Graphic detail

Crisis? What crisis?

Three reasons why oil prices are remarkably stable

Can it last?

Call Uncle Sam

Why America is a “flawed democracy”

EIU’s index plots the country’s democratic decline since 2006

Money makers

Five charts compare Democrats and Republicans on job creation

Our analysis of the past eight American presidents

Higher and higher

America’s fentanyl epidemic, explained in six charts

It is among the deadliest scourges the country has ever faced

Global development

Which countries have the best, and worst, living standards?

Data show progress worldwide may have suffered a permanent setback

Balancing act

Where is the “motherhood penalty” greatest?

The effect varies widely both between countries and within them

Office life

The Economist’s glass-ceiling index

Our annual measure of the role and influence of women in the workforce

A big problem

The obesity capitals of the world

A new study shows that waistlines are widening almost everywhere

Choco crunch

Why chocolate is becoming much more expensive

Sales are down as chocolatiers raise prices. Now the industry is facing a reckoning

Wasted lives

How many Russian soldiers have died in Ukraine?

Five charts illustrate the enormous losses

Two years on

Is Ukraine losing the war against Russia?

Five maps and charts illustrate the current state of fighting

Cheques and the city

Where are Europe’s most expensive cities for renters?

Our “Carrie Bradshaw index” moves across the pond