Some Cool Facts

People might eat oats when they're hungry, but people from Hungary don't eat oats.

What is in a name? More than 90% of people in Bhutan, Burundi and Burkina Faso are involved in agriculture.

Iceland has many, many more tractors per 1000 hectares of cropland than any other nation - more than twice that of the next highest country, Slovenia.

Costa Rica leads the world in per capita exports of bananas, cassava, melons, and pineapples to the United States. Unsuprisingly, they’re also first in pesticide use.
Crime

You're 66 times more likely to be prosecuted in the USA than in France

If you're in Montserrat, watch your back! Nearly 1% of the population are police officers.

Per capita, South Africa has the most assaults, rapes, and murders with firearms.

Two-thirds of the world's executions occur in China.

America puts many more of its citizens in prison than any other nation.

Two-thirds of the world's kidnappings occur in Colombia.

Venezuela is one of the happiest and most murderous places in the world.

Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.

In the Maldives, there are more than 2 jails for every 1000 people.

One in every three Australians is a victim of crime.

Saudi diplomats have 367 unpaid parking fines in Britain.

In pure number terms, more crimes are committed in America than in any other nation. The same goes for burglaries, car thefts, rapes and assaults.

The United States puts 0.7 % of its population in Prison - a vastly higher percentage than any other nation.

India’s criminal courts acquitted over a million defendants in 1999, more than the next 48 surveyed countries combined.

Women make up more than 10% of the prison population in only six countries: Thailand, , Qatar, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Singapore.

People trust Swedes! Swedish companies are the world’s least-likely to be perceived as paying bribes.

84% of people in Finland feel that they are at a low risk of experiencing a burglary - but just look at how many burglaries they have!
Currency

‘Dollar’ is the most common currency name, followed by ‘franc,’ ‘pound,’ ‘dinar,’ ‘peso,’ and ‘rupee.’

Democracy

You can be imprisoned for not voting in Fiji, Chile and Egypt - at least in theory.

In the last Argentinian elections, 21% of the votes were declared invalid.

In Belgium, 55% of government ministers are female. The country’s first female parliamentarian was appointed in 1921.