Here are a few statistics for those of you that think USA is the land of freedom and prosperity. Perhaps we should get things straightened out here first before continuing to create chaos and terror in our efforts to liberate (even if it is well intentioned).
Press Freedom Index
[/DIV][SPAN class=texte-10] [TABLE class=spip] [TBODY] [TR class=row_even] [TD]Rank [/TD] [TD]Country [/TD] [TD]Note [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_odd] [TD]1 [/TD] [TD]Finland [/TD] [TD]0,50 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_even] [TD]- [/TD] [TD]Iceland [/TD] [TD]0,50 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_odd] [TD]- [/TD] [TD]Norway [/TD] [TD]0,50 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_even] [TD]- [/TD] [TD]Netherlands [/TD] [TD]0,50 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_odd] [TD]5 [/TD] [TD]Canada [/TD] [TD]0,75 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_even] [TD]6 [/TD] [TD]Ireland [/TD] [TD]1,00 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_odd] [TD]7 [/TD] [TD]Germany [/TD] [TD]1,50 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_even] [TD]- [/TD] [TD]Portugal [/TD] [TD]1,50 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_odd] [TD]- [/TD] [TD]Sweden [/TD] [TD]1,50 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_even] [TD]10 [/TD] [TD]Denmark [/TD] [TD]3,00 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_odd] [TD]11 [/TD] [TD]France [/TD] [TD]3,25 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_even] [TD]12 [/TD] [TD]Australia [/TD] [TD]3,50 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_odd] [TD]- [/TD] [TD]Belgium [/TD] [TD]3,50 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_even] [TD]14 [/TD] [TD]Slovenia [/TD] [TD]4,00 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_odd] [TD]15 [/TD] [TD]Costa Rica [/TD] [TD]4,25 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_even] [TD]- [/TD] [TD]Switzerland [/TD] [TD]4,25 [/TD][/TR] [TR class=row_odd] [TD]17 [/TD] [TD]United States [/TD] [TD]4,75 [/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE]
taken from [A href="vny!://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116"]vny!://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=4116[/A]
GDP > Nominal (per capita)
[TABLE class=body style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3] [TBODY] [TR] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#1 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/lu/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]Luxembourg[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right]$66,463.78 per capita [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBarHl style="WIDTH: 220px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#2 [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/no/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]Norway[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right]$54,467.23 per capita [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBar style="WIDTH: 180px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#3 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/sz/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]Switzerland[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right]$47,999.07 per capita [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBarHl style="WIDTH: 159px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#4 [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/ei/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]Ireland[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right]$45,707.17 per capita [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBar style="WIDTH: 151px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#5 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/da/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]Denmark[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right]$44,742.82 per capita [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBarHl style="WIDTH: 148px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#6 [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/ic/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]Iceland[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right]$41,720.45 per capita [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBar style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#7 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/us/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]United States[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right]$39,452.74 per capita [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBarHl style="WIDTH: 131px; HEIGHT: 15px"]
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taken from [A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_gdp_percap"]vny!://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_gdp_percap[/A]
[H2][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/statistics"][FONT color=#02729d]Stats[/FONT][/A] > [A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/cat/dem"][FONT color=#02729d]Democracy[/FONT][/A] > Civil and political liberties[/H2] [TABLE class=body style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3] [TBODY] [TR] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#1 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/nl/dem"][FONT color=#02729d]Netherlands[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right] [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBarHl style="WIDTH: 220px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#2 [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/sz/dem"][FONT color=#02729d]Switzerland[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right] [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBar style="WIDTH: 220px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#3 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/sw/dem"][FONT color=#02729d]Sweden[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right] [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBarHl style="WIDTH: 220px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#4 [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/ca/dem"][FONT color=#02729d]Canada[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right] [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBar style="WIDTH: 220px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#5 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/po/dem"][FONT color=#02729d]Portugal[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right] [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBarHl style="WIDTH: 220px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#6 [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/as/dem"][FONT color=#02729d]Australia[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right][/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBar style="WIDTH: 220px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#7 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/nz/dem"][FONT color=#02729d]New Zealand[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBarHl style="WIDTH: 220px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#8 [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/us/dem"][FONT color=#02729d]United States[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right] [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center][/TD][/TR][/TBODY][/TABLE][/SPAN]
[A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/statistics"][FONT color=#02729d]Stats[/FONT][/A] > [A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/cat/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]Economy[/FONT][/A] > Child poverty
[TABLE class=body style="WIDTH: 100%" cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3] [TBODY] [TR] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right]#1 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/mx/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]Mexico[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right]26.2 [/TD] [TD class=graphHl style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBarHl style="WIDTH: 220px; HEIGHT: 15px"][/DIV][/TD][/TR] [TR] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 40px" align=right] #2
[/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 175px"][A href="vny!://www.nationmaster.com/country/us/eco"][FONT color=#02729d]United States[/FONT][/A][/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 200px" align=right]22.4 [/TD] [TD class="" style="WIDTH: 225px" vAlign=center] [DIV class=graphBar style="WIDTH: 188px; HEIGHT: 15px"]
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both taken from nationmaster.com
