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
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Posted by ladyofthecakes | May 27, 2013, 8:15 am