By the Numbers in 2022
World Population
8.0B
UK Life Expectancy
60.4 years
US Life Expectancy
60.6 years
Gold Price (per oz)
$1,800.3
Dow Jones Index
32,978
US National Debt
30.9T
Sovereign Nations
195
How Much Did Things Cost in 2022?
| Item | UK | US |
|---|---|---|
| Average house price | £305,000 | $428,700 |
| Average salary | £33,500 | $63,184 |
| Pint of milk | £0.62 | $0.45 |
| Loaf of bread | £1.50 | $2.99 |
| Cinema ticket | £10.00 | $12.50 |
| Petrol per litre | £1.68 | $3.47 |
Technology and Inventions in 2022
ChatGPT launched in November and shocked the world with AI capabilities. Elon's Twitter chaos dominated tech news. NFTs became a punchline. Crypto winter hit hard with FTX's fraud collapse. AI was no longer theoretical—it was here.
- ● ChatGPT launched (November) with 1 million users in 5 days
- ● Elon Musk buys Twitter for $44 billion
- ● FTX crypto exchange collapses in fraud scandal
- ● Meta (Facebook) announces 10,000 layoffs
- ● Twitter loses advertisers after Elon takeover
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