Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
1,500
China currently has an estimated 410 nuclear weapons, but the Department of Defense predicts this could reach 1,500 by 2035.
SOURCE: "China’s Waterlogged Missiles Don’t Matter" by CSIS's Heather Williams.
2 percent
Attacks by Houthi rebels have caused a sharp increase in cargo insurance rates for Red Sea and Bab al-Mandab voyages. These rates, typically 0.6 percent of the value of the cargo on a ship, are now up to 2 percent.
SOURCE: "The Global Economic Consequences of the Attacks on Red Sea Shipping Lanes" by CSIS's Thibault Denamiel, Matthew Schleich, William Alan Reinsch, and Will Todman.
44 percent
About 44 percent of U.S. experts surveyed by CSIS believed China would be willing to detonate a nuclear weapon in a Taiwan conflict; only 11 percent of Taiwan Experts thought the same.
SOURCE: "Surveying the Experts: U.S. and Taiwan Views on China's Approach to Taiwan" by CSIS's Bonny Lin, Brian Hart, Samantha Lu, Truly Tinsley, and Yu-Jie (Grace) Liao with Chen Ming-Chi and Shen Ming-Shih.
1.6 million
India is the third-largest electricity producer in the world, producing 1.6 million gigawatt hours of electricity in 2022.
SOURCE: "India's Private Power Market: Expanding Private Sector Electricity Distribution" by CSIS's Richard M. Rossow and Akshat Singh.
By the Numbers is composed weekly by Lauren Adler and the External Relations team.
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) is a bipartisan, nonprofit organization founded in 1962 and headquartered in Washington, D.C. It seeks to advance global security and prosperity by providing strategic insights and policy solutions to decisionmakers.
