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10/29/2026

Inflation has become an increasingly common concern around the world. While sensitivity around the issue is staying elevated among consumers in a majority of countries surveyed by Statista Consumer Insights, worry about inflation is now lower than it was in 2023, the year after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Inflation already started to rise around the world in 2021 due to pandemic-era supply disruptions and culminated in the 2022/23 energy crisis due to the Ukraine war. However, in the years that followed, inflation pressures continued to arise in the form of U.S. tariffs, tight labor markets and most recently the war in Iran.

While in 2023, 63 percent of respondent in the United Kingdom, 56 percent of German respondents, 53 percent of those in Italy and 52 percent in the United States all ranked inflation among major issues in their country, these numbers were down to around 41-57 percent by 2026. However, this still constitutes a significant increase over 2020, when only between 27 percent and 35 percent of respondents in these countries were majorly concerned about inflation.

But this pattern doesn't apply to all countries. Some developing nations that were plagued by inflation crises before, like Argentina or Brazil are actually less worried in the current environment (and were less concerned in 2023) than they had been previously. Conversely, nations long shielded from inflation, like Japan, are now much more worried than they were six years ago. Inflation worry has meanwhile not quieted down as much in Australia, only sinking 4 percentage points compared to 2023. Nations less touched by inflation include India and China, which decided to profit off the global energy crisis by buying sanctioned Russian oil at discounted prices.

10/28/2026

As online retailers and delivery networks race to shorten transit times, investing heavily in micro-fulfillment centers and gig-economy courier fleets, speed remains a key battleground in e-commerce. Yet, despite the industry's push toward near-instant fulfillment, consumer demand for same-day delivery varies considerably and remains a minority preference in most major markets.

According to data from Statista Consumer Insights, the United States leads other major markets in terms of consumer appetite for ultra-fast delivery, with 36 percent of online shoppers stating they want to receive their orders on the same day. Brazil, Australia, Canada and the UK follow closely behind, while urgency is notably lower in continental Europe and parts of Asia. Only 27 percent of shoppers in France, 22 percent in Germany and 15 percent in Japan consider same-day delivery an important factor when shopping online. While free and fast delivery remains a key priority for online shoppers, same-day turnarounds go beyond most consumers’ expectations.

10/27/2026

Women are more likely to be hesitant in expressing their opinions about politics online than men, a survey by Statista Consumer Insights has found. This was the case in all of the 32 countries polled, with the gender gap narrowest in Italy at 3 percentage points (20 percent male, 17 percent female) and widest in Indonesia and Malaysia at 13 percentage points. Japan, Canada, Finland and Spain also saw narrower gaps at 5–6 percentage points, while larger gaps of 12 percentage points were observed in Sweden, South Africa and Austria.

Even aside from gender, the degree to which people express their views on politics online varies greatly by country. In China, for example, only 14 percent of respondents on average said they had expressed their opinion about politics online in the past month. This includes having commented on or even liked a post related to politics on social media. In Japan, the figure was even lower at just 8 percent. At the other end of the spectrum, there's the Philippines, where 38 percent (42 percent of men and 34 percent of women) said they had done so, followed by South Africa, Brazil and Indonesia at 30–32 percent.

Looking at data on respondents having expressed themselves on other topics in the past month, men were more willing to comment on some topics while women are more willing to comment on others. Topics with a more equal ratio of men to women expressing opinions in the U.S. include music and movies/series.

With regard to the sphere of political discussion, online literature offers various insights and reasons for the gendered pattern. For example, one study notes that “women are less likely than men to participate in political deliberation because they were socialized to avoid these discussions or because they were, for a long time, restricted from political spaces in general.”

Meanwhile, another study found that where men are more likely than women to report commenting for corrective reasons or with the intent to inform others, women are more likely than men to report reading comments in order to gauge the public’s opinions.

10/26/2026

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10/24/2026

On UN Day, we're taking a look at the countries assessed to fund the largest share of the United Nations’ regular budget – and how that balance has changed.

For 2025–2027, the U.S. accounts for 22% of the assessed budget, while China’s share has continued its rapid rise, now at 20%. In 2013–2015, China’s rate was around 5%, far below the U.S. rate, which has remained at 22% across the periods shown – the highest rate possible due to an imposed cap.

The UN General Assembly sets these rates every three years, based on a country’s assessed "capacity to pay". The calculation is based on national income and includes adjustments for factors such as debt burden.

Japan is the third-largest contributor by assessment rate at 6.9%, followed by Germany at 5.7%, the UK at 4.0% and France at 3.9%. These percentages represent each country’s assessed share of the UN regular budget, not how much has actually been paid. The United States, for example, is currently assessed to owe $1.3 billion.

