Statistics
6
The number of aggregate indicators of the quality of governance, as measured by the Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI): Voice and Accountability, Political Stability, Government Effectiveness, Regulatory Quality, Rule of Law and Control of Corruption.
25
percent of low income people reported paying bribes to the police, while 15 percent of high income people reported bribe payments for the same service, according to the 2009 Global Corruption Barometer.
11.5 trillion
The maximum amount of dollars held in tax havens, estimated by the OECD. The minimum estimate is 1.7 trillion.
2.23
The number of gold medals for Jamaica per million inhabitants that they won at the Beijing Olympics, compared with 0.12 gold medals (per million) for the US, and 0.04 for China.
50%
Share of Beijing Olympics medals received by developing countries. Athletes from 63 emerging and developing nations collected 477 medals.
40
years ago the Olympics were held in Mexico, which witnessed for the first time an athlete disqualified due to drug use...a Swede pentathlonist, who tested positive for excessive alcohol...
80
years ago, when the Olympics were held in Amsterdam: Greece marched first and Holland last during the opening ceremony. Ever since then: Greece always marches first; the host country last.
45
The number of countries around the world that in recent times have experienced a highly significant (90% confidence) improvement in at least one of the six dimensions of the Worlwide Governance Indicators, and have had no deteriorations in any other.
53
Number of countries around the world that in recent times have had a highly significant improvement in at least one of the six dimensions of the Worlwide Governance Indicators, with no deteriorations in any other.
