Statista trend report on major events shaping 2023
2023 was an eventful year that still carried some of the heavy remnants of previous years, but also saw new inventions, achievements, and conflicts arise.
In the geopolitical scenario, the Ukraine-Russia war marked its first anniversary, major escalations took place in Nagorno-Karabakh, and tensions have risen in the Middle East following the attacks on Israel on October 7.
On the global economy side, worldwide inflation rates have slightly declined compared to last year, but the world has witnessed a general rise in interest rates.
During 2023, we have also seen numerous transformations in diverse industries and businesses, as, for instance: the rebranding of Twitter to X, the success of ChatGPT, the growth of the e-commerce platform TEMU amongst the other Chinese platforms.
When delving into the societal patterns, India was in the spotlight year. It has not only grown to be the world's largest country, but also had been the site of the G20 summit and the ICC Cricket World Cup, where its national team reached the final of the competition.
In terms of entertainment, two of the big movies of the year - Barbie and Oppenheimer - were very popular. They both have very high box office revenues. In a related context, The Eras Tour of Taylor Swift is breaking records with a nightly ticket revenue of double-digit million dollars.
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This report summarizes major events of 2023 and captures in numbers trends that characterized the year and had a global impact based on the analysis of newscasts.
After highlighting the main events in the geopolitical scenario, this report presents figures about the state of the global economy and major trending topics.
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