Pocket World In Figures: 2013

[custom_frame_left shadow=”on”]pocketworldinfigures2013[/custom_frame_left]This book is full of facts and figures about the world today on subjects as diverse as geography, population and demographics, business, finance and the economy, transport, tourism and the environment, society, culture and crime – it is a mine of fascinating data that will both inform and entertain. Where else would you discover that: The G7 economies account for nearly 40 per cent of the world’s GDP but only 11 per cent of it population; National income per head in Luxembourg is over $105,000; in Burundi it is $160; Three of the world’s five most liveable cities are in Canada; four of the top ten are in Australia; Between them overseas Indians and Chinese send close to $100 billion home a year; It comes with rankings on more than 200 topics, data on more than 180 countries, detailed profiles of more than 65 of the world’s major economies and special profiles on the Euro zone and the world. The Economist Pocket World in Figures is always eagerly awaited by its many thousands of fans.