calories a day each. The world's oldest city: Damascus There's quite a bit of controversy over which city gets to officially claim the title of "oldest continuously inhabited city." With evidence of civilization that extends back over 11,000 years, Damascus in Syria is probably the safest bet. Youngest country in the world: South Sudan The people of South Sudan were formally recognized as an independent country in 2011, making it the youngest country in the world to-date. The world's most visited city: London After a several-year bout with Bangkok, London has regained its place as the world's most visited city (according to MasterCard’s 2014 Global Destinations City Index). The city sees about 18.69 million international visitors annually, generating $19.3 billion in revenue. The world's least popular country: Iran On that same rating scale, Iran has come in dead last (at a 59% negativity rating). Only 15% of people polled viewed Iran in a positive light. The world's most dangerous city: San Pedro Sula, Honduras In San Pedro Sula, Honduras, there are over 3 murders a day. The violence stems from the city's role as a major hub for illegal drug and arms trafficking. Most caffeinated country in the world: Sweden The coffee in Sweden will put a spring in your step, and hair on your tongue. The Swedes consume an average of 388 mg of caffeine in coffee per person, per day (that's almost 5 Red Bulls). Most drunken country in the world: Belarus In Belarus, each person above the age of 15 drinks an average of 4.62 gallons of alcohol every year. The most bicycle friendly city in the world: Groningen, Netherlands By comparing cities along the criterion of average number of bicycle trips made daily, one city reigns supreme: Groningen in the Netherlands. In Groningen about 50 percent of the population commute via bike daily, making it the city with the greatest proportion of cyclists on the planet.