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the percentage decline in Greece’s total output (GDP) in 2010. Greece was the only country of all…
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the percentage of “Sinterklaas-inflation” – or rise in the cost of a basket of popular…
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the average number of modern languages secondary school pupils in the 27 European countries studied in…
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the percentage rise in the Valentine’s inflation index in the Netherlands for 2013. The figure is…
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the number of years more that men in Europe tend to live in the parental home compared to women
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the percentage of the European Union population living in a foreign member state in 2011. Luxembourg had…
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the percentage of people moving to another place or country to improve their financial position, according…
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projected global growth for 2012, according to the latest International Monetary Fund World Economic Outlook.…
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the average number of credit cards owned by credit card users in the United States in 2011
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the percentage increase in youth unemployment between 2008-2010 for developed economies and the European…
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the number of times all the EUR5 banknotes in circulation could circle the earth if placed end to end
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the percentage of Olympic marketing revenues that come from ticketing. This compares with 47% from broadcast…
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the percentage of workers in China who say they were engaged in their jobs in 2012, up from 2% in 2009…
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the percentage drop in the number of cash transactions in the United Kingdom in 2012, falling to 54.4%…
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the percentage of couples who say they had conflict with their partner over money because one half went…
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the percentage of Canadians whose financial position improved despite the effects of the 2007 global financial…
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the percentage who went into debt to pay for Christmas in 2011, according to an ING poll of 9000 people…
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the percentage who will make a New Year resolution to pay off debt in 2013, according to an ING poll…
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the amount in US dollars that women, on average, spend more than men per trip to grocery stores, according…
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the percentage of people in the USA who are very uncomfortable with their spending and often run out of money…
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the percentage of people in Europe who do not expect to retire at all, according to the ING International…
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the percentage of over 18s in the United States who do not own a home and have no plans to buy one in…
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the percentage of Europe’s population estimated to be aged 80 and above in 2060, up from 1.4% in…
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the percentage of homes in Belgium that have four or more children, according to 2008 figures. This is…
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the lifespan in months of a EUR5 banknote
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the percentage of the world’s adults who say they would like to leave their country and move somewhere…
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the number of years, on average, Europeans spend in education. The figure was almost unchanged in the…
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the percent by which European Union's “resource productivity” increased between 2000 and…
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the percentage of under-25s who say that education is their most important savings goal, compared to 5%…
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the percentage in Europe who use cash as one of the methods to store savings, such as in a piggy bank or a…
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the percentage of employees in the European Union who were “low-wage earners” in 2010, meaning…
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the percentage of university graduates in Canada who earn below half the median income, according to OECD…
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the percentage of Turks who returned to live with friends or family due to financial difficulties. This…
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the percentage of couples who had conflict with their partner over money because the pair could not agree…
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the percentage of adults in the United States who say they don’t have a good idea of how much they…
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the percentage planning to spend more on Christmas in 2012 than 2011, according to an ING poll of 9000…
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the percentage of 35-to-44-year-olds who say children are their most important savings goal. This is double…
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the number of the 27 European Union member states that resumed economic growth in 2010. Sweden, Slovakia…
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the amount in euros of average hourly pay in the European Union in 2011. By country, it ranged from EUR39.3…
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the average hourly cost of labour in the European Union in 2012 in euros. There were significant differences…
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the average age a Dutch man leaves their parental home, according to 2008 figures. On average, they start…
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the percentage of people in the United States who said in November 2012 it was a good time to find a quality…
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the percentage of Spanish whose financial position weakened because they lost their job or had pay cut in…
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the median age at which homeowers in the UK bought their first property. This was the youngest median…
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the median percentage of take home pay spent on mortgage repayments in the USA. This equals the low figures…
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the mean travel time to work in minutes in the United States in 2009. Meanwhile, 7.5% commuted more than…
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the percentage of adults in the United States who would turn first to family and friends for help if facing…
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the percentage of the world’s adults who were in full-time employment for an employer in 2011, according…
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the percentage of people in the USA who owned an e-reader or tablet computer in January 2012, up from…
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the percentage of women who agreed with the statement Christmas was the one time of year they spend without…
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the percentage of Europe’s population estimated to be aged 65 and above in 2060, up from 9.6% in…
