Ever wondered which country gives the most to charity or whether more people own a car in Australia than in France? Not a day goes by without such facts and figures being quoted in the media for us all to ponder or discuss at the pub. Seeing the Bigger Picture is jam-packed with fascinating statistics about countries the world over. Each chart displays information using illustrated visuals, rather than dry words and traditional graphs or pie charts, that represent the data as well as the context of the study. In this book, readers can discover a wealth of facts about each country across many topical subjects, including: Cancer survival; Childhood mortality; Church attendance; Cinema attendance; CO2 emissions; Coca-Cola consumption; Defence spending; Football attendances; Government debt; House prices; Hours of sunshine; Illegal drug consumption; Immigration; Lifespan; Literacy; Murder rates; Number of children per family; Personal debt; Pet ownership; Population density; Rainfall;Smoking; Weight, and more. Informative, fun and easy to understand, any reader will enjoy learning more about the world around us.
