What are the 100 things you did not know about the world around you?

• Education

  • There are 22 countries in the world where over half of the population is illiterate. 15 of them are in Africa.
  • In Mali, children spend on average only two years at school. Most of them start working between the ages of 10 and 14.
  • The highest salaries offered to teachers are granted in Switzerland. Here, a professor's salary starts at $ 33,000 a year.
  • Students in Japan and South Korea are considered the best in the world in math and other exact sciences.

  

  • Icelandic teachers account for 7.8% of the total workforce in the country. Here we add that they only work 38 weeks a year.
  • Interesting statistics show that in Central Europe women occupy an overwhelming proportion among teachers. In Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, over 75% of teachers are women.   Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
  • In Indonesia, over half of teachers have not yet reached the age of 30.
  • In Iceland, only a third of college graduates are men.
  • Do you want to know the country where most geniuses are born? Try Iceland. There are 3 Nobel Prize winners for every 1 million people.

  

  Economy and Army

  • 41% of the world's poorest people live in India.
  • 72% of Mali citizens earn less than $ 1 a day.
  • 8 of the most developed European states (out of a total of 10) speak Germanic languages ​​(Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Luxembourg and Denmark).
  • The top 10 tourist destinations in the world are: France, Spain, USA, Italy, China, Great Britain, Austria, Mexico, Germany and Canada. Together, the 10 countries gather 49.6% of all tourists around the world.
  • Only France adds 11% of the world tourists.
  • The number of tourists in San Marino exceeds 19 times the number of people in this country. Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
  • Among the most generous 15 countries in the world (in terms of donations), only 5 are not found on the European continent: USA, Canada, Australia, Japan and South Korea.
  • Canada has only 9,000 employees in the naval forces and this despite being the country with the largest coastal area in the world.

  

  • Bolivia, on the other hand, enjoyed 4,500 troops among the naval forces. A large figure if we think that this country has no outpost and is one with a predominantly mountainous relief.
  • In a top of the most investing countries in the military, the United States is leading detached. The amount invested is higher than the top 12 top countries taken together.
  • Almost half of the arms exported to developing countries come from the US.

  Population

  • Andorra citizens live on average four years longer than their neighbors in France and Spain.   Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
  • China's labor force amounts to 706 million people ... three times more than all the countries in Europe taken together and twice as many as North and South America taken together.
  • Luxembourgers are considered the richest citizens of the world - and the most generous, at the same time.
  • If you like kids, visit Uganda. Half of the country's population is under 15 years of age.
  • Do you like to live in cities? Try Guadeloupe, Nauru, Monaco, Singapore, Bermuda or Gibraltar. These are the only 100% urbanized countries.

  

  • 25% of Monaco citizens are over 65 years old.
  • Sri Lanka is the country with the lowest divorce rate around the world. Incidentally or not, the same country has the highest worldwide suicide rate among women.
  • There are 11 countries where a woman gives birth to at least 6 children on average. 10 of these countries are in Africa. The exception is Afghanistan.

  

  • The highest marriage rate is registered in the United States. The US also holds the record for the highest divorce rate.
  • If you are Swedish or Dutch, you are most likely to get into a nursing home in old age. If you are a Japanese, you have a great chance to spend your old house in the same house with your own children.
  • China is still holding the record for the largest population. However, there are 71 countries where the agglomeration is larger than in China.Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
  • Most homes in Europe and North America live less than 3 people. In the same way, Americans seem to prefer to stand alone.
  • The United States holds the world record for the number of homes where a single person lives.
  • Kazakhstan is the largest country with no ocean exit (2,717,300 sq. Km).

  

  • Kazakhstan is also the world's ninth largest country after Russia, Canada, USA, China, Brazil, Australia, India and Argentina.

  Weal

  • In the top 15 countries with the most unfortunate populations, absolutely all countries are found in Eastern Europe.
  • On the same top, Bulgaria occupies the first place, with 62% of citizens declaring unhappy or unhappy with their living conditions. Second and third places are Moldova and Belarus respectively.
  • Australians on the other hand are the most optimistic when it comes to enrolling in charities, environmental groups, sports or unions. However, only 3% of Australians are members of a political party.
  • Interesting statistics show that the top five coffee-consuming countries in the world are the same as countries where people's trust is the highest. Here we are referring to Norway, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and the Netherlands.
  • Another study shows that in all countries of the world household chores are mostly met by women.

  

  • Canadians are the largest natural juice consumers in the world. On average, one person consumes at least one liter of natural juice per week.
  • There are more computers in the United States than in all 7 countries that follow them in a top profile taken together.
  • Andorra is the state where unemployment is 0%. Also, there was no television station in Andorra.   Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
  • In India, the number of movie theater audiences amounts to 3 billion a year - much more than in any other country.

  

  • Taiwan and Luxembourg are the only countries in the world where the number of mobile phones exceeds that of the inhabitants.
  • In Eastern Europe, the number of women exceeds that of men among the unemployed.
  • 61.5% of Swedes work on average 40 hours per week. The situation is quite different from their Norwegian neighbors. Only 15.8% of Norwegians work so hard.
  • In Switzerland, a person with an average wage must work 102 minutes to afford a pound of meat. On the other hand, the same person has to work only 14 hours in order to buy a fridge in which to keep the meat.
  • If you are looking for work, try the Falkland Islands. Unemployment is 0% and employers still complain about the lack of workforce.
  • In Denmark, workers perform 150 times more strikes in one year than their neighbors in Germany.

