The 2008 edition of The Economist Pocket World in Figures has been completely revised, refreshed and expanded. As regular readers know, Pocket World in Figures contains rankings on more than 200 topics in such wide-ranging subject areas as geography, population, business, the economy, trade, transport, finance, industry, demographics, the environment, society, culture and crime.

No well-informed person can afford to be without it. Discover:

• The highest mountain or longest river
• Where economic growth is fastest or inflation is highest
• Who consumes the most energy
• Where innovation is highest
• Where computer and mobile phone ownership is highest
• Which countries have the most asylum seekers
• Who spends most, and who the least, on health care
• The heaviest drinkers and smokers
• Who recycles most
• Facts about obesity

This annual bestseller has the answers to all these questions and more, and now includes data on 182 countries and profiles of more than 65 of the world’s major economies, together with special profiles on the Euro Zone and the World.

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