Pocket World in Figures 2017 by The Economist

Pocket World in Figures 2017 by The Economist

* More than 200,000 copies sold worldwide each year* For more than 25 years, Pocket World in Figures has been informing and entertaining readers around the world with its blend of the serious, the quirky and the downright surprising. Where else would you find out, in a single volume, that a Big Mac will cost you twice as much in Israel as one in South Africa, that Rwanda, Bolivia and Cuba have the highest proportion of women in parliament or that the US space budget is six times that of its nearest rival, China? The 2017 edition once again includes data from over 190 countries, presented in a series of rankings and country profiles. As always, the rankings will cover subjects as diverse as geography and demographics, business, economics and finance and society and culture. But this time, the book will also showcase the Economist's strength in data journalism by including a series of charts and graphs to supplement the rankings. The new edition will also include a series of quiz questions designed to make the book an even more indispensable guide for anyone who wants to be well-informed about the world around them.

The book is an intriguing snapshot of the world today, giving rankings on everything from boozing to banking, travel and TV habits, politics, population and Nobel Peace Prize winners * Daily Mirror *
Informative, entertaining and insightful.. the fact-lovers Bible * Reuters *
Everything the armchair globetrotter needs to know about the world * Daily Telegraph *

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ISBN 13	9781781256077
ISBN 10	1781256071
Title	Pocket World in Figures 2017
Author	The Economist
Series	Pocket World In Figures
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2016-08-25
Number of pages	256
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