Globalisation facts

Question 1

how big is the world car fleet

Answer 1

1 billion

Question 2

how many tonnes of plastics were produced in 2013

Answer 2

270 million

Question 3

how many coffee growers worldwide are at the mercy of extreme price volatility

Answer 3

25 million

Question 4

what has happened to global meat production in the last half a century

Answer 4

quadrupled

Question 5

what percent of respondents of the MORI index say that immigration should be reduced by ‘a lot’ or ‘a little’

Answer 5

77%

Question 6

how many internet regulations does China have

Answer 6

60

Question 7

how many tribal groups are there in Papa New Guinea

Answer 7

7,000

Question 8

what is unemployment in Poland

Answer 8

18.2%

Question 9

what percent of houses with a price of £5 million are bought by Russians

Answer 9

20%

Question 10

how many Russians live in London

Answer 10

100,000

Question 11

what percent of China’s water is polluted

Answer 11

60%

Question 12

how many people globally live in urban slums

Answer 12

1 billion

Question 13

how much money worth of clothes from China did the EU block from entering the UK

Answer 13

£50 million

Question 14

when was the mobile phone and electronic banking invented

Answer 14

1973 and 1980s

Question 15

what year was the first email sent

Answer 15

1971

Question 16

when was the first steam ship built

Answer 16

1787

Question 17

what percentage does container trade account for of world seaborne trade

Answer 17

60%

Question 18

how long did it take to reach Australia in 1914 compared to now

Answer 18

40 days to 1.5 days

Question 19

who are the first nations and how many are there

Answer 19

the various aboriginal people of Canada, 634 recognised

Question 20

when was the first official Paralympics

Answer 20

Rome 1960

Question 21

how many registered historic battlefields does the UK have

Answer 21

40

Question 22

how much do Polish migrants contribute to the UK economy each year

Answer 22

£25 billion

Question 23

how much plastic is recycled in Mumbai compared to the UK

Answer 23

80% to 20%

Question 24

how many rubbish bags are collected daily in Mumbai

Answer 24

1 million

Question 25

what is the 10th largest city

Answer 25

Mumbai

Question 26

how many people live in urban slums

Answer 26

1 billion

Question 27

what is the population of the UK

Answer 27

65 million

Question 28

what is the population of the EU

Answer 28

508 million

Question 29

what percent of Detroit’s population was lost in the last decade

Answer 29

25%

Question 30

what was Detroit’s murder rate in 2014

Answer 30

45 per 100,000 people

Question 31

how many citizens leave Detroit each month

Answer 31

1000

Question 32

how many stores has M&S got globally

Answer 32

474

Question 33

how many stores has M&S got in the UK

Answer 33

852

Question 34

how many people are there per toilet in Dharavi

Answer 34

500

Question 35

how many cases of disease are there daily in Dharavi

Answer 35

4000

Question 36

what is the population of Dharavi and how many people per square mile

Answer 36

16 million and 1 million

Question 37

how many more primary schools are needed to meet demand due to migration

Answer 37

130,000

Question 38

what is Germany’s recycling rate

Answer 38

62%

Question 39

when was the keep Britain Tidy movement

Answer 39

1954