(Ebook) Pocket World in Figures 2019 Edition by The Economist ISBN 9781782834731, 1782834737

(Ebook) Pocket World in Figures 2019 Edition by The Economist ISBN 9781782834731, 1782834737

This 2019 edition of The Economist Pocket World in Figures presents and analysesdata about the world in two sections:The world rankings consider and rank the performance of 185 countries against arange of indicators in five sections: geography and demographics, business andeconomics, politics and society, health and welfare, and culture and entertainment.The countries included are those which had (in 2016) a population of at least 1m or aGDP of at least $3bn; they are listed on pages 250 – 53 . New rankings this yearinclude topics as diverse as the average growth in refugee populations, the mostcongested cities, which species are the most endangered, cancer deaths, foreignborn populations, countries that imprison journalists, the most expensive places togo to the cinema and countries with the most millionaires. Some of the rankings dataare shown as charts and graphs.The country profiles look in detail at 64 major countries, listed on page 109 , plusprofiles of the euro area and the world.Test your Pocket World in Figures knowledge with our World Rankings Quiz onpages 242 – 7 . Answers can be found in the corresponding world rankings section.