Try out our new infinity stats stack — a collection of the most fascinating, weird, and important numbers from around the (rest of) world.
Stat of the day
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$20 millionHow much Indian startups in the mental health sector cumulatively raised between 2016 and 2020During that period, The Lancet estimated that more than 197 million people in India had some form of mental illness. But stigma and there being only a small number of qualified mental health professionals in the country have made it difficult for mental health startups to get funding.
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$20 millionHow much Indian startups in the mental health sector cumulatively raised between 2016 and 2020During that period, The Lancet estimated that more than 197 million people in India had some form of mental illness. But stigma and there being only a small number of qualified mental health professionals in the country have made it difficult for mental health startups to get funding.
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92The number of battery electric vehicles, like Teslas, sold in South Africa in 2020That’s down from 154 in 2019 and represents just 0.02% of domestic vehicle sales. Hybrid vehicles aren’t faring much better — only 232 were sold in 2020. A current proposal would aim for at least 40% of vehicles in the country to be electric by 2035.
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$2.7 billionThe amount that PayPal has agreed to spend to acquire Japanese buy now, pay later company PaidyPayPal claims more than 400 million users across 200 markets, and Paidy has an additional 6 million users of its 3-Pay monthly installment option. The acquisition adds to a list of deals in the buy now, pay later sector, including Square’s August 2021 purchase of Australia’s Afterpay, and Amazon’s partnership with Affirm.
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50%The percentage of users of Indian microblogging platform Koo who interact in HindiThe company claims that its own research found Koo was the site of nearly twice as many posts in Hindi as on any other microblogging site. The number of users interacting in Hindi on Koo grew 80% from May to September 2021. Topics sparking Hindi conversations there span politics, parties, news, sports, and Bollywood.
