The Japanese government is set to urge the nation’s public pension funds – a pool of over $2 trillion – to increase their investment in equities and overseas assets as part of a growth strategy heralded by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Today’s graphic shows how Japan’s GPIF stacks up against the public pensions in Norway and Canada.

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Almost 90% of all upland cotton, soybeans and corn grown in the US are genetically engineered. However, genetically modified wheat has never been approved for production. Today’s graphic shows the adoption of genetically engineered (GE) crops and the different varieties as a percent of total crops planted in the US.

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Although Indonesia’s vehicle population per capita is among the lowest in the region, inadequate roads and urbanization have resulted in low traffic speeds in the country’s capital. Today’s graphic shows where Jakarta ranks in urban population density, amount of roads, vehicles and the average traffic speed.

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Eurostat estimates that carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion decreased by 2.1% in 2012 in EU27 countries. Today’s graphic shows the percentage change in carbon dioxide emissions for each country in the EU27.

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In its twice-yearly Economic Outlook, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) forecast that the world economy would grow 3.1% this year before increasing to 4% in 2014. Today’s graphic shows the projected GDP growth for some of the world’s major economies.

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The unemployment rate among Europeans aged 15-24 edged higher in Q1 of this year, as 23.5% of the youth in the EU27 were jobless. Today’s graphic breaks down the unemployment rate by countries in the EU27.

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Today’s graphic shows the top economic releases expected this week, including the median forecast of analysts surveyed by Reuters and the last reported figure. It also shows a snapshot of key figures for the world’s largest economies.

At least 800,000 people across the U.S. live near hundreds of sites that store large amounts of ammonium nitrate, which investigators are blaming as the source of last month’s deadly blast at a fertilizer plant in West, Texas. Reuters found 317 schools and 20 hospitals located within a mile of U.S. ammonium nitrate storage sites.

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Baby formula made by foreign brands is in great demand in China after the 2008 scandal when six infants died. The incident, which involved melamine-tainted milk powder, soured China’s infant formula market for local firms. Since then, whole milk powder imports have jumped almost 800% and foreign brands now account for about half of total sales. Today’s graphic shows the top players in China’s $12.5 billion infant formula sector.

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As China’s arable land shrinks, more hectares are devoted to corn, rice and wheat. Today we have a double dose of graphics showing China’s rice, wheat and soybean production and imports and China’s arable land area, sown area, and yield by grain type.

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