Trend · rank 213 of 250

Biometric identification

Face, fingerprint, iris and voice recognition are spreading across borders, payments and public services, making accuracy, spoof resistance and recoverable credentials central to dependable national identification.

Critical TechnologyState capacity & governancecyberdata governanceinstitutions

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Biometrics. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
213of 250
Sensitivity
4.2rank 218
Breadth
1of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
16.3rank 220
Eigenvector
4.6
Betweenness
13.1
Links
5trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
11.2

Attention over three years

How much this trend is read about on Wikipedia and searched for on Google, week by week, set against the typical trend in the list so that what moves every trend at once is taken out. 100 is this trend's own three-year average. The score measures public attention, which is not the same as the strength of the force: a trend can deepen unnoticed, and a news event can lift attention for a fortnight.

Now
91
Over a year
−10%Steady
Over three years
−23%
Peak
30328 Jul 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.11
Coverage
25languages · 57 nations

Trailing 4-week average. 100 is this trend’s three-year average.

By language

Wikipedia reading in each language edition where the trend’s pages are read enough to measure (25 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English82%102+2%
Spanish2%91−6%
Hindi2%263+121%
Russian2%76−20%
French2%84−10%
German2%99−1%
Chinese1%93+4%
Italian1%90+14%
Japanese1%102+11%
Persian1%81+7%
Arabic1%121+21%
Portuguese1%88−12%
Ukrainian1%75−9%
Polish0%67−3%
Vietnamese0%67−17%
Hebrew0%125+32%
Turkish0%137+67%
Bengali0%98+28%
Dutch0%122+33%
Indonesian0%121+59%
Korean0%96+16%
Tamil0%94+4%
Malay0%91+1%
Swedish0%92+21%
Thai0%58−43%

By country

Google search interest over the three years, as a share of each country’s searching. 100 is the nation where interest is highest. The search terms are English, which favours countries that search in English.

Philippines

Ethiopia

Malaysia

Thailand

Australia

United Kingdom

Canada

Kenya

United Arab Emirates

Nigeria

Singapore

South Africa

100

95

33

31

25

25

24

24

23

22

21

19

The 12 highest of 57 nations with a reading.

By region and G20 member

Attention to this trend inside each place, from Google searches made in its countries and Wikipedia reading in the languages mostly read there, averaged where both exist. Each line compares the trend with its own past in that place; the lines do not compare places.

Regions

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
North AmericaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in English100+21%−5%−12%
EuropeGoogle in 9 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish88+5%−27%−19%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Indonesian, Thai, Malay92+17%−7%−9%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil156+48%+53%+42%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 4 countries + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew103+11%+7%−9%
AfricaGoogle in 5 countries89+15%−4%−36%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese106−4%+7%+8%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 2 countries + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian90−3%+22%−36%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle102−8%+6%+28%
AustraliaGoogle102+47%−28%+9%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese103+4%−9%+15%
CanadaGoogle77+30%−32%−43%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French88+1%−16%−25%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German88+21%−19%−23%
IndiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil158+48%+54%+47%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian136+44%+54%+12%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian91+13%−4%−22%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese95+18%−6%−18%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean93+58%−21%−15%
MexicoGoogle169−12%+70%+85%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian76−11%−20%−41%
Saudi ArabiaGoogle108−26%+34%−8%
South AfricaGoogle122−9%+5%+35%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish110+44%+12%−1%
United KingdomGoogle61−21%−85%−2%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English103+21%−1%−5%

Relation to each scenario

A trend relates to a scenario when it changes how likely the scenario is, how hard it lands, or is itself sharply changed by it. Each score is the median of three scores given separately by the members of the model panel.

RelationScenarioFamily
5 · Very highA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedCritical trade divides into rival blocs S01Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA global funding seizure reaches sovereign balance sheets S02Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA regional war closes a globally important sea route S03Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedHybrid coercion ends in an infrastructure blackout S04Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA disputed transfer of power breaks effective government S05Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedTwo breadbasket failures trigger a food availability crisis S06Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA major disaster disables the national economic core S07Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAn AI deployment step causes abrupt labour displacement S08Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA cryptographic breakthrough invalidates digital trust S09Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedA novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
0 · Not relatedA creditor agreement releases fiscal capacity S11 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA cross-regional market access compact redirects investment S12 ↗Economic and trade
0 · Not relatedA great-power agreement lowers economic security barriers S13 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedA verified Middle East settlement restores access S14 ↗Geopolitical and security
0 · Not relatedCheap firm clean power becomes available at scale S15 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedA validated farming package raises water-efficient output S16 ↗Energy, climate and resources
0 · Not relatedAI-directed research produces a reproducible discovery step S17 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗Health
0 · Not relatedA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health

Similarity = 0.3 × shared tags (Jaccard) + 0.3 × likeness of scenario profiles (cosine) + 0.3 × likeness of names and descriptions (TF-IDF cosine) + 0.1 if in the same capability domain, cut into seven levels at 0.12, 0.22, 0.33, 0.45, 0.58, 0.72. Shown at Moderate and above.

SimilarityTrendThemeRank
3 · ModerateDigital public infrastructureState capacity & governance31
3 · ModerateData protection & digital rightsState capacity & governance44
3 · ModeratePublic-sector AI adoptionState capacity & governance75
3 · ModerateDigital sovereignty & data localisationAI, compute & quantum121
3 · ModerateCloud & edge computingAI, compute & quantum124