The absurdities of the European system of sugar subsidies are highlighted today in a New York Times article. Rampant fraud and corruption plague a byzantine system of rules and regulations created to support a program that primarily benefits large multinational corporations. Because of the subsidies, consumers in the European Union pay an average retail price of $0.63 per pound, while the global average is only about $0.36 per pound.
The historical trend of the European wholesale import price can be studied in further detail in our commodities section. Click on the graph below to manipulate and download the data.
The table below shows the list of public federal holidays for 2010. Note that Friday December 31, 2010 is also a holiday since January 1, 2011 falls on a Saturday.
| Friday, January 1 |
New Year’s Day |
| Monday, January 18 |
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Monday, February 15 |
Washington’s Birthday |
| Monday, May 31 |
Memorial Day |
| Monday, July 5 |
Independence Day |
| Monday, September 6 |
Labor Day |
| Monday, October 11 |
Columbus Day |
| Thursday, November 11 |
Veterans Day |
| Thursday, November 25 |
Thanksgiving Day |
| Friday, December 24 |
Christmas Day |
The source for the list of public holidays is the United States Office of Personnel Management
The following table shows the official United States federal holidays for 2009.
| Thursday, January 1 |
New Year’s Day |
| Monday, January 19 |
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. |
| Monday, February 16 |
Washington’s Birthday |
| Monday, May 25 |
Memorial Day |
| Friday, July 3 |
Independence Day |
| Monday, September 7 |
Labor Day |
| Monday, October 12 |
Columbus Day |
| Wednesday, November 11 |
Veterans Day |
| Thursday, November 26 |
Thanksgiving Day |
| Friday, December 25 |
Christmas Day |
The source for the list of public holidays is the United States Office of Personnel Management
The historical commodity prices section has been updated with numbers for August 2009.
Alemania es uno de los países con índice de desarrollo humano (IDH) más alto en el mundo. El gráfico del IDH de Alemania entre 1980 y 2006 muestra que Alemania ha progresado gradualmente y sin pausa en el transcurso de las últimas 3 décadas.
Fuente: Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD)
El Indice de Desarrollo Humano (IDH) es una manera de medir el nivel de desarrollo de un país mediante la combinación de indicadores de esperanza de vida, ingresos y logros educacionales en un solo índice compuesto.
El Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) es el organismo que calcula y publica el IDH de manera oficial.
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a way of measuring development by combining indicators of income, education, and life expectancy into a single weighted index. The United Nations Development Programme has a nice set of visualizations that allow you to analyze HDI by country.
The number of intentional homicides by country, and the rate of homicides per 100,000 population is shown in the table below.
| |
Counts |
Rates per 100,000 |
| Country |
2005 |
2006 |
2005 |
2006 |
| Algeria |
204 |
214 |
0.62 |
0.64 |
| Argentina |
2,115 |
2,052 |
5.46 |
5.24 |
| Armenia |
55 |
75 |
1.82 |
2.49 |
| Austria |
54 |
61 |
0.65 |
0.73 |
| Azerbaijan |
192 |
190 |
2.30 |
2.26 |
| Bahrain |
4 |
7 |
0.55 |
0.95 |
| Bangladesh |
3,431 |
4,123 |
2.24 |
2.64 |
| Belarus |
836 |
734 |
8.53 |
7.53 |
| Belize |
81 |
92 |
29.40 |
32.67 |
| Bolivia |
478 |
454 |
5.21 |
4.85 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
70 |
73 |
1.79 |
1.86 |
| Brunei Darussalam |
0 |
2 |
0.00 |
0.52 |
| Canada |
663 |
606 |
2.05 |
1.86 |
| Costa Rica |
338 |
348 |
7.81 |
7.91 |
| Croatia |
68 |
74 |
1.49 |
1.62 |
| Cyprus |
16 |
14 |
1.91 |
1.66 |
