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Thailand, Vietnam, and Mexico have the world's most celebrated street food cultures. Singapore's hawker centres received UNESCO recognition in 2020. An estimated 2.5 billion people eat street food daily. Here's the ranking of the world's greatest street food nations — and what makes street food so central to urban life.

Brazil ships the most coffee by volume and value. Switzerland and Germany rank high because they re-export processed coffee, and Colombia and Ethiopia earn more per tonne than the volume leaders. Here is how the ranking works and who keeps the money.

Brazil produces nearly 40% of the world's coffee — more than the next three countries combined. Vietnam is the world's top Robusta producer. Ethiopia is coffee's birthplace. Global coffee production is worth $50 billion at origin but $460 billion at retail — the biggest markup in agriculture. Here's the full coffee production ranking.