Source page: McKinsey & Company
Commentary
The ties that bind
Global Trade | Technology | Climate change
March 29, 2024 – Global cooperation is key to better lives and livelihoods, but in some areas it appears to have stalled after trending positively for much of the past decade. In collaboration with the World Economic Forum, global managing partner Bob Sternfels and colleagues developed a Global Cooperation Barometer that looks at five pillars of cooperation. Trade and capital flows and climate and natural capital are on the rise, while innovation and technology, health and wellness, and peace and security have either leveled off or are on the decline. Click through the interactive to see more.
Interactive
To read the article, see “Strengthening fraying ties: The Global Cooperation Barometer 2024,” February 27, 2024.
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Visual form
Global Cooperation Barometer chart.
Layout / body structure
The chart is organized around five pillars of cooperation. It lets the reader move across pillars to see which areas are rising, flattening, or declining.
What is being compared
It compares global cooperation trends across trade and capital flows, climate and natural capital, innovation and technology, health and wellness, and peace and security.
Measurement system
The chart uses indexed or directional barometer-style measures rather than one shared unit. Each pillar is interpreted by trend direction over time.
Visible structure inside the graphic
Trade and capital flows and climate and natural capital are presented as rising areas, while innovation and technology, health and wellness, and peace and security are shown as leveling off or declining.
Main takeaway from the visual
Global cooperation has not moved in one direction. Some forms of cooperation have strengthened, while other critical pillars have stalled or weakened.
Key standout values or extremes
The main split is two improving pillars versus three flat or declining pillars, showing that the overall cooperation picture is mixed rather than uniformly positive.
Controls / sequence, when applicable
This is an chart; the reader clicks through the barometer views and pillar comparisons.
Companion media, when applicable
There is no separate companion audio or video; the chart is the full visual on this page.