Visualizing The World’s Deepest Oil Well

In a remote part of eastern Russia, the world’s deepest oil well has been drilled to incredible depths – potentially unlocking a shelf of 2.3 billion barrels. Read more

Visualizing the Defense Spending of Non-U.S. NATO Members (2012-2024)

NATO members have significantly increased their defense spending over the past two years. Read more

Charted: Global Wheat Production, by Country

Wheat production is largely diversified around the world, though three major producers emerge: China, India, and Russia. Read more

Ranked: The World’s Biggest Submarine Fleets

Russia has the most submarines, but the U.S. leads in technology. Read more

Mapped: How Europe’s Population Has Changed (1990-2023)

There’s an east-west divide when it comes to Europe’s population growth in the last 30 years. And it’s very apparent in this map. Read more

Ranked: The Largest Sovereign Debt Defaults in Modern History

We show the 10 biggest sovereign defaults since 1983, highlighting how certain countries are repeat offenders. Read more

Santa’s New Home: The North Pole is Moving to Russia

Is someone stealing Christmas? It isn’t the Grinch or Putin stealing Santa’s workshop, but Earth’s natural processes that are moving the North Pole. Read more

How Oil Prices Went Subzero: Explaining the COVID-19 Oil Crash

How oil prices went negative: this explainer shows how a collapse in demand, a Saudi-Russia price war, and oversupply led to futures prices going wonky. Read more

Animated Map: The Comparative Might of Continents

We’ve come a long way since Pangea. This short video examines the area, population, and GDP of our continents as a share of the world’s total. Read more

Mapped: The Countries With the Most Military Spending

Global military spending surpassed $1.9 trillion in 2019, but nearly 75% of this total can be traced to just 10 countries. Read more