Source: The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) 2016-2017 Reserves of foreign exchange and gold compares the dollar value for the stock of all financial assets that are available to…
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Source: Eurostat, Cartography: Eurostat – GISCO Regions with lowest unemployment rates: 1. Praha Czech Republic 1.7% 2. Trier Germany 2.0% 3. Jihozápad Czech Republic 2.1% Mittelfranken Germany 2.1% Niederbayern Germany…
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Source: The World Factbook, Central Intelligence Agency, 2015-2017 Countries with less than 1 million inhabitants are not included. Countries with the lowest unemployment rates: 1. Cambodia 0.3% 2. Qatar 0.6%…
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Source: U.S. News, 2018 “The Best States ranking of U.S. states draws on thousands of data points to measure how well states are performing for their citizens. In addition to…
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Source: Central Intelligent Agency (CIA) – The World Factbook, 2017 Debt-to GDP Ratio in 2017 Greece 180.0 Italy 131.2 Portugal 127.7 Cyprus 104.5 Belgium 104.3 Spain 96.7 France 96.1…
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Source: The World Factbook, Central Intelligent Agency (CIA) Countries with the highest Debt-to-GDP Ratio 1. Japan 222.2% 2. Greece 179.4% 3. Lebanon 146.6% 4. Italy 132.5% 5. Portugal 130.4%…
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Source: Trades Union Congress (TUC), Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs (DG ECFIN) Hungary 4.9% Latvia 4.1% Lithuania 3.9% Poland 3.8% Czech…
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Source: International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA), 2016 Total motor vehicles* (thousands) Produced motor vehicles per 1,000 capita 1. China 28,119 20.4 2. US 12,198 37.3 3. Japan 9,205…
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Minimum wage: the lowest wage permitted by law or by a special agreement (such as one with a labor union). Fact: the federal minimum wage has not been changed since…
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Poverty line: the estimated minimum level of income needed to secure the necessities of life. Lowest in Austria (4.0%), highest in Greece (36.0%). European Union average: 9.8%. Source: CIA…
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