Pocket world in figures


Author(s): The Economist
Publisher: Profile Books Ltd, Year: 2019
ISBN: 9781782834731

Description:
This 2019 edition of The Economist Pocket World in Figures presents and analyses
data about the world in two sections:
The world rankings consider and rank the performance of 185 countries against a
range of indicators in five sections: geography and demographics, business and
economics, 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 a
GDP of at least $3bn; they are listed on pages 250 – 53 . New rankings this year
include topics as diverse as the average growth in refugee populations, the most
congested cities, which species are the most endangered, cancer deaths, foreign
born populations, countries that imprison journalists, the most expensive places to
go to the cinema and countries with the most millionaires. Some of the rankings data
are shown as charts and graphs.

The country profiles look in detail at 64 major countries, listed on page 109 , plus
profiles of the euro area and the world.

Test your Pocket World in Figures knowledge with our World Rankings Quiz on
pages 242 – 7 . Answers can be found in the corresponding world rankings section.