Two Charts: VC Investment (US) and the $74 Trillion Global Economy

 Source: Statista

Though growth is slowing, the internet still is the sector most profiting from the influx of venture capital in the U.S. In the fourth quarter of 2016 a total of $4.5 billion spread across 461 deals were invested in this sector. 

The World's $74 Trillion Global Economy in One Chart:

Courtesy of: Visual Capitalist

The latest GDP numbers from the World Bank were released February 1, 2017, and this visualization from HowMuch.net breaks them down to show each country's relative share of the global economy.

The full circle, known as a Voronoi Diagram, represents the entirety of the world's $74 trillion global economy in nominal terms. Meanwhile, each country’s segment is sized accordingly to their percentage of global GDP output. Continents are also grouped together and sorted by color.

Despite the discussions and focus on emerging economies in various forums, the four biggest economies in South America (Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Colombia) produce only about 4% of global GDP, while Africa’s three biggest economies (South Africa, Egypt and Nigeria) produce no more than 1.5%.

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Countries With Best Non-native English Speakers

How many people in the world can read English? The exact number is unknown but the number is in the billions (see English language - Wikipedia). English is the predominant language in the world and on the web (see English as a Global Language), and will likely remain so for a very long time, due in part to English being an official language of India which will be the most populous country in the world by 2022. In 2004, Linguist David Crystal (see below), stated that, combining native and non-native speakers, India now has more people who speak or understand English than any other country in the world. In Africa, many speakers of English have become part of an "Afro-Saxon" language community that unites Africans from different countries (see Mazrui and Mazrui). In a world of texting and messaging, ability to just read English is as important as learning to be a proficient English speaker. That said, there are much better statistics on English speakers, native and non-native-- Linguist David Crystal estimates that non-native English speakers now outnumber native speakers by a ratio of 3 to 1 in the world--

For nations where English is not the native language, here are the best English speakers:

Source: Statista

Above chart: Almost two billion people study English as a non-native language - that's nearly one in three people worldwide. Which countries actually speak English the best as a second language? The English Proficiency Test compiled an interesting ranking using the exam results of hundreds of thousands of people to illustrate the countries that have the best proficiency in English as a second language. Read more on the i100. (Nov 6, 2015)

Top 5: Sweden, Netherlands, Denmark, Norway, Finland

Interesting are the numbers of people who speak (not just read)  English worldwide, both native-speakers and as a second language:

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more info: List of countries by English-speaking population - Wikipedia

See also: Why English Dominates the Web: Native & Non-native English Speakers

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