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ANALYSIS 052 · JUN 20, 2026 CHINAMACROECONOMICS
China's Fertility Rate Falls Below 1.0 — A Demographic Turning Point
China's total fertility rate dropped to 0.999 births per woman in 2023, crossing below the symbolic threshold of 1.0 and signaling a demographic shift with global consequences.
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Analyses.
- 06·19·2026China's Undernourishment Rate Falls to 2.5%: A Nutritional Transformation Decades in the MakingChina2.50%
- 06·18·2026China's Renewable Energy Share Crosses 17% in 2024China15.51%
- 06·17·2026More SIMs Than People: China's Mobile Subscription Rate Tops 128 Per 100China128.2 per 100 people
- 06·16·2026China's Health Spending: Two Decades of Growth, Still Below OECD NormsChina5.94%
- 06·14·2026China's Adult Literacy Rate Has Plateaued Near 97% — But the Headline Masks Deeper GapsChina95.12%
- 06·13·2026India's Female Labour Force Participation: Stuck Below 33%India32.41%
- 06·12·2026India's Education Spending: Stalled Below 4% of GDP as Workforce Pressures MountIndia4.63%
- 06·11·2026India's Electricity Consumption: A Decade of Growth, Still a Global GapIndia1,085 kWh per capita
- 06·10·2026India's Central Government Debt: A Decade of Rising Fiscal PressureIndia46.52%
- 06·10·2026India's Merchandise Trade Deficit Deepens Past $279 Billion in 2024India-$245.48 billion
- 06·09·2026India's Adult Literacy Rate: Reading the Numbers CarefullyIndia81.70%
- 06·07·2026China Crosses 66%: The End of a Rural Majority EraChina66.34%
- 06·06·2026China's Internet Penetration: From Near-Zero to 92% in Three DecadesChina90.60%
- 06·05·2026China's Per-Capita CO2 Emissions Now Exceed the Global AverageChina8.56 tonnes
- 06·04·2026China's Unemployment Rate: Stability as a Statistical ArtifactChina4.59%
- 06·03·2026China's Life Expectancy: A Century of Gains in Six DecadesChina78.0 years
- 06·02·2026China's Population Has Peaked: What the Numbers Mean for the World's Most Populous NationChina1.43B persons
- 06·01·2026China's Consumer Inflation: A Story of Persistent Subdued PricesChina0.23%
- 05·31·2026China's GDP Per Capita: A Three-Decade TransformationChina$23,846
- 05·30·2026India's Fertility Rate Has Fallen Below Replacement LevelIndia1.98 births per woman
- 05·29·2026India's Undernourishment Rate Drops to 12% — A Generational Shift in Food SecurityIndia13.50%
- 05·28·2026India's Renewable Energy Share: Progress, Gaps, and the Road AheadIndia8.86%
- 05·27·2026India's Mobile Subscriptions: Steady Growth Toward SaturationIndia80.2 per 100 people
- 05·26·2026India's Health Spending: Stuck Below 3.5% of GDP for Two DecadesIndia3.35%
- 05·25·2026India's Gini Coefficient: Reading the Inequality Data CarefullyIndia0.26 index
- 05·24·2026India Crosses 35% Urban for the First TimeIndia35.38%
- 05·23·2026India's Internet Penetration: From Half to Nearly Three-Quarters of a NationIndia55.90%
- 05·22·2026India's Per Capita CO₂ Emissions: A Fraction of Wealthy NationsIndia2.13 tonnes
- 05·21·2026India's Unemployment Rate Edges Higher in 2025: A Structural ConcernIndia4.22%
- 05·20·2026India's Life Expectancy at 72: A Generation of Gains, and the Gap That RemainsIndia72.2 years
- 05·19·2026India's Population Crosses 1.44 Billion: What the Numbers Mean for Global DemographicsIndia1.44B people
- 05·18·2026India's Inflation Eases to 4.95% in 2024, But Purchasing Power Pressure PersistsIndia5.65%
- 05·17·2026India's GDP Per Capita: 3.5× Growth Since 2000, Still One-Fifth the Global AverageIndia$2,530
- 05·11·2026U.S. Renewable Energy Share Approaches 12% — A Slow Climb With MomentumUnited States11.21%
- 05·10·2026More Phones Than People: U.S. Mobile Subscriptions Cross 100 Per CapitaUnited States112.4 per 100 people
- 05·07·2026US Per Capita Electricity Use Has Quietly Retreated to 2005 LevelsUnited States12,551 kWh per capita
- 05·06·2026The U.S. Merchandise Trade Deficit Keeps Widening: From $773B to Over $1.2 TrillionUnited States-$1.06 trillion
- 05·01·2026America's Urban Shift: Eight Decades of Growing City LifeUnited States80.07%
- 04·30·2026America's Internet Plateau: Who Is Still Offline?United States93.14%
- 04·29·2026Americans Emit Twice as Much CO2 Per Capita as Germans — The Data ExplainedUnited States14.3 tonnes
- 04·28·2026US Unemployment Edges Higher: What the 2024–2025 Data RevealsUnited States4.02%
- 04·27·2026U.S. Life Expectancy: A Century of Gains, a Decade of TurbulenceUnited States79.3 years
- 04·26·2026U.S. Population Hits 343 Million: A Century of Slowing GrowthUnited States341.53M
- 04·25·2026US Inflation's Long Road Back: From Peak to Near-NormalUnited States4.12%
- 04·24·2026US GDP Per Capita: Six Decades of Growth and Its LimitsUnited States$74,159
- 04·22·2026U.S. Undernourishment Holds Below 2.5% for Two DecadesUnited States2.50%
- 04·21·2026Female Labor Force Participation in the U.S. Has Stalled for a DecadeUnited States56.34%
- 04·20·2026US Education Spending Hovers Near Two-Decade LowsUnited States5.40%
- 04·19·2026Launching Meridian Intelligence DataWorldwide1.00
- 04·19·2026The World's Highest Per-Capita CO2 Emitters in 2024Worldwide41.3 tonnes per capita
- 04·19·2026US Central Government Debt Reaches 117% of GDPUnited States116.92%