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The median country farms 38% of its land area. 23 of the 209 countries and territories measured are above 70%, and most...

8 of the 176 countries and territories measured import more than 100% of GDP, which happens where goods are brought in a...

The median country records 26.8 births per 1,000 teenage women, so the rate in Central African Republic is about 6 times...

The median country has 8.34% of its population aged 65 or over, against 36.17% in Monaco. 35 of the 217 countries and te...

The median country has 95.3 people per square kilometre, so Macao is roughly 216 times as dense as a typical country. Ci...

15 of the 215 countries measured have electricity access below 50%. 138 countries are at or above 99.5%, so the gap is c...

138 of the 209 countries measured have more subscriptions than people, which is normal: a figure above 100 counts second...

The median country spends 6.37% of GDP on health, so Tuvalu's 27.09% is roughly 4.3 times that. A high share reflects bo...

Eswatini's rate is 266.5 times that of Qatar, the lowest of the 182 countries measured at 0.13%. The median country sits...

A figure above 100% is possible because exports are measured against GDP, and re-exported goods count in full: 8 of the...

At 7.32% a year, Qatar's population doubles in roughly 10 years if the rate holds. The slowest-shrinking to fastest-grow...

The gap between the top country (Monaco, 86.5 years) and the lowest of the 217 measured (Nigeria, 54.6 years) is 31.9 ye...