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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1.6 millionThe number of jobs Amazon says it has created in IndiaThe cumulative job creation figure, which included both direct and indirect forms of employment, was announced at the annual Amazon Smbhav summit, a virtual event that started last year as a way for Amazon to push for the digitization of local stores across India. In its pitch to businesses in the country, Amazon also claimed to have enabled about $5 billion in exports from India.
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70%The share of the Argentine Postal Service’s shipments that were from Mercado Libre in 2020The service delivered about 24 million packages last year, up from less than 5 million in 2017. Parcel delivery has helped the country’s postal service lower its deficit, and the bulk of orders are currently coming from Mercado Libre. That’ll make it hard for Amazon to gain traction in the country.
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200The number of pupils enrolled in China’s first overseas state-sanctioned schoolOpened on September 1, the Chinese School Dubai is the first campus of the Chinese Ministry of Education’s pilot program to build schools for its citizens working abroad. Dubai is home to more than 300,000 Chinese nationals.
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168 millionThe number of children worldwide who have missed out on in-classroom learning for almost a full year, due to the pandemicNine of the 14 countries where schools remain mostly closed are in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF). Nearly 100 million students in the region are affected by continued school closings. Panama kept schools closed the longest, followed by El Salvador.
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488How many startups inked deals with venture capitalists in Latin America in 2020, a new recordBrazil’s Nubank and Colombia’s Rappi had milestone valuations, while Mexico’s Kavak and Uruguay’s dLocal became their countries’ first unicorns. Latin America’s startup scene attracted a growing number of foreign funders. But despite the record number of deals, the total amount raised in the region — $4.1 billion — was 10% below 2019.