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the percentage of respondents who say an emergency fund is their top savings goal. Children are the second…
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the percentage in Europe who say they are not cutting spending at all when asked if they are cutting back.…
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the number of seconds it took to process a cash transaction, on average, in 2012 in the United Kingdom.…
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the percentage of adults in the United States who say in a 2013 report that they or their partner make…
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the median age at which homewoners in Germany bought their first property. This was the oldest median…
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the percentage of women in Europe who are comfortable with the amount they have saved, fewer than the…
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the percentage of Dutch who are very comfortable with their spending, compared with 23% in Luxembourg and…
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the percentage with an overdue bill in a Dutch study who could afford to pay but forgot. The finding highlights…
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the median age of the population in Ireland in 2011, the youngest of the 27 European Union countries.…
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the percentage of Dutch who worked part-time in 2010, more than double the OECD average. Hungary had the…
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the percentage of Dutch who were taught financial education by their family or friends, the highest rate…
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the percentage of Turkish people who were self employed in 2010, the highest figure in the OECD. It compares…
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the percentage of adults in the United States carried credit card debt from month to month in 2012, a…
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the percentage of people in the United States who think house prices are expensive. This compares to 71%…
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the percentage of respondents in Europe who have a non-compulsory pension. The Netherlands had the highest…
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the median percentage of take home pay spent on rent in Spain, Italy and Turkey. This was the highest…
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the percentage who will make a New Year resolution to be better with money in 2013, according to an ING…
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the percentage of over 55s who say that an emergency fund is their most important savings goal, higher…
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the percentage of Spanish people who trust banks and other financial institutions for help when making…
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the percentage of men in Europe who say their financial position has improved or not been greatly effected…
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the percentage of people who think the Olympics is more important than the Euro 2012, according to an…
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the number of average working hours a week in the United Kingdom in 2011. This was the highest out of all…
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the percentage of homes in Bulgaria in which three generations live, according to 2008 figures. This is…
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the percentage of adults in the United States who learned about personal finance primarily from their…
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the percentage of divorcees who say they do not have savings. This is higher than the European average…
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the median age of the population in Germany in 2011. This was the oldest of the 27 European Union countries,…
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the percentage of employed Europeans who would give up holiday days if it meant their team would win the…
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the median percentage of take home pay spent on rent in Canada. This was the highest figure of all countries…
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the percentage of unemployed in the United Kingdom who rated their “life satisfaction” in the first official…
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the percentage of entrepreneurs in the United States who said they felt stress on the day before they…
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the percentage of people in the United States who have not yet retired but expect to have enough money…
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the estimated median age in Europe in 2060, up from 31.5 in 1960
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the percentage of Romanians who say they don’t have any savings, the highest percentage the survey
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the percentage of “boomerang children” in the United States who paid rent to their parents,…
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the percent below the European Union average of consumer prices in Bulgaria in 2011, the least expensive…
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the percentage of employed Brits who say they like most or all of the people they work with. Scots are…
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percentage of Europeans not yet retired who are worried about having enough money to do so. These fears…
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the percentage of adults in the United States who personally or jointly with a spouse have money invested…
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Europe’s estimated old age dependency ratio for 2060, up from 15 in 1960
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the percentage of Europeans who cut back on leisure and entertainment. This compares to 46% who are cutting…
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the percentage of Italian men think food is their biggest monthly spending item, compared with 37% in…
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the percentage of Americans who worry that young people will not be able to buy a property. The average…
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the percentage of French who say their financial position is weakened from inflation, as prices are rising…
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the percentage of adults in the United States who did not have a budget in 2012, a figure largely unchanged…
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the percentage of Dutch who think house prices will fall in the next twelve months. The Netherlands, along…
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the percentage of people in Luxembourg who can readily access more than €1,500 in a week
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the percentage in Romania who will make a New Year resolution to be better with money in 2013, the highest…
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the percentage of Europeans who feel proud if their national team wins in Euro 2012. It demonstrates that…
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the percentage of respondents in Europe who have investments or money saved to meet long term goals other…
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the percentage of Europeans who keep very careful control of money and check bank statements, credit card…
