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Internet traffic from Libya
I thought it would be interesting to share a snapshot of our traffic graphs to show how Internet access to our site has been affected during the uprisings in the Middle East. Let’s start with a graph...
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Political Rights and Civil Liberties Around the World for 2012
2011 and 2012 have been years full of changes in the level of political rights and civil liberties around the world, primarily due to the Arab uprisings. Freedom House, an organization that supports...
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Expected Years of Schooling for Females Worldwide
The expected years of schooling for females varies from country to country. Developed nations such as the United States, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Norway, Iceland, Australia, New Zealand, etc.,...
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Fossil Fuel Subsidies Globally
Fossil fuel subsidies are very common in developing nations. Subsidies cover the difference between the price at which fossil fuels are sold inside the country and their actual price in international...
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Elimination of Chemical Weapons Worldwide
The Organization for the Proliferation of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) was created to oversee the elimination of existing chemical weapons and monitor the chemical industry to prevent the production of...
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Drought Severity by Country (1901 – 2008)
This map shows drought severity, measured as the product of the average length of a drought occurrence and how dry it was the drought. This visualization is based on data collected for the period...
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The World’s Largest Oil Reserves by Country
Oil reserves are the amount of oil that can be technically and economically recovered from the ground. Nations with the world’s largest oil reserves include Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,...
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Extradition Treaties of the U.S. with Other Countries
An estimated 100 countries have signed bilateral extradition treaties with the United States, including all Latin American countries, Western European countries, Egypt, India, Australia, and New...
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Violence Against Women by World Region
In this chart published by The Economist we look at two sets of data about violence against women. The first one shows that more than a third (39%) of homicides of women around the world are committed...
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The Failed States Index 2013
Fund For Peace just released the Failed State Index (FSI) 2013. The FSI measures the level of risk in each country using a series of risk indicators such as mounting demographic pressures, massive...
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The Quality of Democracy by Country
Global Democracy Ranking released the Democracy Ranking for the year 2012, which shows the quality of democracy around the world. Several indicators were used to calculate the Global Democracy Ranking....
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Deaths from Organized Internal Conflict
The number of deaths as a result of internal armed conflicts has increased dramatically from 37,300 back in 2007 to 178,300 in 2012. Internal conflict is defined as armed conflict between two parties,...
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Every Protest in the World Since 1979
According to the Global Database of Events, Language, and Tone (GDELT) website, an estimated 250 million incidents have occurred since 1979, ranging from protests and violence, to change in military or...
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The Economic Freedom Index 2013
The Economic Freedom Index, compiled by the Heritage Foundation, is a measure of the economic freedom given to citizens in each of the 185 countries where it is measured. A total of ten components of...
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Freedom on the Net 2013
Freedom House has conducted a study on internet freedom in 60 countries across the globe. What the authors of the study found is that global internet freedom has deteriorated in the last three years...
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Things Each Country Leads the World In
Each country leads the world in different things, from good to bad things to awkward ones. According to the map above, France leads the world in tourism, India in making movies, Saudi Arabia in oil...
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How African Countries Compare to One Another
The African continent is home to 54 countries ranging from prosperous ones to countries that are plagued by violence and extreme poverty. The chart above shows how African countries compare with one...
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