  

  • The most influential women in business are found in North America.
  • Half of Czech and Slovak men work in factories.
  • On average, in Kenya, a woman works 35% more than a man.
  • The worst working conditions for women are recorded in Guatemala. Here, a woman works on average for up to 11.5 hours a day.
  • In Sweden, there is a bus for every 1,000 people.
  • In the UK, one person drinks more tea a year than 23 Italians together.

  

  • Norwegians are the largest coffee consumers in the world with 10.7 kg / person annually. On average, a Norwegian drink 15 times more coffee than an Irish (Ireland ranks 18th among the top coffee-consuming countries).
  • In the United States, there is the largest number of McDonald's restaurants per inhabitant (433 restaurants for every 100,000 Americans).   Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
  • Coincidence or not, most deaths are recorded in the US due to obesity. More deaths than in Mexico, Germany, Spain, Austria and Canada combined.
  • Americans are also some of the world's largest alcoholic drinkers. They rank 6th in the consumption of spirits, 8th in beer and 18th in the top of wine consumers. And yet, Americans are number one in the top of countries where people do not accept alcohol consumers as neighbors.
  • If you want to get to the United States and do not know how, you choose to visit Albania first. In Albania, most US visas are earned on the number of inhabitants.

  

  Health care

  • Most of Zambian residents do not live until they are 40 years old.
  • Of the top 40 countries in which the average age does not exceed 40 years, 34 are on the African continent.
  • In Botswana, one in three citizens aged 15 to 49 is infected with HIV.
  • In New Zealand, most women choose to give birth to children only after they are 30 years of age. The opposite is the United States of America, where 22% of teenage babies still live in teenage years.
  • Mexican women spend on average over 15% of their life on sick leave.
  • In Ethiopia, 9 out of 10 births take place without medical assistance.
    Most aesthetic surgery is done in the US. The second is Mexico.
  • More than half of Finnish doctors are women.
  • One in three Italian children is born by caesarean section.
  • Switzerland is the country with the most hospital beds per capita. At the same time, the Swiss spend an average of 10 days a year in the hospital.

  

  Geography and nature

  • Only two of the world's countries do not have access to water at one of the world's great or ocean: Liechtenstein and Uzbekistan.
  • If you are tired of crowds, go to Greenland. For every Greenland there are 38 square kilometers of land.
  • Mall of Washington D.C. is 1.4 times larger than the entire Vatican.
  • Brazil occupies 48.7% of the total area of ​​South America.
  • Canada is the country with the largest coastline around the world, over 200,000 kilometers, more than the entire Pacific Ocean coastline.

  

  • If you thought Antarctica was an harsh area, you did not wrong. 98% of the surface of this southern continent is covered by ice. The remaining 2% is stony desserts.
  • Nearly half of Ecuador's surface is considered a natural reserve.
  • In Indonesia there are the most mammalian species in the world - but most endangered species of mammals.
  • The total coral in Australia covers a larger area than all the other 130 countries that own atolls.   Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
  • There are more reptile species in Australia than in all the countries where they live together.
  • Nauru, Tokelau, and Western Sahara are the only states that do not have a capital city.
  • Libya is the only state whose flag is a single color.
  • Nepal holds the only flag that is not square or rectangular. The Nepalese Flag consists of two overlapping triangles.

  

  • One of the eight countries that included the word "democracy" in their own name, 3 are dictatorships: the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Laos and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

  Crime & Mortality

  • In the United States, you are 66 times more likely to sue than in France, for example.
  • If you live in Montserrat, you have to be very careful about what you are doing. 1% of the entire population is working in local police.
  • There are more detainees in the US, in terms of number of inhabitants, than in any other country in the world. 0.7% of the entire population of this country is in detention.
  • Two-thirds of the total number of executions worldwide take place in China.
  • Most kidnappings, over two-thirds of the total number of these crimes worldwide, take place in Colombia.
  • There are twice as many judges and magistrates in Russia than in the US. At the same time, the crime rate is eight times higher in the United States.
  • In Maldives, there are 2 prisons per 1,000 inhabitants.

  

  • One in three Australians was at one time the victim of a crime.
  • The highest number of crimes is registered in the United States. The same applies to car theft, rape, robbery or armed attacks.
  • Only in five countries of the world, the number of female prisoners exceeds that of men. These are Thailand, Qatar, Paraguay, Costa Rica and Singapore.
  • People trust the Swedes. In a recent study, Swedish companies are considered safe and less likely to receive bribes.  Give to support this organization in reaching out worldwide.
  • In Fiji, Chile and Egypt you can be closed if you do not present yourself at the polling station - at least theoretically.
  • Finland is considered the country with the lowest corruption rate in the world.
  • Army and police members have no right to vote in the Dominican Republic.
  • In Cuba, most of the dead are struck by lightning.

  

  • In contrast, Brazil has a sad record of those who died after they fell from a tree.

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