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the percentage of sub-Saharan Africans with secondary education living on less than $2 per day. This compares…
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the percentage of Italians who have had financial help buying a home. This was the highest figure of all…
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the percentage of French people who think it is not easy to talk about their savings, according to a major…
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the percentage by which Norway’s food and non-alcoholic drinks prices were higher than the 27 European…
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the median age at which working age Europeans expect to retire. This compares to the median retirement…
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the percentage of Slovaks who say they can pay for three months of regular spending if their income fell a…
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the percentage of mothers in Europe with at least one child living with them who have savings. This is…
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the average Thanksgiving week spend in US dollars in 2012, including the “Black Friday” shopping…
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the percentage of women in Australia who own a smartphone, the highest proportion in the world according…
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the percentage of respondents in Poland who own their own home. This is the highest figure in Europe,…
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the percentage of Europeans who do not disagree with the statement “house prices never fall”
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the percentage of disposable income in the United States that the “Baby Boomer” generation…
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the percentage of women worldwide polled by Nielsen who cut spending in the last year, according to a…
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the percentage of beds filled in hotels and similar establishments in the Netherlands in April 2012, the…
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the percentage the five largest European economies contributed to the total European Union gross domestic…
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the percentage of people in Denmark who say they were “thriving”, the highest of 124 countries…
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the percentage of Europeans who think it is better from a financial point of view to buy than to rent
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the percentage of Europeans polled who think it is more difficult to buy a property now than it was 10…
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the target employment rate for the European Union countries in 2020, as a percentage of the population.…
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the percentage of British men who pay £10 or less on a haircut, compared to 23% of British…
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the well-being index score of doctors in the United States, the highest of all occupations in Gallup research…
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the average earnings premium in percent of having a university degree for men in Brazil, the Slovak Republic,…
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the percentage of Scots in favour of hydro power for large scale projects, making it the most popular…
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the percentage of Turkish people who trust family for help when making a major financial decision, compared…
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the percentage of Luxembourgers who have long term savings. This was the highest of all 12 countries polled…
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The percentage of total respondents to the ING International Survey on Financial Competence who think…
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the percentage of people in Austria and Luxembourg who think they can get ahead through hard work, the…
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the percentage of Spanish who thought Spain would win the Euro 2012, polled before the tournament started
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the amount in British pounds saved by the average motorist between April and June due to the fall in fuel…
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the number in millions of people who want to move to the United States, the most popular destination for…
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the number of minutes a day of unpaid work by females (OECD average in the 10 years to 2009). Males record…
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the amount in euros European football fans would be willing to sacrifice on average for their team to…
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the value in US dollars of the minimum amount of gold in a London 2012 Olympic gold medal, calculated…
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the total population in millions of the 27 European countries in 2010. Germany had the highest population…
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the average number of US dollars people in the United States intend to spend on Christmas gifts in 2012.…
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the median savings balance in British pounds of ordinary Britons in the first quarter of 2012, according…
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the price of gold per troy ounce in US dollars on 5 September 2011. On that day, it was the highest price…
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the year in which Germany’s median age is estimated to rise to 50 years, the first country in Europe…
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the average number of hours worked a year by employed South Koreans in 2010, the highest figure in the…
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the “medal value” in Grenada, the highest of all London 2012 participants. Medal value is…
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the number of French students studying abroad in 2008/2009 as part of the Erasmus project, a student exchange…
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the number of people under 25 emigrating from Ireland in 2009. This was almost double what it was in 2004…
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the number of automatic teller machines in the United Kingdom in 2010, or about one for every 1000 people.…
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the number of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWI) in the United States. This is the highest of all…
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the estimated number of French people living in London in the United Kingdom. This makes London the size…
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the number of people granted citizenship in 2010 in the EU27 member states. The highest number of citizenships…
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total value in millions of euro coins and banknotes issued in 2010, a steady rise from EUR647,082m in…
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the number of unemployed 15 to 24 year olds worldwide between 2008 and 2009. During 1997-2007 this figure…
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the number of additional holiday trips Europeans made in 2011 than in 2010. However, travelers tended…
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is the number of “underemployed” – or part-time workers who wanted to work more hours…
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the total number of museum visits to the United Kingdom’s top five most visited museums in 2009.…

