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12 Country Comparisons On Research, Technology, and More

From the issue of 09/01/2011
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1. Research and Development expenditure (percent of GDP)
 

CHINA: 1.44 %
MEXICO: 0.37%
(2007 figures)

2. Number of researchers in Research & Development (per million people)
 

LITHUANIA: 2,529
SOUTH AFRICA: 393
(2007 figures)

3. Number of Scientific and Technical journal articles published

EGYPT: 1,934
INDONESIA: 198
(2007 figures)
 

4. Internet users per 100 people

TURKMENISTAN: 1.6
TUNISIA: 33.5
(2009 figures)

5. Share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment (male)

FYR MACEDONIA: 55.6%
IRAN: 20.2%
(2008 figures)

6. Share of the labor force ages 15-24 without work but available for and seeking employment (female)

FYR MACEDONIA: 56.8%
IRAN: 33.9%
(2008 figures)

7. Income share held by the top 10 percent of the population

AFGHANISTAN: 24% (2008 figures)
BRAZIL: 42.5% (2009 figures)

8. Percentage of firms expected to make informal payments to public officials to “get things done”

BANGLADESH: 85.1% (2007 figures)
TIMOR-LESTE: 19.4% (2009 figures)
 

9. Average number of times firms spent in meetings with tax officials

SLOVENIA: 0.3
GABON: 15.2
 

10. Mobile cellular subscriptions (per 100 people)

ESTONIA: 203
PAPUA NEW GUINEA: 13

11. 2009 FIGURES: Number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school (female)

PAKISTAN: 4,191,384
BURKINA FASO: 473,232

12. 2009 FIGURES: Number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school (male)

PAKISTAN: 3,108,413
BURKINA FASO: 392,446

 

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