Mr.PE

Divorce rate: 🇮🇳India: 1% 🇻🇳Vietnam: 7% 🇹🇯Tajikistan: 10% 🇮🇷Iran: 14% 🇲🇽Mexico: 17% 🇪🇬Egypt: 17% 🇿🇦South Africa: 17% 🇧🇷Brazil: 21% 🇹🇷Turkey: 25% 🇨🇴Colombia: 30% 🇵🇱Poland: 33% 🇯🇵Japan: 35% 🇩🇪Germany: 38% 🇬🇧United Kingdom: 41% 🇳🇿New Zealand: 41% 🇦🇺Australia: 43% 🇨🇳China: 44% 🇺🇸United States: 45% 🇰🇷South Korea: 46% 🇩🇰Denmark: 46% 🇮🇹Italy: 46% 🇨🇦Canada: 47% 🇳🇱Netherlands: 48% 🇸🇪Sweden: 50% 🇨🇵France: 51% 🇧🇪Belgium: 53% 🇫🇮Finland: 55% 🇨🇺Cuba: 55% 🇺🇦Ukraine: 70% 🇷🇺Russia: 73% 🇱🇺Luxembourg: 79% 🇪🇦Spain: 85% 🇵🇹Portugal: 94% Note: This compares the number of divorces in a given year to the number of marriages in that same year (the ratio of the crude divorce rate to the crude marriage rate). For example, if there are 500 divorces and 1,000 marriages in a given year in a given area, the ratio would be one divorce for every two marriages, e.g. a ratio of 0.50 (50%). Data is from last available year by country. As an example Portugal data is from 2020, Germany is from 2017.

I’m deeply concerned about the curtailment of navigational rights & freedoms in the area of the Strait of Hormuz disrupting energy, transport, manufacturing & food markets & strangling the global economy. All of humanity is paying the price. Consider these three scenarios: 1: Restrictions are lifted today Supply chains will take months to recover, prolonging lower economic output and higher prices Global economic growth will drop from 3.4%to 3.1%. Global inflation – which had been declining – will climb from 3.8% to 4.4%. 2: Disruption drags on through midyear Growth falls to 2.5%. Inflation hits 5.4%. 32 million people are pushed into poverty. Fertilizers run low, and crops yields fall short. 45 million more people will face extreme hunger. 3: Severe disruptions persist through the end of the year Inflation skyrockets past 6%. Growth plummets to 2%. Immense suffering takes hold, especially among the world’s most vulnerable populations. We confront the spectre of a global recession – with dramatic impacts on people, on the economy, and on political and social stability.