2022 Facts & Figures: EUROPE

AMOUNT OF TIME Russian leader Vladimir Putin has been in power. In 2021, laws were changed to enable Putin to potentially remain in charge of Russia until 2036—a total of 36 years.

PERCENTAGE of the London-based British Museum’s collection that’s on display. The museum has 8 million pieces of art and antiquities.

^{Source: British Museum}

Its origins date to 27 b.c., according to most historians, the year Octavian overthrew the Roman Republic and became Emperor Augustus. The eastern half of the Roman Empire, based in Constantinople (now Istanbul, Turkey), lasted almost 1,500 years—until the city fell to the Turks in 1453 A.D.

^{Source: Guinness World Records}

PERCENTAGE of electricity in Germany that’s supplied by wind turbines. The nation produces more electricity from wind than any other in Europe. By 2030, it aims to generate 65 percent from renewable sources such as wind.

^{Source: Global Wind Report 2021}