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Ratio of Estimated Female to Male Earned Income, by Country 2005
Highest female to male ratio Lowest female to male ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Country Ratio Kenya 0.83 New Zealand 0.70 Saudi Arabia 0…The Difference Between the UK, Great Britain and England
A lot of people get confused by different terms for the political or geographic body that includes England; some people will use Great Britain and the U.K. interchangeably. There are, however, some…Vanuatu Department of State Background
U.S. Department of State Background Note Vanuatu Index: Geography People History Government Political Conditions Economy Foreign Relations U.S.-Vanuatu Relations GEOGRAPHYVanuatu is a 'Y'…How Many Languages Are There?
A confusion of tongues According to Ethnologue, the premier source of linguistic data, there are 7,139 spoken languages in the world today. 1,514 of those have fewer than 1,000 living speakers. A…Archie Carr Biography
Archie CarrBiologist, conservationist, and “father of turtle research”Born: June 16, 1909Birthplace: Mobile, Alabama Considered the world's leading authority on sea turtles, Archie Carr was…Major Earthquakes around the World, 2005
DateLocationMagnitude1Feb. 5Celebes Sea7.1March 2Banda Sea7.1March 28Northern Sumatra, Indonesia8.7June 13Tarapaca, Chile7.8June 15Off coast of northern California7.2July 24Nicobar Islands, India 7.…Gap Between Rich and Poor: World Income Inequality
To understand how many inhabitants of a country are poor, it is not enough to know a country's per capita income. The number of poor people in a country and the average quality of life depend on…Major Earthquakes around the World, 1998
DateLocationMagnitude1Jan. 4Loyalty Islands region (S. Pacific Sea)7.4Jan. 30Near coast, northern Chile7.0March 25Balleny Islands region7.7March 29Fiji Islands region7.2April 1Off coast,…Cyclones
Find data about the most intense and deadliest cyclones from 1864 through present day. 1864 Oct. 5, Calcutta, India: 70,000 killed. 1942 Oct. 16, Bengal, India: about 40,000 lives lost. 1960…Major Earthquakes around the World, 2002
DateLocationMagnitude1Jan. 2Vanuatu Islands7.3March 3 Hindu Kush region, Afghanistan7.4March 5Mindanao, Philippines7.5March 31Taiwan region7.1April 26Mariana Islands7.1June 28E. Russia-N.E.…