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The Worldโ€™s Biggest Exporters of Christmas Decorations

Billions of dollars worth of Christmas decorations are exported around the world each year.

And while they adorn many homes across the globe, you may be surprised to know that a majority of these decorations are manufactured in just a handful of countries.

Using data from the UN Comtrade Database, this festive visualization highlights the world’s top exporters of Christmas decor.

Ranked: Top 10 Exporters of Christmas Decorations

China accounts for 87% of global Christmas decoration exports (excluding candles, electric lighting sets, and natural Christmas trees), with a total export value of $6.62 billion in 2020.

Here are the top 10 countries by export volume:

RankCountryMarket Share
Year 2020
Export value
Year 2020
1๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China87.61%$6,623,948,022
2๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands3.95%$298,587,959
3๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland0.91%$68,670,015
4๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India0.84%$63,605,927
5๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany0.83%$63,035,762
6๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States0.77%$58,045,102
7๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Hong Kong0.51%$38,344,945
8๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium0.43%$32,787,984
9๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand0.43%$32,365,786
10๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom0.33%$24,580,583

Chinaโ€™s market share dwarfs its competitors. Netherlands comes a distant second, capturing only 3.95% of the market, while Poland is third with just 0.91%.

Another interesting fact we can extract from the data is that the top 10 countries own a 96.91% share of the Christmas decoration export market, which leaves just 3.09% of the market to the other 185 countries around the globe.

The Other Side of the Coin: Imports

We’ve covered who the biggest exporters of Christmas decorations are, but this begs the questionโ€”which countries are importing all of this festive fare?

Here are the top five countries by import volume:

RankCountryMarket Share
Year 2019
Market Share
Year 2020
Import value
Year 2020
1๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ United States58.17%57.34%$3,054,607,847
2๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom5.18%5.07%$270,152,835
3๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada4.54%5.00%$266,304,196
4๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany2.69%2.99%$159,401,785
5๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Netherlands2.55%2.93%$156,000,611

The United States is by far the biggest importer of Christmas decorations, importing 57.34% of the total market share of Christmas decorations with a total value of $3 billion.

The top five importers have a market share of 73.33% with a total value of $3.9 billion.

Why Are Christmas Decorations More Expensive This Year?

Yiwu, a Chinese city situated 175 miles southwest of Shanghai, is the worldโ€™s biggest hub for manufacturing Christmas decorations, accounting for nearly 80% of the Christmas products exported from China.

Factories in Yiwu are suffering a shortage of raw materials which is causing an increase in production costs.

On top of that, since mid-October, Yiwu, like many other cities, has been affected by Chinaโ€™s ongoing electricity shortage, which has forced manufacturers to install power generators or even stop their manufacturing activities altogether.

As if that wasnโ€™t enough, shipping from China has become a lot more expensive in 2021. Over the past year, itโ€™s become 4x more expensive to ship a standard container from China to Europe.

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Visualizing the Worldโ€™s Most Popular Religions

This graphic shows a breakdown of the world’s major religions, and how much of the global population follows each one.

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Visualizing the Worldโ€™s Most Popular Religions

According to some estimates, there are over 4,000 religions, faiths groups, and denominations that exist around the world today. Researchers and academics generally categorize the worldโ€™s religions into five major groups: Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism.

This graphic by Chit Chart visualizes the most popular religions around the world, using the latest available data from Index Mundiโ€™s world demographics.

In addition to the five major religious groups, the graphic includes two more categories: one for a collective of Folk religions and another for people who are unaffiliated with a religion.

The Religions with the Most Followers

Although the number of people who follow a religion has decreased in recent decades, 82.8% of the global population still identifies with one of the worldโ€™s major religions.

Hereโ€™s a breakdown of the most popular religions, ranked by their following as a percentage of the worldโ€™s population:

RankReligion% of Worldโ€™s Population
1Christian31.4%
2Muslim23.2%
3Unaffiliated16.4%
4Hindu15.0%
5Buddhist7.1%
6Folk Religions5.9%
7Jewish0.2%
8Other0.8%

Christianity has the largest following with approximately 31% of the global population. Muslims make up the second-largest religious group, accounting for 23.2% of the worldโ€™s population.

Roughly 16.4% of the global population is unaffiliated with a religion. This figure exceeds the percentage of people who identify with Hinduism (15%), Buddhism (7.1%), Folk Religions (5.9%), or Judaism (0.2%).

The Worldโ€™s Religions from Oldest to Newest

Hinduism is considered the oldest religion in the world, originating in the Indus River Valley (modern-day Pakistan) circa 7000 BCE.

While Judaism came after Hinduism, it is thought to be the oldest of the three monotheistic Abrahamic faiths, making it older than Christianity and Islam.

