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Some figures will surprise you. You may even want to question them. Who do you think travels the most Km per person by car each year? Wrong – it's not the United States. Peru (''Peru'' ?) comfortably beats the US into second place. The average Pakistani travels almost twice as far as the average UK citizen – but Tunisia beats Pakistan into fourth place. I'm loathe to question the sainted Economist – but I think I might need to know a little more about this before taking it at face value.
A senior diplomat once told me that getting hold of reliable statistics quickly was a constant problem and that this book was a real boon. Most statistics date from 2009 in this edition but it would be difficult to be more up-to-date in most circumstances.
Would you like to see how the figures had changed by [[Pocket World in Figures 2013 by The Economist|the next year]]? We're consistently impressed by books by The Economist – you might like to have a look at [[:Category:The Economist|what they offer]].
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