10/23/2026

Most of the world’s cars now roll off production lines in China. As a Statista animation based on data from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA) shows, the ranking of the countries producing the most passenger cars has changed dramatically over the years.

China did not even make the top 10 in 2002, when it ranked 14th. A decade later, it had taken the top spot — and has held it ever since. China now produces around 30 million cars a year, compared with roughly 7 million in Japan. India follows with 5.38 million passenger cars, while Germany ranks fourth at 4.15 million. In 2002, Germany was still in second place, producing 5.12 million passenger cars.

China’s rapid rise is due in part to the increasingly international nature of the auto industry. German manufacturers such as Volkswagen have steadily expanded production there, while Daimler and BMW have also turned more toward China in recent years. The next electric generations of their Smart and Mini small cars, for example, are being built with partners in China and exported from there worldwide. European plants lose out — and as production moves, so does expertise.

10/23/2026

Samsung is expected to remain the leading manufacturer in the global foldable smartphone market in 2026. This is according to a forecast by market research firm Counterpoint.

Apple follows in second place with a 25 percent market share, despite its first foldable phone shipping only tomorrow - well into the 2026's fourth quarter. Despite a short sales window in 2026, Counterpoint projects sales of up to six million foldable iPhone Duos, as Apple is hitting the important year-end business with its new release. This is despite the Duo being its most expensive phone so far.

In a segment currently dominated by Samsung, Apple's market entry represents not just an expansion of its product lineup, but also a direct challenge to the market leader. This also highlights the fact that the foldables market is currently concentrated among a few major players. Huawei trails Samsung (and soon Apple) at a 22-percent market share projected for 2026, while Motorola, Honor and other manufacturers hold significantly smaller shares of the nascent market.

10/22/2026

Concern about immigration differs widely across the globe. While respondents from some countries place it among the biggest issues for their country very frequently, others are more likely to pick different issues.

Across 32 countries surveyed by Statista Consumer Insights between October 2025 and September 2026, immigration was named as a major issue by an average of just 22 percent of respondents presented with 20 topics to choose from – in contrast to the prominent role it sometimes takes up in the media. However, the country-specific answers ranged from just 4 percent in China and 5 percent in Brazil to 43 percent in the United Kingdom.

Immigration was the most frequently named major issue after inflation/cost of living and housing, respectively, in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands most recently. It came in rank 3 in Germany at 35 percent naming it, while 38 percent being concerned about it in Spain only placed it in rank 6 there as housing, inflation, the economy, corruption and healthcare were seen as more pressing.

In the United States, immigration was named as a major issue by 25 percent – rank 9. The topic was picked about as (in)frequently in Eastern European countries, for example Poland. While known for their at times negative stance on immigration, Eastern Europe also generally receives fewer migrants than its neighbors, with the exception of recent immigrants from Ukraine. In a similar vein, Japan – often portrait as ani-immigration while receiving little – collectively ranked immigration as the eighth most pressing issue with just 20 percent of respondents naming it.

10/21/2026

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10/21/2026

Self-Checkout

27% of Americans Have Stolen Something at Self-Checkout
by
Katharina Buchholz,

Oct 19, 2026
Retail theft in the United States
More than a quarter of Americans admit to having stolen something at a self-checkout register. In a survey carried out by LendingTree in October of 2025, 27 percent said they had ever intentionally taken an item at a self-checkout without paying. More than a third of respondents said they had unintentionally taken something without scanning it.

Members of Gen Z as well as Millennials are most likely to have stolen something intentionally, at between 37 percent and 41 percent admitting to it as part of the survey. Gen X members and Baby Boomers are much less likely to say they swiped something from the store.

A study by retail technology company Grabango recently found that self-checkout registers cost stores on average 3.5 percent of sales. Despite the low number, this still translates to millions of dollars for larger retailers, prompting many of them to take action against self-checkout theft. Of course, retailers are also saving personnel costs when deploying self-checkout terminals.

Difficulty affording the items in question and price increases are the most cited reasons, given by almost half of those who stole something at self-checkout for each case. This is followed, at 39 percent, by prices feeling unfair or too high in general and, at 35 percent, by self-checkout feeling like a task customers should reimburse themselves for. 29 percent find that the harm seems minimal at larger stores, while 21 percent say the chance of being caught is low and between 14 percent and 17 percent say negative experiences at the store in question made them justify the behavior. 13 percent say they started by copying friends and family. The survey also found that men were twice as likely as women to admit to self-checkout theft.

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