It began circa 2000 BCE in the Southern Levant (modern-day Israel, Palestine, and Jordan). By contrast, Christianity was founded in the 1st century and began as a movement within Judaism.

Scholars typically date the creation of Islam to the 7th century, making it the youngest of the worldโ€™s major religions on this list. Islam was established in Mecca (modern-day Saudi-Arabia).

One religion thatโ€™s not included on this list is Sikhism. Founded in the late 15th century, itโ€™s relatively new, especially compared to other religions like Hinduism or Judaism. Yet, despite being new, Sikhism has a large followingโ€”according to some estimates, there are over 25 million Sikhs worldwide.

What are Folk Religions?

A folk religion is defined as an ethnic or cultural practice that exists outside the theological doctrine of organized religions.

Lacking sacred texts, Folk religions are more concerned with spirituality than rituals or rites. Examples of Folk religions include Native American traditions, Chinese folk religions, and traditional African religions.

Since Folk religions are less institutionalized, they are especially challenging to measure and often excluded from surveys. With that said, an estimated 5.9% of the global population (approximately 430 million people) practice a Folk religion.

The Fastest-Growing Religions

While Islam is the newest of the big five religions, itโ€™s currently the worldโ€™s fastest-growing one too. For context, hereโ€™s the estimated percent change among the seven religion categories, between 2015 and 2060:

RankReligious GroupEst. % change in population size (2015-2060)
1Muslims70%
2Christians34%
3Hindus27%
4Jews15%
5Folk religions5%
6Unaffiliated3%
7Buddhists-7%

Islamโ€™s rapid growth means it may surpass Christianity as the worldโ€™s largest religion within the next half-century. Whatโ€™s causing this growth?

According to Pew Research Center, the main reason is simply demographicsโ€”on average, Muslim women have 2.9 children, which the average of all non-Muslims is 2.2.

Muslims are also concentrated in Africa and the Middle East, the two regions predicted to have the highest population increases in the next few decades.

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Visualized: The Most Googled Countries

This series of visualizations uses Google trends search data to show the most googled countries around the world, from 2004 to 2022.

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Visualized: The Most Googled Countries, Worldwide

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Analyzing societal trends can teach us a lot about a populationโ€™s cultural fabric.

And since Google makes up more than 90% of internet searches outside of the Great Firewall, studying its usage is one of the best resources for modern social research.

This series of visualizations by Anders Sundell uses Google Trends search data to show the most googled countries around the world, from 2004 to 2022. These graphics provide thought-provoking insight into different cultural similarities and geopolitical dynamics.

A Quick Note on Methodology

The visualization above shows the most googled country in each nation around the world over the last couple of decades.

For example, the arrow pointing from Canada to the United States means that, between 2004 and 2022, people in Canada had more searches about the U.S. than any other country globally.

And since this study only looked at interest in other countries, queries of countries searching for themselves were not included in the data.

Finally, each countryโ€™s circle is scaled relative to its search interest, meaning the bigger the circle, the more countries pointing to it (and searching for it).

The Top Googled Countries Overall

Perhaps unsurprisingly, the U.S. is the most googled country on the list, ranking first place in 45 of the 190 countries included in the dataset.

