Each week, we'll share with you some of the most compelling numbers in our studies.
30
Under the ceasefire deal, Hamas is expected to release 30 more hostages over the next six weeks.
SOURCE: "Israel and Hamas Reach a Ceasefire" by CSIS's Jon B. Alterman.
25-fold
Thanks to abundant, low-cost labor, large economies of scale, and significant state support, Chinese net exports of manufactured goods grew more than 25-fold over the last two decades.
SOURCE: "China Dominates Global Manufacturing" by CSIS's Brian Hart, Hugh Grant-Chapman, and Leon Li.
3 per year
From 2020 to Jan.1, 2025, CSIS counted 8 jihadist attacks and 10 disrupted plots in the United States—an average of about 3 attacks or plots per year. This is a significant decrease from 2013–2019, when there was an average of about 10 attacks or plots per year.
SOURCE: "Jihadist Terrorism in the United States: What the Data Tell Us" by CSIS's Alexander Palmer, Skyeler Jackson, and Daniel Byman.
90 percent
The number of crop varieties grown on farms has fallen by more than 90 percent over the last 100 years. This threatens the stability of crop production and global food security more broadly.
SOURCE: "Seeding Security: Why Agrobiodiversity Loss Threatens National Security" by CSIS's Zane Swanson and Caitlin Welsh.
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.
