Trend · rank 163 of 250

Pathogen emergence pressure

Land use change, closer contact with animals and dense travel networks are sustaining opportunities for new pathogens to emerge, increasing national dependence on surveillance and responsive public health capacity.

Human CapitalPeople, health & workdiseasenaturehealth systems

Second pass: Carried forward from the first pass, where it was Zoonotic spillover & pandemic risk. Held by all three panel models.

Sensitivity and network position

Rank
163of 250
Sensitivity
8.3rank 143
Breadth
2of 20 scenarios High or above
PageRank
33.2rank 130
Eigenvector
0.6
Betweenness
1.5
Links
10trends at Moderate similarity or above
Composite
16.7

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
71
Over a year
−5%Steady
Over three years
−24%
Peak
39429 Dec 2024
Sources
Bothagreement 0.29
Coverage
19languages · 54 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 (19 of 28). Share is of all the readers counted.

LanguageShareNowOver a yearThree years
English51%94+1%
Russian8%66−26%
Spanish7%64−53%
French6%99+7%
German5%89+16%
Japanese4%76−35%
Italian4%78−22%
Chinese3%106+27%
Arabic2%91+11%
Polish2%88−11%
Portuguese1%83−13%
Persian1%127−0%
Korean1%63−38%
Dutch1%84+16%
Turkish1%76−2%
Indonesian1%74−30%
Ukrainian1%84−20%
Hebrew0%92−4%
Swedish0%78−16%

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

United States

Australia

New Zealand

Singapore

Canada

Nepal

United Kingdom

China

Ireland

South Africa

Ghana

100

74

67

64

57

52

49

47

45

44

42

38

The 12 highest of 54 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 English73−18%+1%−24%
EuropeGoogle in 8 countries + Wikipedia in German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch, Swedish68−32%−8%−24%
ChinaGoogle in 1 country53−65%0%−53%
Indo-PacificGoogle in 11 countries + Wikipedia in Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Indonesian81−2%−2%−28%
South AsiaGoogle in 3 countries41−27%−23%−69%
Gulf and Middle EastGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Persian, Arabic, Turkish, Hebrew81−15%+1%−7%
AfricaGoogle in 4 countries54−33%−24%−59%
Latin America and CaribbeanGoogle in 6 countries + Wikipedia in Spanish, Portuguese72−14%−31%−19%
Russia and EurasiaGoogle in 1 country + Wikipedia in Russian, Ukrainian76−47%+49%−17%

G20 members

PlaceRead fromNow90 days1 year3 yearsThree years
ArgentinaGoogle77+29%−18%−39%
AustraliaGoogle221+151%+319%+161%
BrazilGoogle + Wikipedia in Portuguese82−13%−13%−15%
CanadaGoogle50−26%−27%−54%
ChinaGoogle53−65%0%−53%
FranceGoogle + Wikipedia in French79−13%−2%−21%
GermanyGoogle + Wikipedia in German65−35%−5%−17%
IndiaGoogle41−21%−26%−68%
IndonesiaGoogle + Wikipedia in Indonesian75+3%−22%−43%
ItalyGoogle + Wikipedia in Italian69−38%−16%−12%
JapanGoogle + Wikipedia in Japanese60−20%−24%−51%
South KoreaGoogle + Wikipedia in Korean77−11%−2%−21%
MexicoGoogle68+5%−29%−19%
RussiaWikipedia in Russian66−21%−26%−29%
South AfricaGoogle44−43%−38%−70%
TürkiyeGoogle + Wikipedia in Turkish70−26%−1%−21%
United KingdomGoogle37−47%−52%−69%
United StatesGoogle + Wikipedia in English74−16%+5%−22%

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 novel respiratory pathogen exceeds health surge capacity S10Health
5 · Very highA live outbreak proves rapid distributed pandemic defence S20 ↗Health
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 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 relatedA public service platform reaches inclusive operation S18 ↗Technology and infrastructure
0 · Not relatedAffordable preventive treatments reduce chronic illness S19 ↗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
4 · HighAntimicrobial resistancePeople, health & work104
4 · HighAdaptable vaccine platformsPeople, health & work106
3 · ModerateHealth workforce scarcityPeople, health & work48
3 · ModerateGlobal health governancePeople, health & work49
3 · ModerateHealth system demand imbalancePeople, health & work56
3 · ModerateCare labour demand growthPeople, health & work86
3 · ModerateChronic disease & obesity burdenPeople, health & work98
3 · ModerateReproductive, maternal & child healthPeople, health & work123
3 · ModerateMental health demand growthPeople, health & work127
3 · ModerateSanitation & hygiene access gapsPeople, health & work188