Keep the Peace
% who put harmony before free speech
% who put harmony before free speech
| # | Country | Harmony with others matters more than speaking your mind (%) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 69 | 2022–2023 |
| 2 | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 67 | |
| 3 | 🇯🇵 Japan | 56 | |
| 4 | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 44 | |
| 5 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 42 | |
| 6 | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 39 |
Cambodia leads this card at 69, with Thailand at 39. The gap is 30 %. Cambodia is 1.77 times Thailand.
Cambodia and Indonesia most often put harmony above speaking freely. Thailand, in the same region, is the least likely here. Note: Southeast Asia figures are from 2022. Japan, Vietnam and South Korea are from 2023.
Source: Pew Research Center short read (July 15, 2024); East Asia Jun–Sep 2023 + SE Asia Jun–Sep 2022 See the source.
The word algorithm
Which country does the word algorithm come from?
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The word algorithm | IRN |
Latin algorismus is al-Khwarizmi's name, and historians call him Persian. He was born in Khwarazm, in today's Uzbekistan, and he wrote his algebra in Baghdad, in today's Iraq. Greece, India and Egypt have older mathematics, which is why they look right.
Source: Encyclopaedia Britannica, al-Khwarizmi See the source.
On Paper
GDP per capita 🇮🇪🇺🇸
| # | Country | GDP per capita (current US$ per person) | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 112,895 | 2024 |
| 2 | 🇳🇴 Norway | 89,889 | 2024 |
| 3 | 🇺🇸 United States | 86,170 | 2024 |
| 4 | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 53,341 | 2024 |
| 5 | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 36,239 | 2024 |
| 6 | 🇨🇳 China | 13,293 | 2024 |
Ireland is $112,895 per person and the United States is $86,170. Ireland's Central Statistics Office publishes a modified GNI because GDP counts profits that foreign companies book in Ireland, so the figure overstates household income. These are current US dollars, not what a paycheck buys.
Source: World Bank, GDP per capita, current US$ (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD), 2024. See the source.