Percentage by which a U.S. conservative is more likely to want to travel to the past than to the future
: 7
By which a U.S. liberal is more likely to want to travel to the future
: 70
Percentage of Americans who say their personality has changed over the course of the pandemic
: 86
Who think they have become smarter
: 70
Number of new words that Larousse is adding to its French dictionary this year
: 170
Number of these words that are related to COVID-19
: 50
Estimated percentage by which the COVID-19 death toll in the United States exceeds the reported figures
: 55
By which the worldwide death toll does
: 122
Chance that an American has a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of trust in the CDC
: 1 in 2
Number of individuals responsible for three quarters of the anti-vaccine content on Facebook
: 12
Percentage of U.S. employers requiring that their workers get the COVID-19 vaccine
: 4
Percentage of countries in which China’s image has improved since the beginning of the pandemic
: 56
Percentage of adults worldwide who believe the United States is a “threat to democracy” in their country
: 44
Percentage by which the frequency of power failures in the United States has increased since 2015
: 146
Estimated amount of stimulus money that went to fossil-fuel companies under the CARES Act
: $8,240,000,000
Projected rank of 2021 among the years with the largest spikes in U.S. carbon emissions
: 1
Estimated area, in square miles, of lost natural forest that has been regrown around the world since 2000
: 227,414
Of permanent tree-cover loss over that same period
: 583,014
Percentage by which the Brazilian Amazon rainforest released more carbon than it trapped between 2010 and 2019
: 18
Number of the 100 cities most vulnerable to climate change worldwide that are in Asia
: 99
Portion of cities worldwide that report lacking the financial resources to adapt to climate change
: 1/4
Minimum number of major cities that have appointed chief heat officers to address rising temperatures
: 3
Percentage change in the number of divorces in China after it imposed a mandatory thirty-day “cooling-off period”
: –72
Percentage of fathers working from home who say that doing so improved their mental health
: 71
Estimated number of charter schools that have opened up in vacant retail properties this year
: 200
Percentage of new chain stores in the United States that are either a Dollar General, Family Dollar, or Dollar Tree
: 39
Percentage change last year in the employment rate for new college graduates
: –12
Percentage of U.S. gig workers who say that the money they earn is an “essential” or “important” part of their finances
: 56
Who have performed work for which they did not receive payment
: 29
Minimum amount spent by U.S. businesses on corporate swag last year
: $18,630,000,000
Estimated number of registered cryptocurrency lobbyists
: 264
Estimated amount U.S. consumers reported losing in cryptocurrency scams between October 2020 and March 2021
: $80,000,000
In scams that involved people impersonating Elon Musk
: $2,000,000
Percentage of people of Asian descent in British Columbia who were the victim of a hate crime in the past year
: 43
Percentage of Americans who cannot name a single prominent Asian American
: 42
Percentage of top-grossing films released between 2007 and 2019 that featured an Asian or Pacific Islander in a leading role
: 3
Portion of those roles filled by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
: 1/3