CountryTop Googled Country
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฉโ€‹ Andorra๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹ Spain
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ชโ€‹ The United Arab Emirates ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ซโ€‹ Afghanistan๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Antigua and Barbuda๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Armenia๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ด Angola๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹ Spain
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น Austria๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Azerbaijan๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
๐Ÿด๓ ข๓ ก๓ ข๓ ฉ๓ จ๓ ฟ Bosnia and Herzegovina๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฉ Bangladesh๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช Belgium๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ซ Burkina Faso๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฌ Bulgaria๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ญ Bahrain๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฎ Burundi๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฏ Benin๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ณ Brunei๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ด Bolivia๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ธ The Bahamas ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡น Bhutan๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ผ Botswana๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡พ Belarus๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ฟ Belize๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Canada๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ The Democratic Republic of Congo๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ซ The Central African Republic๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฌ The Congo๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฉ The Democratic Republic of Congo
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Cรดte d'Ivoire๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Chile๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Cameroon๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ China๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ท Costa Rica ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡บ Cuba๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹ Spain
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ป Cabo Verde๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡พ Cyprus๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Djibouti๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Denmark๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Dominica๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ด The Dominican Republic๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Algeria๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡จ Ecuador๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ช Estonia๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ท Eritrea๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธ Spain๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡น Ethiopia๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Finland๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Micronesia๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Gabon๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Grenada๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ช Georgia๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ญ Ghana๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Gambia๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ถ Equatorial Guinea๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹ Spain
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท Greece๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡น Guatemala๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ผ Guinea-Bissau๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡พ Guyana๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ณ Honduras๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡น Haiti ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡บ Hungary๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Indonesia๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ช Ireland๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ถ Iraq๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ท Iran ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ธ Iceland๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Jamaica๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ด Jordan๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Kyrgyzstan๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ญ Cambodia๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Kiribati๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ฏ Fiji
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Comoros๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ณ Saint Kitts and Nevis๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ต North Korea๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท South Korea๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ผ Kuwait๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Kazakhstan๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Laos๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Lucia๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Liechtenstein๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ญ Switzerland
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Sri Lanka๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ท Liberia๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ธ Lesotho๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡น Lithuania๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡บ Luxembourg๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ป Latvia๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡พ Libya๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Morocco๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡จ Monaco๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Moldova ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ช Montenegro๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฌโ€‹ Madagascar๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Republic of North Macedonia๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Mali๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Myanmar๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ณ Mongolia๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ท Mauritania๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡น Malta๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡บ Mauritius๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ป Maldives๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ผ Malawi๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡พ Malaysia๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Mozambique๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ช The Niger๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Nigeria๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Nicaragua๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ The Netherlands๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ด Norway๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ต Nepal๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
๐Ÿ‡ด๐Ÿ‡ฒ Oman๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฆ Panama๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ช Peru๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ธโ€‹ Spain
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฌ Papua New Guinea๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ญ The Philippines๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฐ Pakistan๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ Poland๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช Germany
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ธ Palestine๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Israel
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ท Brazil
๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡พ Paraguay๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
๐Ÿ‡ถ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Qatar๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ด Romania๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ธ Serbia๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡ผ Rwanda๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ง Solomon Islands๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡จ Seychelles๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sudan ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ Egypt
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ช Sweden๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฎ Slovenia๐Ÿ‡ญ๐Ÿ‡ท Croatia
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Slovakia๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Czechia
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Sierra Leone๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ณ Guinea
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฒ San Marino ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น Italy
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ Senegal๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ด Somalia๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ณ India
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ท Suriname๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฑ The Netherlands
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ธ South Sudan๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡น Sao Tome and Principe๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡น Portugal
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ป El Salvador๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡พ Syria๐Ÿ‡ฑ๐Ÿ‡ง Lebanon
๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Eswatini๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฉ Chad๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฌ Togo๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ญ Thailand๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฏ Tajikistan๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฑ Timor-Leste๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Singapore
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฒ Turkmenistan๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ณ Tunisia๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท France
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ด Tonga๐Ÿ‡ณ๐Ÿ‡ฟ New Zealand
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท Turkey๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡น Trinidad and Tobago๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ผ Taiwan๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ฟ Tanzania๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ช Kenya
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Ukraine๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฌ Uganda๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ The United States๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ Mexico
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡พ Uruguay๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ท Argentina
๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ฟ Uzbekistan๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ Russia
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡จ Saint Vincent and the Grenadines๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ง Barbados
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ช Venezuela ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ด Colombia
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡ณ Vietnam๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต Japan
๐Ÿ‡ป๐Ÿ‡บ Vanuatu๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ Australia
๐Ÿ‡ฝ๐Ÿ‡ฐ Kosovo๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ฑ Albania
๐Ÿ‡พ๐Ÿ‡ช Yemen๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ Saudi Arabia
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ง United Kingdom
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฒ Zambia๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa
๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ผ Zimbabwe๐Ÿ‡ฟ๐Ÿ‡ฆ South Africa

While itโ€™s the top googled country in neighboring places like Canada and Mexico, itโ€™s also number one in countries much farther away like Nigeria, Sweden, and Australia.

The U.S. is currently the worldโ€™s largest economy by nominal GDP, and one of the biggest cultural influences globally. However, itโ€™s worth noting that China, the worldโ€™s second-largest economy and the most populated, had very little search interest in comparison, at least based on Google Trends data.

Zooming into Specific Regions

In addition to the network map highlighting the overall top googled countries, Sundell created a series of videos breaking down the data monthly, by regions. Here are the videos for the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

The United States

Since 2004, there have been a high number of searches for Canada, Mexico and India in America.

The searches for Mexico seem to be concentrated in the Western U.S., which is also where a large portion of the countryโ€™s Hispanic population lives. In contrast, searches for India seem to come mostly from the eastern side of the country.

Europe

The U.S. is by the far the most commonly googled country across Europe, ranking number one consistently over the last two decades.

However, Russia stole the limelight in 2014, the year that they invaded and ultimately annexed Crimea.

Asia

In the early 2000s, the U.S. held the top googled spot in Asia, but over time, relative searches for the U.S. go down. India stole the top spot to become the most googled country in Asia for a majority of the 2010s.

One anomaly occurred when Japan briefly took the top spot in March 2011, which is when a magnitude 9.0 earthquake hit the northern coast of Japan, causing a devastating tsunami.

What will future search results reveal about the global landscape? Were any of the results surprising?

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