Statistics. With a statistician father (and a massive crush on Ben Goldacre), I am nervous of publishing this blog post. On the other hand I work in PR, so using spurious statistics about things "being the size of Wales" is part and parcel of my career. Anyway, I'm going to give it a go so see what you think...
Kenya: Ranks 128 out of 169 countries on the UN Human Development Index (HDI) (2010)
UK: Ranks 26 out of 169 countries on the UN HDI (2010)
Kenya: inflation is at 12% (May 2011)
UK: inflation is at 4.5% (RPI, April 2011)
Kenya: Life Expectancy 54.9 years (2009, World Bank)
UK: Life Expectancy 80.1 years (2009, World Bank)
N.B. Worth checking out the links - the graphs are interesting
Kenya: Women comprise 9% of Parliament
UK: Women comprise 22% of Parliament
Kenya: Median age 18.9
UK: Median age 40
Kenya: Adult literacy rate 73.6% (Unesco, 2009)
UK: Adult literacy rate 99% (Unesco, 2009)
Kenya: Population growth rate 2.5%
Kenya: Infant Mortality 79 per every 1000 live births (2009, World Bank - tip: use side bar for comparison)
UK: Infant Mortality 4.6 per every 1000 live births
Kenya: Under 5 mortality 120 per every 1000 live births (2009, World Bank)
UK: Under 5 mortality 5.5 per every 1000 live births
Kenya: Maternal Mortality 413.4 per every 100,000 live births (2008)
UK: Maternal Mortality 8.2 per every 100,000 live births
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