Pocket World in Figures 2007 Edition [antikvár]

This 2007 edition of The Economist Pocket World in Figures includes new rankings on such things as as islands, migrants, remittances, official reserves. Big Mac index, oil reserves, e-readiness, heart disease, trade in cultural goods, digital musi and several environmental measures. The world rankings consider 183 countries; all those with a population of at least Im or a GDP of at least $lbn; they are listed on pages 248-52. The country profiles cover 67 major countries. Also included are profiles of the euro area and the world. The extent and quality of the statistics available varies from country to country. Every care has been taken to spedfy the broad definitions on which the data are based and to indicate cases where data quality or technical difficulties are such that interpretation ofthe figures is likely to be seriously affected. Nevertheless, figures from individual countries may differ from standard international statistical definitions. The term "country" can also refer to territories or economic entities. Some country definitions Macedonia is officially known as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Serbia includes Montenegro. Data for Cyprus normally refer to Greek Cyprus only. Data for China do not include Hong Kong or Macau. For countries such as Morocco they exclude disputed areas. Congo-Kinshasa refers to the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire. Congo-Brazzaville refers to the other Congo. Data for the ELI refer to the 15 members as at January 1 2004: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom, except where 2004 data is now available for the 25 members ie, including Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The euro area includes all ofthe 15 except Denmark, Sweden and the United Kingdom. Statistical basis The all-important factor in a book of this kind is to be able to make reliable comparisons between countries. Although this is never quite possible for the reasons stated above, the best route, which this book takes, is to compare data for the same year or period and to use actual, not estimated, figures wherever possible. Where a country's data is excessively out of date, it is excluded, which is the reason there is no country profile of Iraq in this edition. The research for this edition of