Interesting Facts > Economy

• Most people live in poverty in most African countries.
• The top nations for per capita imports and exports tend to be very small.
• The eight most developed countries all speak Germanic languages.
• 72% of people in Mali earn less than $1 per day.
• 41% world's poor people live in India.
• The ten most generous countries are all in Europe.
• Americans are 15% more innovative than the Japanese. But in percentage terms, the Japanese grant 3.5 times more patents.
• United we stand? The United Kingdom and United States are both in the top ten for Gross Domestic Product - and for child poverty.
• Three of the top ten countries for GDP per capita are island nations: Bermuda, Cayman Islands, and Iceland.
• France is the top destination in the world for tourists, accounting for 11 percent of all tourist arrivals worldwide.
• The top ten tourist destinations France, Spain, USA, Italy, China, UK, Austria, Mexico, Germany and Canada account for 49.6 percent of all tourist arrivals worldwide.
• The number of tourists in San Marino is almost 19 times the resident population.

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