🏫 Asia with most international schools. China leads in nanotechnology research. Global undernourishment threat.

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🏫 K-12 Education. Asia has the highest number of international schools globally
⚕️ Health Skills. Hundreds of millions still face undernourishment
🏭 Advanced Manufacturing. China tops nanotechnology research publications

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🏫 Asia has the highest number of international schools globally

Four of the five countries with the highest international K-12 schools are in Asia, which shows the region’s strong demand for global education. Rapid economic growth is expanding middle class families who seek foreign curricula for university mobility. Large expatriate populations also drive school growth across major Asian cities. Governments support private education markets to further encourage expansion. These trends are likely to reinforce Asia’s leading role in the global international school market.

⚕️ Hundreds of millions still face undernourishment

In 2023, over 700M people faced undernourishment. Despite decades of progress, long-term geopolitical conflicts and the COVID-19 pandemic have reversed some gains. Climate change is worsening the situation by triggering more frequent and intense extreme weather events. The 2015-2016 El Niño, one of the strongest on record, caused massive crop failures across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Addressing these challenges is central to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goal to end hunger, emphasising urgent global action for food security.

🏭 China tops nanotechnology research publications

China leads global nanotechnology research with over 120K publications in 2024, reflecting national investment and strategic focus on advanced materials and innovation. Nanotechnology is the science and engineering of materials to create materials, devices, and systems with fundamentally new properties and functions. China’s dominance highlights its commitment to high tech research and global competitiveness, while countries like India and the US have also developed nanotechnology comprehensively.

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