Category
Infrastructure & Logistics
Networks that move people, goods, energy and information.
- Metrics
- 5
- Headline
- 1
- Last ingestion
- 2026-10-19 00:18 UTC
Headline metrics, each in its default geography
Headline metric
Population using the Internet
Observed
Share of individuals who used the Internet from any location in the last three months.
73.6percent of population
period 2025World
improving+3.37%1yimproving+6.31%10y CAGR
Other metrics, each in its default geography
Infrastructure & Logistics
US building permits
Observed
New privately owned housing units authorized by building permits, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, in thousands.
1,403thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate
period 2026-08-01United States
contextual-2.09%1ycontextual-0.11%10y CAGR
Infrastructure & Logistics
US housing starts
Observed
New privately owned housing units started, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, in thousands.
1,275thousands of units, seasonally adjusted annual rate
period 2026-08-01United States
worsening-2.60%1yimproving+0.02%10y CAGR
Infrastructure & Logistics
US nonresidential construction spending
Observed
Value of nonresidential construction put in place in the United States, public and private, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.
1.31Mmillions of dollars, seasonally adjusted annual rate
period 2026-08-01United States
contextual+0.70%1ycontextual+0.02%10y CAGR
Infrastructure & Logistics
US residential construction spending
Observed
Value of residential construction put in place in the United States, public and private, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate.
894,597millions of dollars, seasonally adjusted annual rate
period 2026-08-01United States
contextual+1.08%1ycontextual-0.44%10y CAGR