| Czech Republic |
104 |
136 |
1.02 |
1.33 |
| Denmark |
53 |
29 |
0.98 |
0.53 |
| Dominican Republic |
1,666 |
1,537 |
17.59 |
15.99 |
| Ecuador |
2,121 |
2,385 |
16.24 |
18.07 |
| Egypt |
364 |
440 |
0.50 |
0.59 |
| El Salvador |
3,779 |
3,927 |
56.67 |
58.07 |
| England and Wales |
766 |
755 |
1.43 |
1.41 |
| Estonia |
113 |
91 |
8.41 |
6.79 |
| Finland |
113 |
112 |
2.15 |
2.13 |
| Georgia |
403 |
323 |
9.01 |
7.29 |
| Germany |
780 |
727 |
0.94 |
0.88 |
| Greece |
127 |
109 |
1.14 |
0.98 |
| India |
32,719 |
32,481 |
2.88 |
2.82 |
| Ireland |
65 |
67 |
1.57 |
1.59 |
| Italy |
610 |
625 |
1.04 |
1.06 |
| Jordan |
67 |
100 |
1.21 |
1.75 |
| Kazakhstan |
1,804 |
1,729 |
11.86 |
11.29 |
| Kenya |
2,313 |
2,090 |
6.50 |
5.72 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
491 |
446 |
9.44 |
8.48 |
| Latvia |
130 |
148 |
5.65 |
6.47 |
| Lebanon |
94 |
23 |
2.34 |
0.57 |
| Liechtenstein |
0 |
0 |
0.00 |
0.00 |
| Lithuania |
369 |
277 |
10.77 |
8.13 |
| Malaysia |
497 |
604 |
1.94 |
2.31 |
| Malta |
4 |
0 |
0.99 |
0.00 |
| Mauritius |
37 |
50 |
2.98 |
4.00 |
| Mexico |
11,372 |
11,558 |
10.91 |
10.97 |
| Monaco |
1 |
1 |
3.08 |
3.07 |
| Mongolia |
310 |
311 |
12.01 |
11.94 |
| Montenegro |
22 |
25 |
3.62 |
4.16 |
| Morocco |
160 |
162 |
0.52 |
0.53 |
| Nepal |
564 |
509 |
2.08 |
1.84 |
| Netherlands |
197 |
159 |
1.21 |
0.97 |
| New Zealand |
61 |
47 |
1.49 |
1.14 |
| Nicaragua |
436 |
465 |
7.98 |
8.41 |
| Northern Ireland |
26 |
23 |
1.51 |
1.33 |
| Norway |
33 |
33 |
0.71 |
0.71 |
| Occupied Palestinian Territory |
145 |
3.85 |
| Panama |
364 |
363 |
11.26 |
11.04 |
| Paraguay |
887 |
742 |
15.02 |
12.33 |
| Philippines |
3,240 |
3,296 |
3.83 |
3.82 |
| Poland |
555 |
490 |
1.45 |
1.28 |
| Portugal |
175 |
227 |
1.66 |
2.15 |
| Republic of Moldova |
226 |
184 |
5.83 |
4.80 |
| Romania |
457 |
438 |
2.11 |
2.03 |
| Scotland |
81 |
109 |
1.59 |
2.13 |
| Serbia |
142 |
144 |
1.44 |
1.46 |
| Singapore |
21 |
17 |
0.49 |
0.39 |
| Slovakia |
72 |
65 |
1.34 |
1.21 |
| Slovenia |
20 |
12 |
1.00 |
0.60 |
| Spain |
405 |
336 |
0.93 |
0.77 |
| Sweden |
127 |
115 |
1.41 |
1.27 |
| Switzerland |
75 |
60 |
1.01 |
0.80 |
| Syrian Arab Republic |
206 |
239 |
1.09 |
1.23 |
| Tajikistan |
157 |
228 |
2.40 |
3.43 |
| Thailand |
5,141 |
5,023 |
8.16 |
7.92 |
| The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
44 |
41 |
2.16 |
2.01 |
| Turkey |
3,082 |
2,999 |
4.22 |
4.06 |
| Turkmenistan |
162 |
142 |
3.35 |
2.90 |
| Ukraine |
3,030 |
2,958 |
6.46 |
6.35 |
| United Arab Emirates |
56 |
39 |
1.36 |
0.92 |
| United States of America |
16,740 |
17,034 |
5.58 |
5.62 |
These figures are collected by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime through its Survey of Crime Trends. Its definition of intentional homicide is “death deliberately inflicted on a person by another person, including infanticide”.
El crecimiento de la deuda externa venezolana entre 1999 y 2005 se muestra en las siguientes gráficas. La primera muestra la evolución de la deuda externa total en millones de dólares. La segunda gráfica muestra la deuda externa total como porcentaje del producto interno bruto (PIB).
Pueden encontrar otras estadísticas en nuestra sección dedicada a Venezuela.
Fuente: Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Las siguientes gráficas muestran el crecimiento de la deuda externa de Colombia en millones de dólares. Las series incluyen la deuda privada, la deuda pública, y la deuda total como porcentaje del producto interno bruto (PIB).
Para comparar la deuda externa colombiana con la de otros países, pueden usar el mapa temático de deuda externa por país que usa datos de la CIA. Mayor información se puede encontrar también en nuestra sección dedicada a Colombia, en la página de deuda externa.
Fuente: Banco de la República de Colombia
