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• Author: Gottfried, Greg
• Position: Religions, minimun wages and languages in the world - Table

Bookworms Countries that read the most (average hours spent reading each week per capita) 1. India 10:42 2. Thailand 9:24 3. China 8:00 4. Philippines 7:36 5. Egypt 7:30 6. Czech Republic 7:24 7. Russia 7:06 8 & 9. Sweden & France 6:54 10. Hungary 6:48 23. U.S.A. 5:42 SOURCE: NOP WORLD CULTURESCORE INDEX, 2016 Note: Table made from bar graph. Religions of the World Percentage of global population Judaism 0.2% Other religions 0.8% Folk religions 5.7% Buddhism 16.9% Hinduism 15.1% Unaffiliated 16% Islam 24.1% Christianity 31.2% SOURCE: PEW RESEARCH CENTER, 2017 Note: Table made from pie chart. Biggest Paychecks Top hourly minimum wages worldwide (in U.S. dollars, in OECD * countries) 1. Luxembourg $11.45 2. France $11.28 3. Australia $11.26 4. Germany $10.59 5. Belgium $10.11 6. Netherlands $10.05 7. New Zealand $9.54 8. Ireland $9.28 9. United Kingdom $8.65 10. Canada $8.37 12. U.S.A. ** $7.25 SOURCE: OECD, 2017 * 36 COUNTRIES BELONG TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT ** SOME STATE MINIMUM WAGES ARE ABOVE THE $7.25 FEDERAL LEVEL Speaking in Tongues World's top languages (number of native speakers *) 1. Chinese (All dialects) 1.2 billion 2. Spanish 437 million 3. English 372 million 4. Arabic 295 million 5. Hindi 260 million 6. Bengali 242 million 7. Portuguese 219 million 8. Russian 154 million 9. Japanese 128 million 10. Lahnda (All dialects) 119 million * A NATIVE SPEAKER IS ONE WHO HAS SPOKEN THE LANGUAGE SINCE EARLIEST CHILDHOOD SOURCE: ETHNOLOGUE, 2017 Brain Power Countries with the most Nobel Prizes 1. U.S.A. 368 2. United Kingdom 132 3. Germany 107 4. France 62 5. Sweden 30 6. Switzerland 26 Japan 26 8. Canada 23 Russia 23 10. Austria 21 SOURCE: WORLD ATLAS, 2018 Malala Yousafzai has won one of Pakistan's two Nobel prizes Ready to Recycle Countries that recycle the highest percentage of their total waste (in OECD * countries) Recycled and Unrecycled composted waste waste 1 Germany 65% 2 South Korea 59% 3 Slovenia 58% 4 Austria 58% 5 Belgium 55% 6 Switzerland 51% 7 Sweden 50% 7 Netherlands 50% 9 Luxembourg 48% 10 Iceland 45% 18 U.S.A. 35% SOURCE: OECD, 2013 (MOST RECENT DATA AVAILABLE) * THIRTY-SIX COUNTRIES BELONG TO THE ORGANIZATION FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT Note: Table made from pie chart. What an iPhone Really Costs Average number of days people in selected cities must work to pay for an iPhone X * Caption: Snagging the first iPhone X for sale in London, 2017 CITY, COUNTRY DAYS Cairo, Egypt...