Compare the margarine.com

When you’re going to another country you look stuff up.

Not to be taken too seriously – you know what statistics are like – here are a few comparisons between UK/England, Ireland and Spain. From rainfall to murder, alcohol to education – we’ve picked some figures from fairly reputable websites (since forgotten from where, of course).

Why these countries? M is English, S is Irish and we’re going to Spain!

The data is about two years old in most cases (stats have to catch up, you know) but some are more up to date.

So, in no particular order:

Total margarine production by country (in million tonnes)

UK – 330000 [13% of EU production]
Ireland – 15000 [1%]
Spain – 86800 [3%]

Average high temperature in August (C)

UK – 20.1
Ireland – 18.2
Spain – 28.9

Life expectancy (overall) in years

UK – 80.49
Ireland – 80.73
Spain – 82.10

Murder rate per 100,000 of population

UK – 1.57
Ireland – 1.95
Spain – 0.91

% of foreign prisoners within each national prison population

England – 13.10%
Ireland – 13%
Spain – 35.70%

Doctors per 100,000 of population

UK – 21
Ireland – 31
Spain – 38

Secondary education students learning two or more foreign languages

UK – 5.5%
Ireland – 7.8%
Spain – 23.4%

Adolescent birth rate per 1000 women aged 15-19

UK – 25.9
Ireland – 17.2
Spain – 13.2

Health expenditure in relation to Gross Domestic Product (GDP)

UK – 9.6%
Ireland – 9.2%
Spain – 9.6%

Divorce rate per 1000

UK – 2.45
Ireland – 0.82
Spain – 1.68

Ease of doing business (from 183 countries, 1 being the easiest)

UK – 4
Ireland – 9
Spain – 49

Meat consumption per person per annum

UK – 84.2 kg
Ireland – 87.9 kg
Spain – 97 kg

Years children legally must attend school

UK – 12
Ireland – 10
Spain – 11

Body Mass Index (BMI) women

UK – 22.45 (within normal range)
Ireland – 26.61 (overweight)
Spain – 26.33 (overweight)

Number of tourists to country

UK – 28,130,000
Ireland – 7,189,000
Spain – 52,680,000

Unemployment rate [2013]

UK – 7.9%
Ireland – 14%
Spain – 27%

Most consumed alcoholic beverage

UK – beer
Ireland – beer
Spain – beer

Alcohol consumption among adults (15+) per annum in litres

UK – 13.4
Ireland – 14.4
Spain – 11.6*

* this is going to change once we arrive

Rainfall per annum

UK – 1129 mm
Ireland – 1273 mm
Spain – 645 mm

Times won the Eurovision Song Contest

UK – 5
Ireland – 7
Spain – 2