FACTOID # 135: The Pitcairn Islands have the world’s shortest highway system, with only 6.4 kilometers of road. They also have the fourth-fewest main phone lines.
 
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Energy > Gasoline prices (vs) Media > Mobile phones

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Media > Mobile phones
(per 100 people)
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0 Energy > Gasoline prices 2

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Strength of correlation (R squared): 0.538 (this correlation is weak)

X Axis Y Axis
Variable: Energy > Gasoline prices Media > Mobile phones
Plot Display: Logarithmic (base 10) Linear
Definition: Ratio of premium gasoline price to world average
Units: Ratio of Gasoline Price to World Average
Units: Pump price for super gasoline (US$ per liter): Fuel prices refer to the pump prices of the most widely sold grade of gasoline. Prices have been converted from the local currency to U.S. dollars, and the ratio of the gas price to the world average in the same time period was used in order to normalize the data. For more information, see World Development Indicators, Table 3.12.
Mobile cellular per 100 population (2002).
Source: German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Fuel Prices and Taxation (1999) and the electronic update for2000. Available from World Bank, World Development Indicators 2002, WDI table 3.12. via ciesin.org International Telecommunication Union
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