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Countries with the Highest Literacy Rates
The countries with the highest literacy rate, defined as the ability to read and write by age 15. The figures given are from the latest figures available, from 2021-2023.[1] Rank Country…Lowest Infant Mortality Rate
A tragic measure of public health One of the most common metrics of public health is how many children born in that country survive infancy, or more broadly how many reach the age of five. Luckily…Lowest Literacy Rates, 2013
The countries with the lowest literacy rate, defined as the ability to read and write at a specified age. 1. Burkina Faso 21.8% 2…U.S. Postal Rates & Fees
First-Class Mail includes all personal correspondence, all bills and statements of accounts, all matter sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, and matter wholly or partly in writing or…Infant Mortality Rates Worldwide
Infant mortality rates are a critical measure of a country's overall health and well-being. They reflect the number of children who die before their first birthday, per 1,000 live births. What do you…unemployment
(Encyclopedia) unemployment, condition of one who is able to work but unable to find work. Once assumed to be voluntary, idleness was punishable by law; however it is now recognized that unemployment…foreign exchange
(Encyclopedia) foreign exchange, methods and instruments used to adjust the payment of debts between two nations that employ different currency systems. A nation's balance of payments has an…profit sharing
(Encyclopedia) profit sharing, arrangement by which employees receive, in addition to their wages, a share of the net profits of a business. The purpose is to give them an incentive to increase their…excess profits tax
(Encyclopedia) excess profits tax, levy on any profit above a standard level. Chiefly a wartime phenomenon, it is intended to increase revenue during periods of distress and to prevent businessmen…enterprise zone
(Encyclopedia) enterprise zone, designated geographical district in which resident businesses are legally entitled to receive special benefits from a government, established in economically depressed…Trending
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