Statistics of Suffering

The following are statistics of suffering from the new book, “The Poor Will Be Glad” by Peter Greer and Phil Smith:
1.    Hunger: Approximately 850 million people go to bed hungry every night and search for creative ways to ignore their discomfort. [page 25]
2.    Child Mortality: Worldwide, eleven million children die every year before reaching their fifth birthday. [...]

Global Statistics Journal: a billion teenagers, more

By 2011, the world will have 7 billion people. While fertility rates are dropping in many places, some of the world’s most turbulent and poverty-stricken regions are seeing explosive population growth. See over a billion teenagers for more.
Chinese Economy Drives Global Metal Production: steel production skyrocketed to 500 million tons in 2008 (38% of globe).
Brazil’s [...]

Global Statistics Journal: July 4, 2009

Mobile banking
% of Kenyans with bank accounts: 20%
Mobile phones in Africa, 2003: 50 million
Mobile phones in Africa, 2007: 270 million
Number of phones in Japan with e-money function: 55 million
% of Japanese carrying mobile money phone: 50%
Mobile banking customers, 2012: 190 million
Source: Boston Globe
Internet and Video statistics
Total Internet users, USA, watching video: 152 million
% of total [...]

Statistics Journal: May 15-21

Online fundraising Increase in people giving online, 2007 to 2008: up 26% Monthly gifts as % of online giving: 9% Average size of a monthly gift: $21 Average size of gifts, overall: $71 Growth in [...]

Mission Researchers Respond to the Muslim Demographic Video

There is a video that is getting a lot of views (over 4.8 million) on Youtube, focusing on Muslim demographics in Europe. It’s shown up on a lot of Christian mission blogs, and has been twittered quite a bit. Unfortunately the statistics used on the video are unsourced, so I don’t know their origin. However, [...]

Statistics Journal: May 8-14

Facebook monthly usage  Total users, 2009: Over 200 million Unique monthly users: 104 million Source: Mashable.com
American social networking % of American adults without Twitter, Myspace or Facebook: 51% % of American adults using either Myspace or Facebook: 48% [...]

Statistics Journal: Apr 30-May 7

Facebook Photo Sharing Total users, 2009: Over 200 million Total photographs stored: 15 billion Average new photographs uploaded, weekly: 220 million How many of those photographs are of missionaries? or unreached peoples? Source: Mashable.com
Dangerous times [...]

New Statistics: AIG, Water, SMS, Migrants, Drugs, China’s Post-80 Generation

AIG: Outrage on principle Bonuses paid to executives of AIG: $218 million Proposed tax by US Congress on bonuses: 90% Amount received by AIG: $170 billion Bonus as % of amount received: 0.15% A [...]

Statistics on food and hunger

Hunger kills more people annually than: AIDS, malaria, TB combinedHungry in USA: 1 in 10Hungry children in USA: 1 in 5Amount of food wasted each year in USA: 96 billion poundsHat tip: World Vision Radio

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Mauritius and the ICT pillar

One of the laments that I have had through the years is the incredible sluggishness with which many African countries have embraced information and communication technology (ICT). I have for several years envisioned the possibilities of a thriving business process outsourcing (BPO) business in Africa akin to that of India, especially for the Francophone [...]