The 2009 edition has been completely updated, revised, refreshed and expanded. As regulars will know, Pocket World in Figures contains rankings on more than 200 topics in subject areas as wide-ranging as geography, population, business, the economy, trade, transport, finance, industry, demographics, the environment, society, culture and crime.
If you want to know:
the highest mountain or longest river
where economic growth is fastest or inflation is highest
who consumes the most energy
where innovation is highest
where computer and mobile phone ownership is highest
which countries have the most asylum seekers
who spends most, and who the least, on healthcare
the heaviest drinkers and smokers
who recycles most
facts about obesity
This annual bestseller has the answers to all these questions and more. Now contains facts on more than 200 topics, data on 182 countries and profiles of more than 65 of the world's major economies, together with special profiles on the Euro Zone and the World.
No well-informed person can afford to be without it.
