Health

Per 2,000 people, Latvia consumes 24,400 litres of pure alcohol a year — the highest per-capita consumption in the world. Cold climate, Soviet-era drinking culture, and economic hardship all distilled into one number.

Not everyone in white. The healers are hiding in plain sight.

1 billion people globally live with mental health disorders. South Korea's data reveals an uncomfortable truth: destigmatization means higher reported rates — not worse health.

In a crowd of 2,000 Americans, 806 are obese. In Japan, 80. The gap tells a story about food systems, urbanization, and choice.

Japan and South Korea are the least-rested nations on earth. A crowd of 2,000 in Seoul is averaging under 7 hours a night — every night.

How many people live with a disability? From 1 in 8 to 1 in 20 — but the gap is mostly about how each country asks the question, not how healthy its people are.