Statista trend report on major events shaping 2020
Based on an analysis of newscasts, this report summarizes 2020 by capturing major trends and events with global impacts. After giving an overview of the pandemic itself, the study reviews the year from three aspects: economic, political, and social.
First, the year-end review tackles the topic that captured the focus of the entire world: the COVID-19 pandemic. The data captures several aspects, such as case numbers and projected vaccine delivery. Afterward, as the pandemic also had dramatic effects on the economy, this report examines GDP growth forecasts, unemployment, and the stock and bond markets. Technology and pharmaceuticals fared well, while tourism and sports were hit particularly hard by the pandemic, as this report explains.
2020 was also politically and socially tumultuous. Protests occurred worldwide against COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing measures, as well as after elections in Belarus and the United States. The Black Lives Matter movement also gained traction following the death of George Floyd, and an explosion in the port of Beirut caused a disturbance. Global peace fell, but pollution did as well due to reduced traveling during the pandemic.
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This report summarizes major events of 2020 and captures in numbers trends that characterized the year and had a global impact based on the analysis of newscasts.
Ultimately, after giving an overview of the pandemic, the year was analyzed from three different aspects: the economy, politics, and society.
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