Martin Armstrong
15 posts
Data Journalist
UK Inflation Rate At Lowest Point Since February 2022
UK inflation (CPI) hit 6.8 percent in July, in line with expectations and dropping by 4.3 points compared to…
2023-08-18
The State Of Gender Equality Across The EU
Europe still has a long way to go to achieve full equality for women. This is according to the Gender…
2023-03-08
Where Corruption Is Rampant
Transparency International has released its 2022 Corruption Perceptions Index which gauges levels of perceived public sector corruption in 180 countries and territories…
2023-02-01
2022 In Google Searches
2022 has been eventful, to say the least, and a look at the biggest trending Google searches this year can…
2022-12-14
How Global GDP Has Evolved
One of the most widely used indicators of economic prosperity is gross domestic product (GDP). It measures the monetary value of all…
2022-10-28
The Legal Status Of Abortion Worldwide
According to a leaked draft opinion reported on by Politico, the U.S. supreme court has provisionally voted to…
2022-06-25
The Russia-Ukraine Military Imbalance
The fact that Russia has a larger military than Ukraine will hardly come as a surprise to most, but the…
2022-02-02
The Best Cities for International Students
The city in which someone studies can have a massive impact not only on their time at university, but…
2022-01-20
How Much Do Countries Spend on Education?
When it comes to education, there are not only big differences in attainment levels across the world, but also…
2021-09-21
The World’s Safest Cities 2021
The Economist Intelligence Unit has published its 2021 Safe Cities Index, ranking 60 major global cities across 76 indicators…
2021-08-30
How the World Commutes
The latest results from Statista’s Global Consumer Survey have revealed how people around the world commute to work, school or…
2021-06-22
The Huge Carbon Footprint of Tropical Deforestation
If tropical deforestation was a country, it would have the third largest carbon footprint in the world. According…
2021-06-09
Rent Or Own? Location Is Everything
Location is famously everything when it comes to real estate, but as data from the Statista Global Consumer Survey shows,…
2021-04-28
Majority Of Young Women Have Been Sexually Harassed
Sarah Everard was walking home on 3 March when she was kidnapped and murdered by an off-duty Metropolitan…
2021-03-16
How The Electoral Votes Are Distributed
The result of the U.S. election hangs not on the total number of votes received by each candidate, but rather…
2020-11-03