Metrics
What numbers consultants lead with.
Every slide that foregrounds a metric — 7,750 in total — classified into families by what's being measured. Drill in to see who uses each family, where in the narrative, and the real examples.
Metric families
7,750 metric-led slides1266
Survey & sentiment
What people said — respondents, priorities, sentiment, NPS.
16.3%
1110
Market size & value
Scale of the pool — TAM, GMV, AUM, deal value, investment, funding.
14.3%
709
Cost & savings
What's spent or saved — costs, spend, savings, efficiency, abatement.
9.1%
541
Share & penetration
Piece of the pie — market share, adoption, penetration, uptake.
7.0%
491
Growth rate
Speed of change — CAGR, YoY, growth rate.
6.3%
261
Rates & ratios
Other rates — retention, conversion, representation, distress.
3.4%
324
Employment & headcount
People at work — employees, FTEs, productivity, jobs.
4.2%
226
Indices & scores
Composite indicators — confidence indices, rankings, ratings.
2.9%
218
Margin & return
Economic quality — margins, ROI/ROE/ROIC, TSR, profit.
2.8%
212
Environment & emissions
Green metrics — GHG, emissions, hydrogen, renewables.
2.7%
187
Volume & counts
Raw counts — number of X, transactions, deals.
2.4%
141
Revenue & sales
Top line — revenue, sales, GVA.
1.8%
76
Macro indicators
Economy-wide signals — inflation, unemployment, PMI.
1.0%
23
Valuation
Asset worth — present value, pre-money, exit value.
0.3%
1965
Other
Domain-specific or uncategorized long-tail.
25.4%
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· function establish_context
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Where in the narrative
| analyze_data | 134 |
| establish_context | 33 |
| frame_problem | 22 |
| benchmark_peers | 19 |
| diagnose | 16 |
| illustrate_case | 15 |
| recommend | 7 |
| quantify_impact | 6 |
| plan_implementation | 2 |
| decompose_segments | 2 |
| compare_options | 2 |
| transition | 1 |
Number shape
| percent | 213 |
| plain | 36 |
| multiplier | 10 |
| money | 2 |
33 examples
4.5%
The Federal Reserve, ECB, and BOE are cautiously reducing rates to support growth, while Brazil's central bank tightens policy further to curb rising inflation
“In January, Brazil's central bank raised the Selic policy rate by 100 basis points to 13.25% in an ongoing effort to combat resurgent inflation”
30%
The close relationship between the digital foundation and platforms is underlined by the way some exchanges are becoming technology providers through licensing their trading systems.
“Within the first year, the exchange successfully migrated 30% of its workloads to the cloud.”
200%
The new Trump administration has made tariffs and trade restrictions a key part of its policy agenda, with some of the more severe measures directed towards China
“The Trump administration has floated a variety of tariff proposals, and there is still significant uncertainty over which ones will be implemented (and when), a…”
$15 trillion
By 2027, the next generation will come into sharper focus
“Providers will need to adapt to the investing needs and behaviors of younger generations.”
15%
Moving to the cloud was always going to be an unnatural act for banks—since their earliest days they have kept their most valuable assets locked up on-premise.
“By 2022, the average bank had migrated 15% of its workloads, up from 8% the previous year.”
88%
Power up your resilience
“That's why only 15% of companies achieve it.”
11.25%
Brazil's Central Bank cuts Selic rate by 0.50 percentage points for a fifth time; inflation falls for fourth consecutive month.
“Brazil's Central Bank cuts Selic rate by 0.50 percentage points for a fifth time; inflation falls for fourth consecutive month.”
5.5%
Most central banks are pausing further rate hikes while they evaluate evolving conditions
“The Fed left rates unchanged in November but signaled that additional rate hikes are not off the table”
35%
UAE has one of the world's highest prevalence rates of diabetes and obesity, amongst other lifestyle diseases
17%
The country's recovery in 2021 hinges largely on the same question that has dominated all of 2020: how effectively can we manage the COVID-19 pandemic?
“The procurement of vaccines and efficient rollout will be key to the Philippines' economic recovery effort.”
1.1 million
The impact of 2020 international border closures will be sustained reduction in Australia's level of population growth, with implications for economic recovery
“Historically, NOM accounted for 50-60% of population growth. With COVID-19 resulting in materially reduced NOM, population growth is expected to reduce by 60-70…”
94%
9 in 10 new digital consumers intend to continue using digital services going forward
75%
Transformations are not only necessary for those companies in financial difficulties; Permanent transformation is essential for all companies
“Transformations are not only necessary for those companies in financial difficulties; Permanent transformation is essential for all companies”
66%
2. Data: good governance and clean data enable analytics and automation
“66% say data management is the area of their business where complete disruption would be most appropriate.”
29%
There are several types of taxes / levies imposed related to the movement of wine to / and from Australia
“These levies are not collected on a per shipment basis, but annually from applicable vineyards / wineries”
25%
“US tariff policies thus far in 2025 have been considerably more aggressive than during Trump's first term, threatening a significant slowdown in global economic…”
40%
“The only certainty is that executives should focus on creating more resilient organizations to navigate this historically volatile environment.”
83.9%
“Bermuda is the world's leading domicile for captive insurance, offering a robust regulatory framework, tax efficiency, and a rich pool of industry expertise.”
183%
“The rate of change affecting businesses has risen steadily since 2019, by 183% over the past four years and by 33% in the past year alone.”
37%
“In February 2020, the US Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 31% of persons with disabilities of working age were employed. In 2023, that figure increased …”
15%
“Small firms (15%) reported much greater representation of Hispanic employees among their junior-level investment professionals than did mid-size (6%) or large f…”
13.25%
“In contrast to recent months, Brazil's inflation rate saw a jump in July; meanwhile, the Central Bank cut the key Selic rate by 50 bps to 13.25% at its August m…”
48.5%
9.3%
12.3%
42%
48%
“To multiply our impact, we continue to partner with organizations working for gender parity, including: Lean In, UN HeForShe, 30% Club, Chefsache, Male Champion…”
100%
“McKinsey aspires to meet the highest professional, legal, and ethical standards and uphold the trust our clients and other stakeholders place in us.”
100%
“Protecting client information is one of our core values and is essential for maintaining the trust our firm depends on.”
93%
“As a global firm with offices in more than 65 countries, we have a significant opportunity and responsibility to drive positive social and environmental impact …”
81%
“81% of respondents have started their Agile transformation within the last 3 years”
75%
“The US National Training Laboratory found that retention rates for training through Virtual Reality are 75 percent, far above the 10 percent for reading-based l…”
3%