Stats lovers - great site comparing nations statistics

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I just wanted to share this useful source of information with you.

[url=]Nationmaster.com, has a great collection of a wide range of statistics on the worlds nations. Some examples:

Some good ammunition for future GunControlDebates, showing the USA is number 8 for murder with firearms per capital - behind South Africa, Columbia, Thailand, Zimbabwe and Mexico.

United Arab Emirates has the largest ecological footprint at 16 ha per person. Other big offenders are USA with 12.22 ha/person, NZ 9.54 ha/person, Ireland 9.43 ha/person and Australia 8.49 ha/person.

Threatened species

  1. United States 854
  2. Australia 483
  3. Indonesia 340
  4. Mexico 247
  5. Brazil 240

Spending per person on health

  1. United States $4,271 (1999)
  2. Switzerland $3,857
  3. Norway $$3,182 (1999)
  4. Denmark $2,785 (1999)
  5. Luxembourg $2,731 (1999)

Andorra has the highest life expectancy at birth 83.49 years. Mozambique is 31.3 years.

Military expenditure per capita

  1. Israel $1466.51 per person
  2. Singapore $969.92 per person
  3. United States $953.01 per person
  4. Brunei $920.69 per person

I was surprised to find Australia has the third highest foreign debt per capita, after Qatar and Iceland.

New Zealand has the highest growth in exports at 9.0%, the USA is -1.2%.

And of course, Greece is the biggest consumer of cigarettes.

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Brunei?

I know the Sultan has more money than he can spend, but what is he buying?

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Sharks with Laser Beams on their heads.

The Sultan’s got style…

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Totally freaky. My World Civ Prof told us about this site yesterday. I knew what it was as soon as I read the thread title.